152 URTICACE^. 



rounded at the base, obsoletely 8-14-costate ; figa globose, geminate, nearly as long as 

 the pedicel, pruinose, fiat at the top, or somewhat callous aroimd the flat, closed apertore ; 

 involucre bilobed, minute.— Nearly allied to F. gemina, E. P., but without the terminal 

 concavity of its fig. — Leaves with white points above, 2V'-3" long, f "-li" broad : petiole 

 3"'-6"' long; fig 2^'" diam. : pedicel 2'" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. 



18. P. pertusa, L. Leaves small, oval-oblong or oblong, rounded at the top, blunt at 

 the base, obsoletely 8-10-costate ; figs globose, geminate, 3-4 times longer than tlie pedicel, 

 glabrous, yellowish, at length red, somewhat concave at the top : bracteoles closing the 

 aperture, forming a bluntly-conical mamilla ; involucre bilobed, miuute. — Plum. Bd. Burnt, 

 t. 132./. 2. — Urostigma, Miq. F. americana, Sw. — A tree, about 20' high j leaves leathery, 

 2"-l" long, 12"'-8"' broad: petiole 2"'-3"' long, thicMsh; fig 2"' diam. : pedicel nearly 

 J'" long. — Hab. Jamaica ( F!) ; [Guadeloupe!, Guiana!]. 



4*. ARTOCAKPUS, i. 



Flowers monoecious, sessile on the outside of a fleshy, globose or oblong receptacle. 

 $ : Sepals 2 (-4) ; stamen 1. $ Flowers cohering ; calyx tubnlose, perforated at the top ; 

 style simple, or 2-3-partite. Ovule pendulous. Mmbryo exalbuminous. — High trees ; 

 peduncles axillary, with a single flower-head. 



19*. A. incisa, £. Leaves ra\aidiS:i, pinnatifld : lobes oblong, pointed ; ^ calyx bifid; 

 style 2-3-partite. — Ttiss. Fl. 2. t. 2, 3. Besc. Fl. 8. t. 539. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, 

 Al.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Pacific and East Indian islands]. 



20*. A. iutegrifolia, L. Leaves elMptical, pointed, entire (rarely lobed) ; $ calyx 

 bipartite; style ivac^n.—Tuss.Fl. 2. t. 4. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Vincent!, Guild.; Tri- 

 nidad!, Schach; [Pacific and East Indian islands]. 



5. PSEUDOLMEDIA, Tree. 



Flowers dioecious, surrounded by sterile bracts ; $ in the axils of the inner bracts, 

 reduced to nailed, fascicled stamens ; $ solitary, terminal : calyx adnate, tubnlose, at length 

 baccate: style bipartite. 0«)M/e pendulous.' — Jjeaves entire ; S f^oviexa in axillary, gloment- 

 liform, sessile aments, ? enclosed within similar involucres. 



21. V. spuria, Gr. Glabrous ; leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, poiutleted, equal at 

 the base : principal vein-pairs 9-12, prominulous beueath.- — Brosimum, Sw. ! P. havanensis. 

 Tree. I — A high tree ; leaves leathery, 6"-3" long, 2"-l" broad, shortly petioled; aments 

 subglobose, 2"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, Sw., Al., S. Anns ; [Cuba !]. 



6. BROSIMUM, Su>. 



Flowers monoecious, or dioecious by aboi-tion, nalced : $ sessile on the outside of a globose 

 receptacle, reduced to a single stamen, separated by peltate bracts; ? 1-2, terminal, 

 immersed in and adherent to a cavity of the receptacle, from which the 2-dentate style is 

 shortly exserted. Ooule pendulous. Receptacle baccate. Embryo exalbuminous. — liees ; ' 

 leaves quite entire ; receptacles axillary, peduncled. 



23. B. Alicastrum, Sw. Leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointleted or pointed, 



glabrous: principal veins about 12 on each side of the midrib; pedicels as long as the 



!^' petiole, and as the diameter of the ament. — Sw. Fl. t. 1 : anaVyt. Toss. Fl. 1. t. 9. Besc. 



Fl. 8. t. 534.— A high tree ; leaves 6"-3'' long ; aments 2'"-3"' diam. ; fruit globose, 



10"'-12"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica {Sw., Tuss.); [Mexico! to Yucatan]. 



23. B. Aubletii, Pcepp., Endl. Leaves oblong or ohovate-oblong, pointleted, shining 

 above, puberulous and rusty beneath : principal veins about 8 on each side of the midrib ; 

 aments shortly peduncled, nearly equalling the petiole. — Aubl. t. 340./. 2. — A low tree; 

 leaves 3"-2" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Fd,, in woods at S. Anns ; [Guiana I, Northern Peru, 

 and Brazil]. 



7. CECROPIA, L. 



Flowers dioecious, sessile on the outside of cylindrical, umbellate receptacles. Calyx 



