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J 

 P-8-costate ; jf%rj globose, 4-6 times as long as the pedicel, or subsessile, puberulous or 

 glabrate: bracteoles closing the aperture, forming a bluntly conical mamilla; involucre 

 bUobed, large, puberulous, \ as large as the Jig. — Flum. Ed. Burm. 1. 133./. 1. — XJrostigma, 

 Miq. — Leaves with minute white points above, 3"-5" long, 2'!-3" broad : petiole 4"'-10"' 

 long; fig 5"'-8"' diam. : pedicel li'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, ^sreA, WullscU. 



10. F. laevigata, V. Leaves cordate-ovate or ovate, pointleted, 6-8-costate ; Jigs tur- 

 iinate, as long as the cernuous pedicel, glabrous, slightly impressed-umbilicate at the per- 

 forated, bracteolate top ; involucre minute, bilobed.^ — XJrostigma, liebm. — leaves somewhat 

 scabrous with white, minute points above, glahrous and minutely reticulated with veins 

 beneath, 3i"-lV long, 2i"-l" broad: petiole 8"'-18"' long; fig greenish, 6'" diam.: 

 terminal impression 3'" diam., flat ; involucral lobes roundish, 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !: 

 March; [Cuba!]. 



11. F. lentiginosa, V. Leaves ovate, pointleted, rounded at the base or subcordate, 

 8-10-costate ; Jigs globose, gkbrous, 3-4 times longer than the pedicel, flat at the closed 

 top ; involucre minute, bilobed. — Tuss. Fl. 2. 1. 14 : a form with bluntish leaves. — Urostigma, 

 Liebm. U. laurifolium, Gr. Carib. (non Miq). ■ F. tinctoria, Tuss. — Leaves 7"-3" long, 

 4"-2" broad: petiole 2"-l" long; fig,6"-8* diam., red: pedicel 2"'-l"' long.— Hab. 

 Montserrat, Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe I]. 



12. P. dimidiata, Gr. (n.sp.). Leaves elliptical, bluntish at both ends, S-lO-costate ; 

 Jigs globose, subsessile, glabrate : bracteoles closing the aperture, forming a convex mamiUa, 



and surrounded by a callous ring ; involucre large, \ or \ as large as the fig : lobes about 

 4, irregular, deltoid or rounded, usually subdimidiate. — Leaves with minute points above, 

 4"-2" long, a"-l" broad: petiole 8"'-10"' long; fig 6"'-4"' diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Wullschl., Manchester; [Cuba!]. 



13. F. ochroleuca, Gr. Leases oblong, or elliptical-oblong, pointed, rounded or 

 shortly cuneate at the base, obsoletely 8-12-c03tate ; Jigs globose, longer than the spreading 

 pedicel, glabrous, pale-yeHow, deeply concave at the top :• bracteoles closing the aperture, 

 forming a convex point in the middle of the concavity ; involucre minute, bilobed. 1'. 

 pertusa, Sio. ! Observ. {non alior.). F. americana, Lan. {non Ste.). — A tree ; leaves vrith 

 minute whitish points on both sides, 4"-2" long, 14"-1" broad : petiole 6"'-8"' long ; fig 

 6"'-6"' diam. : terminal concavity convex on the margin, li"' diam. : pedicels often gemi- 

 nate, 4"'-3"' long; involucral lobes rounded, spreading, scarcely l"'long. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Jl., March. 



14. F. populnea, W. Leaves ovate-oblong, usually with a bluntish point, rounded or 

 subcordate at the base, obsoletely 6-8-costate; Jigs globose, nearly as long as the pedicel, 

 glabrous, red: bracteoles closing the s,-perture, forming an obtusely conical mamilla ; in- 

 volucre minute, bilobed. — ^XJrostigma, Miq. ! — Leaves 3"-2" long, 14"-1" broad : petiole 

 8"'-15"' long; fig 4"'-5"' diam. : pedicel 3"'-4"' long, spreading ; involucral lobes roundish, 

 scarcely 1'" long. — Hab. Antigua !, Nichols., Wullschl. 



/^ 15. P. pedunculata, Ait. Leaves lanceolate-oblong or eUiptioal-oblong, with a 

 •^ bluntish point, cuneate at the base (or rounded), obsoletely 8-1 2-costate ; Jigs globose, 

 nearly as long as the pedicel, glabrous, xii,Jlat at the top, or somewhat callous around the 

 closed, flat aperture ; involucre slightly bilobed, twice exceeded by the transverse diameter 

 of the fig. — ^XJrostigma, Miq. — A large tree ; leaves somewhat scabrous with white points, 

 usually 3'' long, l|" broad: petiole 4"'-6"' long ; fig 4'" diam. ; pedicels deflexed, usually 

 geminate, 4"'-3"' long; involucre 2'" diam,:. lobes round. — Hab. Jamaica!: aU collect., 

 common; [S. Croix]. 



16. F. pallida, V. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, bluntish, cuneate towards the bluntish 

 base, obsoletely ?i~\i-KQ&iii,e;' Jigs globose, 3-4 times longer than the pedicel, ^ahvons, lei : 

 bracteoles closing the aperture, forming a small, convex mamilla ; involucre minute, bilobed. 

 — Nearly allied to the preceding ; leaves with minute white points above, 2"-4" long, 

 1-lf " broad : petiole 3 "-8"' long ; fig 4'" diam. : pedicel about 1'" diam. : involucral 

 lobes scarcely 1 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [New Granada]. 



*** ligs %'"-%'" diam. 



17. F. Schumacheri, (Jr. ieaae* feMceoWe-oWo«^ or oblong, pointleted or bluntish. 



