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t. 223. F. laurifolia Griseh. Joe. cit. (in part, with reference to 

 the Jamaican specimen, non Lam.). 



Moneague, Priori Wilson; Claverty Cottage, Blue Mts., J. P. 1455, 

 Hart ! Blue Mts. ; Ferry River ; Troy, IGOO ft. ; Shaftston, Westmoreland, 

 200 ft. ; Harris ! Big Level, John Crow Mts., Harris <& Brittonl Fl. Jam. 

 5177, 8259, 9445, 9974, 10,G98. Cuba. 



Tree 40-GO(-100) ft., spreading. Leaves 9-20 cm. 1., 3-5-8 cm. br. ; 

 basal nerves ascending, nerves 6-9 on each side, underneath very promi- 

 nent, with others much more slender alternating; petioles '5-3 cm. 1. ; 

 stipules 8-15 mm. 1. Figs when dry l*5-2"5 cm. br., blackish; when 

 living 3 cm. br., yellow; peduncle 7 mm. 1., glabrous. 



The specimen Fl. Jam. 10,698 was taken from a tree 100 ft. high, 

 trunk 4 ft. in diameter with far-extendins buttresses. 



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2. Figs two together in the axils. Male flowers with one 

 stamen. 



2. F. Harrisii ^Yarh. in TJrh. Si/mh. Ant. Hi. 457 (1903) ; 

 branches thick, scars of leaves and figs prominent, stipules 

 pilose ; leaves large, regularly parchment-like, glabrous, broadl}- 

 elliptical, cordate, apex subapiculate, penninerved, the first pair 

 of nerves springing from the base of the midrib ; figs sessile, 

 a little depressed, silky-puberulous, surrounded as far as the 

 middle with bracts connate into a cupule ; the small mouth not 

 prominent. F. crassinervia Griseh. loc. cit. (in part). 



Macfadyen ! Sheldon, Blue Mts. ; Trov, 1600 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 5221, 9459, near Moneague, Britton, 2686 ! Cuba. 



A very large tree. Leaves 12-22 cm. 1., 9-13 cm. br., 7-9 veins on each 

 side; petioles 5-8 cm. 1. ; stipules 1 cm. 1., densely covered with adpressed 

 silky hairs. Figs 13 mm. 1., 15 mm. br. ; mouth scarcely 1*5 mm. in 

 diam., closed by broad scales, surrounded by a distinct ring. Cupule 

 5 mm. high, pubescent outside. 



3. F. aurea Nutt. Si/lva ii. 4 (1846) ; glabrous, leaves 

 somewhat leathery, elliptical, sometimes somewhat ovate or 

 obovate, base rounded or subacuminate, apex very shortly 

 apiculate, subobtuse ; figs sessile, depressed-globose, pea-like, 

 with large broad bracts at the base ; mouth rather large, closed 

 by somewhat prominent scales. Sarg. SiJva vii. 95, /. 324 ; 

 Warh. torn. elt. 4G0 ; Britton Bull. N. York Bot. Gard. ic. IIG. 

 F. sapottefolia Kunth it Bouche Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 1846, 

 17, No. 26 ; Warh. Joe. cit. F. dimidiata Griseh. oj). cit. 151 

 (1859). (Fig. 15.) 



Fairfield, Wullsclilaegel, 1378 ! Sea-coast, Negril, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 10,218. Florida, Key West, Babamas, Gr. Cayman, Cuba, Hispaniola. 



'Tree 12-60 ft. (Fl. Jam. 10,:^1S is described as " a very large tree, 

 lateral limbs extending for a distance of 75 ft. from the trunk, which is 

 about 6 ft. in diameter "). Twigs scarcely furrowed, with small oblong 

 lenticel-^. Leaves 6-15 cm. 1., 2'5-8'5 cm. br., midrib underneath, often 

 glandular at the base, nerves 6-10 on each side; petioles 1-3*5 cm. 1.; 

 stipules 1-1*5 cm. 1. Figs (ripe) red, (when dry) greyish-brown, or yellow, 

 to 8 mm. 1., to 1 cm. br. ; bracts 3-5 mm. 1. ; mouth, 2-3 mm. br. 



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