KITIIOIIBIACK.K ."-Ul 



No. 1 instead of M>. '2 is evidently a mistake \vliich has been 

 copied into Sp. PI. etl. 2): shrub, with y>ui,_ i-art of twigs. 

 also the petioles, and peduncle with rhachis of inflorescence, 

 puberulous, at length glabrate j leaves crenate surrulate j in- 

 florescence unisexual (or the male spike rarely with one female 

 bract near the base), female spike axillary : fruiting bract.- 

 many, 7-9 mm. 1., notched to about I or | nf its length into 

 7-9 triangular-deltoid teeth or lobes. Sir. F! . Lid. Oce. 110'.' : 

 . Fl. 7>V. IF. Lid. 47 ; Muell. Ar>/. !n DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 

 A. erecta virgultosa &c. Bronte 1 1 >'.-(. .In,,,. .">li;, /. 36, /. 2. 

 Type, Browne's specimen, in Herb. Linn. ; there is also a speci- 

 men from Browne in Herb. Mtis. Brit. 



Bruirncl Wri(j!it\ Swart?! Macfadyenl Pnrdiel Wilson \ March; J.P. 

 1116, 1159, Morris! Woodcutters Gap; Clydesdale, 3600 ft.; Harris ! Fl. 

 -lam. 5:>i7, 5467, 5507. 



Shrub 10-15 ft. high, monoecious. Leaves 5-15 cm. 1., elliptical to 

 narrowly oblong-elliptical, acuminate, base obtuse or subcordate, glabrate, 

 nerves pinnate, veins distinct, especially beneath, membranous ; petiole 

 5-4 cm. 1. Spikes axillary, pedunculate, male and female usually on 

 different branches, sometimes on the same branch, when the male is on 

 younger wood than the female ; male 5-10 (3-14) cm. 1., female 4-6 (3-7 -5) 

 cm. 1., with 5-10 bracts or clusters of two or three at intervals. Mali- 

 bracteoles ovate. Female bracts hispidulous on and just below margin on 

 inner side, enclosing one or two flowers. Capsule about 2 mm. 1., pube- 

 rulous. Seeds ovate-ellipsoidal, about 1'8 mm. 1. 



Var. pubeseens Fence. <(* Rendlc hi Journ. Bot. Icii. .'314(1019) : 

 young branches, petioles, midrib and nerves densely pubescent : 

 leaves sparingly pubescent on both sides ; petioles 2-8*5 cm. 1. : 

 female spikes to 8 cm. 1. ; female bracts hispidulous on margin 

 and outer surface. Type in Herb. Kew and in Herb. Jam. 



Below Hardware Gap; Claverty Cottage; J.P. 1416, 1421, Hurt ! 



7. A. Isevigata Sw. Prodr. 99 (1788) &, Fl. Lid. Occ. 1 

 shrub, glabrous, but puberulous on very young leaves, ovary. 

 and capsule; leaves crenate-serrulate ; inflorescence unisexual, 

 t'einale spike axillary; fruiting bracts many, 6 rnm. 1., cleft t- 

 below the middle into about seven lanceolate-lineal' lobes. 

 Griaeb. Fl. llr. W. Lid. 48; J1////7/. Arg. n, DC. Pro.lr. xv. pt. 2, 

 S20. Type from Swart/ in Herb. Stockholm and a specimen 

 .ilso in Herb. Mus. I'.rit. 



in tbe western parts, Sn'art: '. M : ( hri>t iuu.i. 



Manchester, Purdie ! U'j/.su;/ ; Tyre, near Troy, ^000 ft. ; slopo >f I )olphiu 

 Head Mt. ; Peckham, Clarendon, 2000 2800 ft.; [pswich, St. l-'.li/abcth. 

 500-750 ft. ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 'J470, 10,290, 10,862, L2,504. 



Shr/il) ii-C) ft. hi-h, -lahious (but puluTulous on very VOUU.L; lea 

 ovary, and m psulc) ; mono-io;, Leaves 5-8 (3-11) cm. 1., lanceolate 

 narrowly elliptical, shortly acuminate, liaso cuncat t -iiuue, mar 



creuate-serrulato, nerves pinnate, papery ; petiole short, 2-7 mm. 1. 

 unisexual, axillary, to S or 10 em. 1., male and female, spikes on 



