488 0. Waicbiih: 



(m. ec), in silvis haud rara: Duss n. 1412; St. Vincent in silvis 

 montis St. Andrews m. Dec. : Eggers n. 6670, in silvis subcommunis 

 150 660 m. alt: Smith n. 747. 



33. Ficus venusta Kth. et Bche. ramulis haud crassis teretibus 

 in sicco subsulcatis, innovationibus glabris; stipulis interdum magnis 

 cadiicis glabris; foliis menibranaceis utrinqiie glabris haud scabridis, late 

 ellipticis, basi rotundatis, apice subapieulatis fere acutis, basi 3- v. sub- 

 5-plinerviis, venis haud raultis patentibus, petiolis saepe haud brevibus; 

 receptaculis . . . 



Ficus venusta Kth. et Bche.! Ind. sem. hrt. Berol. 1846 p. 16 

 71. 17; Griseb. Cat. p. 57; A. Rieh, in Sagra Cuh. p. 221. 



Urostigma venustiim Miq.f in Hook. Lond. Joiirn. Bot. VI (1847) 



p. 538; Walp. Ami. I p. 676. 



Ramiili 2 3 mm. lati, in sicco fusci. Stipulae IY2 4 cm. 

 longae, lanceolatae acutae, in sicco fuscescentes. Petioli 2 5 cm. longi, 

 1 IY2 1^- lati, in sicco obscuri; folia 8 23 mm. longa, 4 10 cm. 

 lata, in sicco viridia, costa in sicco iitrinque purpurea, nervis basalibus 

 brevibus patentibus, snprabasalibus oblique ascendentibus, venis utrinque 

 ca. 7 fere strictis, ante margineni vix arcuate conjunctis, interspersis tenuio- 

 ribus subparallelis utrinque vix prominulis, nervis tertiariis supra vix subtus 

 haud prominulis, reticulatione subtus valde distincta. 



Hab. in Cuba: Otto (mis. sem. in hrt. Berol., ubi culta). 



Obs. Species F. Krugianae valde affinis, differt foliis tenuioribus, 

 latioribus, venis minoribus. 



Species generis Ficus in India occidentali cultae. 



N/ 34. Ficus cariea L. 8p. pl. (1753) p. 1059; Lun. Hort. Jam. I 



p. 293; Mayc. Barb. p. 406 ; Eggers I St. Croix p. 147 et St. Croix and 

 Virg. Ist. p. 95; Diiss Fl. Afit. frang. p. 155. 



Fig-tree Hughes Nat. Hist. Barhad. (1750) p. 187. 

 St. Croix: Eggers n. 570 (sterile, in hb. Haun.); Guadeloupe et 

 Martinique ex. Duss; Barbados ex Mayc. 



35. Ficus tinctoria Porst, f. Prodr. (1786) p. 76; Lun. Hort. 

 Jam. I p. 296; Tuss. Flor. Ant. II p. 54 t. 14 receptaculis cerasifor- 

 mibus fulvis sessilibus axillaribus vel ex axillis defoliatis nascenti- 

 bus nota. 



Ex Lun. in Jamaicae hortum Eastensem per navem Providence" 



importata, ex Tssag e mari australi (Tahiti etc.) in Jamaicam et Sto. 



Domingo introducta, a Tussac in horto botanico Jamaicensi et in Hort. 



Paquetii in Sto. Domingo observata. 



Obs. In Flor. Er. W. Ind. (1859) a Gkisebach errouee ad F. lentiginosam 

 Vahl referta. 



