150 URTICACEJ!. 



campylotropous.. Pericarp drupaceous, minute. Cotyledons fleshy-incurved, anfractnose. 

 — Leaves serrulate ; cymes axillary ; pedicels articulated^ 



■3. S. micrantha, Decs. Scabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, otJigue- at 



the base ; cymes sessile, . usually geminate, nearly as long as the petiole. — Br. Jam. t. 1 3. 



/. 3.— Ehamtms, Z. Celtis, Sw. C. Lima, Sw. : a form with the leaves very scabrous 



\ above^ C. rufescens. Planch. I — ^A tree, abbut 30' high, or shrubby ; leaves 4"-6" long ; 



aSrupes ovate-globose, 1'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all collect., common ; Antigua !, Wullschl., 



JDomihica!, Imr.; Trinidad!, Sieh'. Tr. i5, Pd., Or.; [Cuba!, Venezuela! to Brazil!]. 



4. S. mollis, ^TT^raiicblets velutinous-pnbescent ; leaves ovate, acuminate, equal' or 

 slightly obliqne at the base, scabrous above, sapt-puhescent or puberulous beneath ; cymes \J. 

 sessile, scarcely as long as the petiok.^A high tree ; leaves 4" long. — Hab. Antigua !, 

 WullscU. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba !, Venezuela !]. 



5. S. Zaamarckianaj Decs. Scabrous; .leaves small, ovate-lanceolate, pointed, equal 

 at the base ; cymes subsessile, exceeding the petiole. — Celtis, R. S. C. Ijitna, Lam. — A 

 tortuous tree ; leaves 1" long, shortly petioled, revolute on the margin, somewhat hoary 

 beneath, very scabrous above ; drijpes ovate, 1'" long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, 

 Maef. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent I, Guild. 



TiiiBE II. ABTOCABPEJE. — Flowers unisexual. Stamens erect in the bud. — ^Woody 

 plants, with a milky sap ; leaves alternate. 



3. FICTJS, L. 



Inflorescence androgynous : flowers sessile on the inner side of a hollow, fleshy receptacle 

 (the fig), which is involucrate at the base and bracteolate at its minute, termiuEd aperture. 

 Calyx-divisions 2-6. Stamens 1-3—6. Style simple or bipartite. Ovule pendulous.- — ■ 

 Leaves in the West Indian species alternate, quite entire, glabrous. 



Sect. Ueostigma. — Calyx %-partite. Stamen 1. Style simple. 



The only West Indian species, described as belonging to the diandrous section Pharma- 

 cosycea {Ph. jamaicends, Liebm.), is a large-leaved tree, but a doubtful species, its flower 

 and fruit being unknown. 



* Figs 8">-12i" diam. 



6. r. laurifolia, Lam. Leaves elliptical-oblong, pointed, cuneatte or rounded at the 

 base, 13-15-coatate; figs globoser, 3-3 times as long as the pedicel, puberulous or glabrate : 

 bracteoles broad, forming a distinct, nmbilicated-convex, perforated mamilla : involucre 

 minute. — SI. t. 333. — F. virens. Ait. F. martinioensis, W. Urostigma laurifolium, Miq. 

 (nan Gr. PI, Carib.). — A large tree ; leaves with minute, white points above, 6"-8" long, 

 2i"-3" broad : petiole 1"-14" long; fig 10"'-12"' diam., red : pedicel 4"'-5"' long ; invo- 

 lucre 3-8-partite : segments 3".' long ; mamilla 2'" diam., i'" high. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Wils., 

 March ; Dominica !, Imr., in the mountains. 



7. P. suffocans, Mb. Bks. Leaves elliftical, bluntish at both ends, 7-8-costate ; fys 

 globose, much longer than the pedicel, glabrous, flat at the perforated top : involucre 

 minute. — Plum. Fd. Burm. t. 131./. 3. — F. citrifolia, Lam.? — Leaves somewhat scabrous 

 with white, minute points on both sides, 4" long, 2" broad ; petiole 6"'-8"' long ; fig 8'"- 

 lO'Vdiam. ; involucre bilobed: lobes roundish, 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Jl., Wils., 

 March, at Moneague, Bath. 



8. T- crassinervia, Desf. Leaves oval, rounded at the top, or with a bluntish point, 

 subcordate or rounded at the base, 7-9-costate ; figs globose, subsessile, velvety : bracteoles 

 closing the apertm'e, surrounded by a callous, mamiUiform ring ; involucre bilobed, large, 

 velvety, \ or \ as large as the /^.—Urostigma, Miq. I TJ. Gardnerianum, ex Antigua, 

 Miq. I, the form with rounded leaves. U. trigonatum, Qr. PI. Carib. {non Miq.). — A tree- 

 leaves 5"-9" long, 3"-6" broad: petiole 2"-9" long ; fig 8"'-10"' diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Ma(f., March, Wullschl.; Antigua !, iVic/iofe., Wullschl.; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe !] . 



** Figs 4"'-8"' diam. 



9. P. trigouata, L. Leaves oval, rounded at both ends, or subcordate at the base 



