Trema 



ULMACE^ 



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Leaves 7-12 cm. 1., lanceolate-oblong, subcor- 

 date, underneath pubescent or glabrescent 

 with network of veins not prominent 1. 



Leaves 2-6 cm. 1., elliptical-lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, underneatli tomentose and with 

 network of veins prominent 2. 



T. micrantJia. 



T. lima. 



1. T. mierantha BL in 3Ius. Jiot. Liujd. Bat. il. 58 {ca. 

 1853) ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 7-12 cm. 1. ; under- 

 neath with nerves prominent but network of veins not evident. 

 Rhamnus an Zizyphus ? arborescens etc. Browne Hist. Jam. 

 173, t. 12, f. 2. Rhamnus inermis foliis ovato-lanceolatis Plion. 



Fis. 9. Trema mierantha Bl. 



A, Portion of branch with inflorescence. 



B, Portion of cj^me. 



C, D, Hermaphrodite flowers. 

 E, Fruit. 



PI. Amer. (Burm.) t. 206, f. 1. Rhamnus micranthus L. Si/st. 

 ed. 10, 937 (1759). Celtis micranthus Sw. Prodr. 53 (1788) k 

 Fl. Ind. Occ. 547. C. Hma Sw. Prodr. 53 (1788) & Fl. Lid. Occ. 

 549. vSponia mierantha Dene, in Noiiv. Ann. Mus. Paris Hi. 498 

 (1834); Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 150 : Planeh. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 



203; Miq. Stirjp. Surinam. 195, /. 



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(Fig. 9.) 



Bass Cedar, Jamaican Nettle Tree. 



Plantain Garden River, Broione, Wright\ Blue Mts., Purdicl St. Mary, 

 Hartwcg ! St. iNIary, McNab ! Wilson ! March ! St. Ann's Bay, Prior ! near 

 Latimer River, Cinchona; near Greenwich, Blue Mts.; J. P. 1382,1439; 

 Hart\ Cane River Valley, 300 ft.; near Beaufort, Westmoreland, 1400 ft.; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9G27, 9885. West Indies and continental tropical 

 America. 



Tree 10-25 (GO) ft. high. Twigs pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 at base slightly oblique, cordate or obtuse, upper surface rough, under- 

 neath pubescent especially on the nerves or glabrescent, generally 2*5-4 cm. 

 br. Cijmes 2 or 3 branches from axils, as long as, or twice as long as, the 

 petiole. Flowers greenish-yellow. Drupe ovoid, quite glabrous, about 

 3 mm. 1. 



