lyplia KlTIIuKl;[.\ 303 



). lor. fit. (non Jacq.). A. Alexandri Url. tn,,t. df. 3S7 (1008). 

 Specimens from S wartz of A. <'Utj>tl<-(t and .-1. hrnntinlifnl-n ,-ire in. 

 Herb. Stockholm, and of A. t-Ui^'n-n in Herb. Mus. lint. Type 

 of A. Ab'.'-iindil is in Hero. Ke\v. 



Wright ! / ' ' ./-,'': '. J 



Wi: ' ''.-no Kios ; I'liinn Hill and I'lea-ar.t Valley, Moneague; J'i\r\ 

 J.P. 1182, Morris\ Uivitl's Hill; New Market, Hot) ft,; Harris} above 

 Lucoa, Afrs. E. G. Britton 2s?4 ! Fern dally, I'.ntton A llnMck 2692! 

 Fl. Jam. 5123, 9? 



I'ltiiit 10-15 ft. high, m >us or di.-cious. /. 5 ctn. 1., 



broadly ovate, ovate, ovate-elliptical, or elliptical, more or less acuminate, 

 base rounded to subcordate, nerves pinnate with one on each side from 

 the base which often reaches halfway up the limb, and sometimes with 

 another marginal, membranous; petiole variable in length, 1-15 cm. 1. 



5-16 cm. 1., l'5-2'5 mm. in diam., female lax, with the bn* 

 sometimes l - 5 cm. apart. Female bract with one flower. Capsule 3-lobed- 

 globular, l'5-2'5 mm. 1., hi-pil. .V-'d.s l-5-l'2 mm. 1., roundish-ovate- 

 ellipsoidal, blackish. 



15. ACIDOTON Sw. 



Shrub or small tree, loosely branching; with stinging hairs 

 especially on margin of leaves, calyx, and capsule, otherwise 

 somewhat glabrous. Leaves alternate, entire. Leathery, pinnate- 

 nerved. Inflorescence axillary. Flowers monoecious <>r ditrcious, 

 without petals, solitary in the axil of a bract. Male racemes 

 shortened so that the flowers are clustered, flmvrrs with long 

 pedicels. Female racemes longer, pendulous, ilouvrs solitary in 

 the axil of a bract, distant along the rhachis. Disk none or not 

 conspicuous. Male flowers : Sepals 3-0, valvatf, reflexed in 

 flower. Stamens numerous, indefinite, on a r <] .tad* 1 which is 

 raised, cup-shaped above with fleshy walls in J. urens, i\<^\\y and 

 somewhat flat in A. microphyllus. Rudiment of ovary none. 

 Female flowers: Sepals o-O. imbricate, erect in flower. Ovary 

 .')-ceil- i : .styles united at the base into a tln'i-k column, entire 

 above or slightly iMobed : o\ules solitary. Cap>ul'- splitting up 

 into three _' valved cocci. Seeds without a caruncle : endosperm 

 fleshy ; cotyledons flat, broad. 



'2. one a native of Jamaica, the otiicr of Hi-paniola. 



A. urens Sw. Prodr. M (17.^8) t Fl. In<l. Occ. 954 ; Griseb. 

 FL Br. ir. Lt,l. 15-, Muell. Arg. in JH'. Prodr. .>c. r t. 2, 914. 



A. in OCUUS Until, fltii'l. iji^lmrl. JOl', /. 18, / I". II. I'rtira 

 uren- arborea iVc. (',/t. .".s A- ///>/. /. 1-1, /. |S;; , ./. I. Ti-a^ia sub- 

 frutic'~a A'c. 



M< . i 'o witch. Smooth leased Cowitch. 



Neat Angel-, Sl<nn- Ilerli. ii. 70! HV/;//// ! .T/r/c;/ ! Sic< ///:! mts. in 

 We-tin -viand: n3ar Hampshire, banks ( ,f i:i,, Cobre; 1'itnlicl Ange 

 Moueague; l'i-'mr\ Mtirdi\ Chapelton, J.I'. 1 ")!:'.. Il<n1\ Jackson Town, 

 .' ' ; rre ! near Troy, 1500-2000 ft. ; Mocha road, Gatadapa, 



