CI. 15.] AMENTACEiE. 189 



crum, of 1 leaf. Fiats, fig. 92-95, Mithridatea Schreb. 

 783 {Ambora Juss.), Dorstenia, fig. 272, Hedycaria 

 Forst. and Perebea Aubl. 



Sect. 2. Flowers either on a many-flowered com- 

 mon Receptacle, or capitate and accompanied by in- 

 volucral scales, or distinct and scattered. Cecropia, 

 Artocarpus, Morus, Elatostema Forst., Boehmeria 

 Jacq. (Caturus Linn.), Procris Commers. Lam. II- 

 lustr. t. 763, Urtica, fig. 273, Forskalea, Parietaria, 

 Pteranthus Forsk.(Louichea Schreb. 840.), Humulus, 

 fig. 274, Cannabis, and Thelygonum. To these are 

 to be added Brosimum, Swartz Ind. Occ. 15. t. 1, An- 

 tiaris, Br. Bot. of Terra Austr. 70. t. 5, and Olme- 

 dla, Fl. Peruv. 118. 



Sect. 3. Genera allied to UrticcE. Gunnera, Mi~ 

 sandra Commers. perhaps the same genus, Piper, 

 Gnetum (including Thoa, see Sm. in Rees's Cycl. 

 v. 16), Bagassa Aubl., Coussapoa Aubl., and Pourou- 

 ma Aubl., the 3 last very imperfectly known. 



Ord. 99. Amentace^e. " Flowers monoecious or 

 dioecious, rarely united, all destitute of Petals. Bar- 

 ren ones disposed in a Catkin, furnished with scales, 

 which, if there be no other Calyx, bear the Stamens ; 

 or, otherwise, are each accompanied by a single-leaved 

 Calyx, fig. 89, into which the Stamens are inserted. 

 Stamens definite or indefinite, with distinct Filaments. 

 Fertile Flowers either in Catkins, or fasciculated, or 

 solitary, each furnished either with a single-leaved 

 Calyx, fig. 82-84, or only with a scale. Germen su- 



