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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Alchornea 



Oriseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 46 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. pi. 2, 

 908 ; Urh. Symh. Ani. iv. 345. 



DoveWood. 



Wrigh,t\ Broughton\ Massonl Macfadyenl Morce's Gap, Pwrdie ! Wilsoml 

 common in pastures, Moneague, Priori March I near Cinchona, J.P. 1041, 

 M&rrisl Windsor, near Darliston, 1200 ft., Harris] John Crow (Blake) 

 Mts., 1200 ft., Hariis d- Britton ! Pi. Jam. 9906, 10,707.— Cuba, Hispaniola, 

 Porto Rico, Mexico. 



Fig. 97.— Alchornea latifolia S\v. 

 A, Leaf and male inflorescence X S- D> Small portion of female inflorescence 



B, Male flower with two anthers removed 



X 3. 

 0, Ditto seen from below x 3. 



X «. 



E, Ovary of female flower cut lengthwise 

 X 4. 



Tree 20-40 ft. high. Leaves 1-3 dm. 1., elliptical or ovate, apiculate, 

 bluntly glandular-dentate, leathery, 3-nerved at base, nerves beneath very 

 prominent. Spikes to 2 dm. 1. : male paniculate, female simple, solitary 

 or two together. Male flowers, in bud, globular, about 2 mm. in diam. 

 Female floioers : Styles shortly united at base, to 1"5 cm. 1. Capsule 

 brownish-red, 7 mm. 1., 9-10 mm. in diam. 



14. ACALYPHA L. 



Herbs, shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate- 

 veined, sometimes 3-5-nei'ved from the base, generally serrate 

 and long-stalked. FloAvers moncecious, but A. scahrosa dioecious, 

 without petals ; male flowers small, clustered in the axil of small 



