82 FLORA OF JAMAICA Boehmeria 



unequal-sided, the 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 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 160 (1859) (non Jacq.) (with 

 reference to the Jamaican plant). 



Wright I Bertero I Macfadyen 1 March ! Bethabara, Wullschlaegel 

 1022 1 Mt. Diabolo ; Moneague ; Prior 1 Whitfield Hall Works ; near Guava 

 Ridge, 2000-2500 ft. ; New Market, 1150 ft. ; HarHs I 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. Stirp. Artier. 246, /. 157 (1763) & 

 Ed. pict. t. 236 ; monciecious 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; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. 

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

 L. Mant. 127 (1767); Lam. Blustr. t. 763,/. 1. 



Swartz (in Herb. Stockholm) 1 



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

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

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

 Anthers 3. Female peria?ith 2-toothed. 



3. B. caudata Sw. 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 ; Miq. 

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

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

 Hist. Jam. 338. 



Nettle Tree. 



Wright 1 Shakspcar ! Swartz ! Macfadyen I McNab ! Manchester, Purdie I 

 March 1 Blue Mts., Prior 1 Blue Mts., Cinchona, 5000 ft. ; Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 

 6238, 9557. Clyde River, O. Nichols 1 — Mexico, S. America to Paraguay. 



