70 FLORA OF JAMAICA Pilea 



unequal, the larger oblong-lanceolate to elliptical, subsessile, in 

 the upper half acutely serrate, triplinerved ; cymes small, 

 stalked, longer than the petiole, and sometimes than the sub- 

 tending leaf. (PI. 3, f. 6.) Type at Munich. 



Mt. Carmel, Wullschlacgel, 1284! Woodstock, near Beaufort, Westmore- 

 land, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9907. 



A small shrub, 2-3 dm. high; stem leafless, branches leafy. Leaves, 

 larger 1*5-2 cm. 1., 5-8 mm. br., with (3-)5 teeth on eacb side, basal nerves 

 extending beyond the middle ; cystoliths Unear, more numerous under- 

 neath. Cynics, female consisting of a single cluster, flowers with somewhat 

 long stalks, 1 mm. 1. and more. Achcne ovate-elliptical, nearly 1 mm. 1. ; 

 median segment of the perianth about "5 mm. 1., with a blunt dorsal 

 appendage, lateral segments -3 mm. 1. Male flowers not seen. 



18. P. eiliata Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. it. 46 (1856); 

 monoecious, creeping ; leaves elliptical, attenuated below, serrate 

 except near base, 3-nerv^ed, nerves prominent above, impressed 

 below, with a few scattered pellucid hairs on the upper surface, 

 pilose on the nerves below, margins ciliolate ; stipules small, 

 triangular, persistent ; cymes small, generally unisexual, sessile ; 

 dorsal appendages of the male perianth triangular, acuminate. 

 Urh. Sijmh. Ant. i. 296. P. Swartzii Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, 

 xviii. 228 (1852) & in DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 160 (excl. Cuba); 

 Griseb. cp. cit. 158 (excl. Cuba). XJrtica eiliata Sw. in Vet. Handl. 

 Stockh. vi. 32 (1785), Prodr. 36 k Fl. Ind. Occ. 298. (PL 3, 

 f. 7.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In rocky woodland of the interior ; Sivartz ! Springfield, Wullschlaegel, 

 1015! 



Herb ; stem prostrate with ascending branches, about 2 dm. high, nodes 

 hirsute. Leaves 2-3*5 cm. 1., 10-14 mm. br. ; cystoliths small, linear 

 above ; petioles glabrate, 5-8 mm. 1. Male flowers coloured, pedicellate, 

 appendage as long as the segment and hirtellous, perianth (inch appen- 

 dages) 3*5 mm. 1., anthers white. Female flowers green. 



19. P. serrulata Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xviii. 213 

 (1852); moncecious, glabrous; leaves small, subsessile, oblong- 

 lanceoJate or obovate-lanceolat3, obtuse, base cuneate-attenuate, 

 serrulate or crenate in the upper half, one-nerved, penniveined ; 

 stipules semiorbicular or semiovate, persistent ; inflorescence 

 pedunculate, of small few-flowered androgynous heads, shorter 

 than the leaves. Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 140 ; Urh. Symh. 

 Ant. V. 312. P. lucida var. .serrulata Griseb. op. cit. 156 (1859). 

 XJrtica serrulata Sio. in Yet. Handl. Stockh. viii. 65 (1787) & 

 Fl. Ind. Occ. 313. (PI. 3, f. 8.) 



On calcareous rocks in the interior ; Swartz ! There is a variety 

 in Cuba. 



A small shrub ; stem erect, branching, 2-3 dm. high ; branches stiff 

 and erect, leafless below, internodes short. Leaves 1-2 cm. 1., 3-4 mm. br. ; 

 cystoliths linear, conspicuous on upper surface. Peduncle red. Male 

 floivers 1 or a few, subsessile, amongst the more numerous female 

 flowers; perianth red, 1*3 mm. 1., globose; dorsal appendage 4mm. 1., 



