Trema 



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Leaves 7-12 cm. 1., lanceolate-oblong, subcor- 

 date, underneath pubescent or glabrescent 

 with network of veins not prominent 1. T. micrantha. 



Leaves 2-6 cm. 1., elliptical-lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, underneath tomentose and with 

 network of veins prominent 2. T. lima. 



1. T. micrantha Bl. in Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 58 {ca. 

 1853) ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 7-12 cm. 1. ; under- 

 neath with nerves prominent but network of veins not evident. 

 — Rhamnus an Zizyphus ? arborescens &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 

 173, t. 12,/. 2. Rhamnus inermis foliis ovato-lanceolatis Plum. 



B 



C D 



Fig. 9. — Treina micrantha Bl. 



A, Portion of branch with inflorescence. 



B, Portion of cyme. 



C, D, Hermaphrodite flowers. 

 E, Fruit. 



PI. Amer. (Burm.) t. 206, /. 1. Rhamnus micranthus L. Syst. 

 ed. 10, 937 (1759). Celtis micranthus Sio. Prodr. 53 (1788) & 

 Fl. Ind. Occ. 547. C. lima Sio. Prodr. 53 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 

 549. Sponia micrantha Dene, in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris Hi. 498 

 (1834); Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 150; Planch, in DC. Prodr. xvii. 

 203 ; Miq. Stirp. Surinam. 195, t. 57. (Fig. 9.) 



Bass Cedar, Jamaican Nettle Tree. 



Plantain Garden River, Browne, Wright I Blue Mts., Purdiel St. Mary, 

 Hartweg ! St. Mary, McNab ! Wilson ! March ! St. Ann's Bay, Prior I near 

 Latimer River, Cinchona ; near Greenwich, Blue Mts. ; J.P. 1382, 1439 ; 

 Hart ! Cane River Valley, 800 ft. ; near Beaufort, Westmoreland, 1400 ft. ; 

 Harris \ Fl. Jam. 9627, 9885. — West Indies and continental tropical 

 America. 



Tree 10-25 (60) ft. high. Twigs pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 at base slightly oblique, cordate or obtuse, upper surface rough, under- 

 neath pubescent especially on the nerves or glabrescent, generally 2 • 5-4 cm. 

 br. Cymes 2 or 3 branches from axils, as long as, or twice as long as, the 

 petiole. Flowers greenish-yellow. Drujpe ovoid, quite glabrous, about 

 3 mm. 1. 



