82 FLOEA OF JAMAICA Bcelimeria 



unequal-sided, tlie smaller lanceolate, base rounded or obsoletely 

 cordate, subequal-sided, all acuminate, base and acumen entire, 

 the rest serrate-crenate, upper surface very sparsely pilose, 

 underneath more so and especially on the nerves ; flower-clusters 

 axillary ; female flower with style 1-1 5 mm. 1. ; perianth of 

 fruit ellipsoidal-oblong, convex, not with winged margins, 

 glabrous or very sparingly hairy at apex, usually stalked. 

 B. ramiflora Griseb. Fl. Br. W. hid, 160 (1859) (non Jacq.) (with 

 reference to the Jamaican plant). 



Wright \ Berterol Macfachjenl March [ Bethabara, WuUschlaegel 

 1022 ! Mt. Diabolo ; Moneague ; Prior ! Whitfield Hall Works ; near Guava 

 Bidge, 2000-2500 ft. ; New Market, 1150 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5184, 9559, 

 9560, 9561, 9958 ; Grierfield, near Moneague, Britton, 2657 ! 



Shrub 6-10 ft. Leaves, the larger 15-6 cm. 1., 4-1 cm. br., stalk 

 4-1 cm. 1., the smaller 6-3*5 cm. 1., 1-5-1 cm. br. Flower-clusters 

 2-5 mm. in diam. Male perianth 3-partite, scarcely 1 mm. 1. Anthers 3. 

 Female ^perianth 2-3-toothed. 



2. B. ramiflora Jacq. Sel. Stirj). Amer. 246, t. 157 (1763) & 

 Ed. pict. t. 236 ; moncecious or dioecious ; leaves alternate, of two 

 forms, the larger lanceolate, base acute or obtuse, unequal-sided, 

 stalked, the smaller alternating, ovate-lanceolate, with semicordate 

 base, sessile or subsessile, all acuminate, serrate, upper surface 

 sparsely hairy, pubescent beneath ; flower clusters axillary, 

 unisexual ; female flower, style 3-5 mm. 1., perianth of fruit 

 ovoid-lanceolate, not with winged margins, very shortly pilose, 

 sessile. Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi.pt. 1, 196; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. 

 Ind. 160 (in part) ; Urb. Sijmb. Ant. v. 330. Caturus ramiflora 

 L. Mcmf. 127 (1767); Lam. Illustr. t. 763,/. 1. 



Swartz (in Herb. Stockholm) ! 



Shrub 6-8 ft. Leaves 20--7 cm. 1., 6-2-5 cm. br., stalk 4-1-5 cm. I., 

 shortly pilose, the smaller 7-2 cm, 1. with very oblique base. Flower 

 clusters 4-6 mm. in diam. Male perianth 3-partite, exceeding 1 mm. 1. 

 Anthers 3. Female perianth 2-toothed. 



3. B. eaudata Siu. Prodr. 34 (1788); dioecious; leaves large, 

 opposite, ovate (sometimes broadly) to elliptical, acute to 

 acuminate, at the base obtuse or rounded, serrate, upper surface 

 flat or rugulose and rough-hispid, underneath pubescent ; spikes 

 simple, leafless, longer than the leaves, spreading or pendulous ; 

 fruiting perianth broadly obovate, much compressed, with a 

 membranous margin, puberulous. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 279; 3Iiq. 

 in Fl. Bras. iv. pt. 1, 185, tt. 64, 65 I.; Wedd. torn. cit. 201; 

 Griseb. loc. cit. ; Urb. loc. cit., Jig. F. Urtica fruticosa &c. Browne 

 Hist. Jam. 338. 



Nettle Tree. 



Wriahtl Shakspearl Swartzl Macfadyenl McNabl Msmchester, PiLvdie I 

 March \ Blue IMts., Prior ! Blue Mts., Cinchona, 5000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 5238, 9557. Clyde River, G. Nichols ! Mexico, S. America to Paraguay. 



