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, Wullschlaegel, 1284 1 Woodstock, near Beaufort, Westmore- 

 land, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9907. 



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

 larger l'5-2 cm. 1., 6-8 mm. br., with (3-)5 teeth on each side, basal nerves 

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

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

 long stalks, 1 mm. 1. and more. Aciiene 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. ii. 46 (1856); 

 monoecious, creeping ; leaves elliptical, attenuated below, serrate 

 except near base, 3-nerved, 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. Symh. Ant. i. 296. P. Swartzii Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, 

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

 Oriseh. cp. cit. 158 (excl. Cuba). Urtica eiliata Svo. in Vet. Handl. 

 Stochh. vi. 32 (1785), Prodr. 36 & Fl. Ind. Occ. 298. (PI. 3, 

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



In rocky woodland of the interior ; Swartz ! Springfield, Wullschlasgel, 

 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 (incl. appen- 

 dages) 35 mm. 1., anthers white. Female flowers green. 



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

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

 lanceoJate or obovate-lanceolata, 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 DG. Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 140 ; Urb. Symh. 

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

 Urtica serrulata Sw. in Vet. Handl. Stockh. viii. 65 (1787) & 

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



On calcareous rocks in the interior ; Swartz 1 — 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 

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

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



