158 UETICACE^. 



**** Leaves serrate. Stem flaccid, usually creepini/, with the herbaceous branches', or. 

 ujyger part, low, ascending. 



t Cymes contracted, suisessile. 



52. F. radicans, Wedd. Scandent ami miicant, fflairous ; leaves ovale or ovate-ob- 

 long, bluntish, cuneate at the entire base, obtusely serrate beyond it, triplinerved : serra- 

 tures 4-3 on eacb margin : rhapMdes linear on the upper side, punctiform or obsolete be- 

 neath ; cymes androgynous, contracted, few-iiowered, subsessile. — Urtica, Sw. ! — Stem elon- 

 gated, many-branched: branches short;, leaves 6"'-4"' long, 3"'-3'" broad; petiole V" 

 long : stipiiles minute. — Hab. Jamaica I, Sw., Macf., Wils., in high, moist forests, on trees. 



53. P. Snrartzii, Wedd. Stem and branches asceiiding, glabrescent; leaves ovate, 

 pointed, or bluntish, dentatC'Serrate with the cuneate base entire, 3-nerved or triplinerved, 

 ciliate and with scattered hairs on the nerves : rhaphides inconspicuous, at length linear, on 

 both sides, or punctiform above : petiole slender, pubescent ; cymes androgynous, contracted, 

 forming a single cluster, subsessile. — Urtica ciliata, Sw. ! Pilea, Bl. — Stem elongated, ra- 

 dicant along the creeping base ; leaves 8"'-18'" long, 4"'-12"' broad : petiole 4"'-8"' long : 

 stipules small, persistent. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., Wullschl., in rocky woods; [Cuba I]. 



54. F. nummularifoUa, Wedd. Hairy; stem creeping, radicant, elongated; leaves 

 orbicular or oval-orbicular, crenate beyond the middle, 3-nerved : rhaphides large, linear, on 

 both sides ; cymes in the uppermost axUs, androgynous, contracted into a single cluster, 

 subsessile.— ;S;. t. 181. /. 4 ; Act. Holm. 1787. t. 1. f. 2.— Urtica, -S». .'^Ascending 

 branches 3"-l" long; leaves 6"'-4"' long, 6"'-3"' broad: petiole 4"'-3"', stipules l"'16ng. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., in mountain woods, among stones. 



55. F. depressa, Bl. Glabrous (or glabrescent]; stem creeping, radicant, short; 

 leaves cuneate-orbicular, crenate beyond the middle, 8-uerved ; rhaphides linear on the 

 under and near the margin of the upper side, minute and chiefly punctiform ones within the 

 same margin ; " cymes in the uppermost axil, dioecious, contracted, sessile." — ^Urtica, Sw. ! 

 — ^Stem 8"— 1" long ; leaves 4'" diam. : petiole 1"' : stipules persistent, spreading, oblong, 

 1'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., rare, among grasses; [Haiti]. 



t+ Ch/mes contracted or few-branched, peduncled. 



56. P. rotundata, Gr. [n. sp.). Stem short, simple, ascending, glabrous, leaves ovate- 

 roundish, obtusely pauciserrate beyond the middle, S-nerved, glabrous beneath : rhaphides 

 linear, conspicuous chiefly on the upper side, crowded near the margin ; cymes in the upper- 

 most axils, unisexual, contracted, peduncled : peduncle equalling the petiole or the leaf. — 

 Habit of a small feperomia. Stem creeping below, radicant from the inferior, usually 

 aphyllous nodes, 4"-l" long, delicate, leafy at the ascending summit ; leaves 8"'-2i"' diam., 

 broadly rounded, -sublrdnoate at the base and somewhat contracted into the petiole, delicately 

 membranaceous, glaucous beneath, with a few pellucid hairs on the upper side, or quite 

 glabrous : serratures about 3 on each margin, less deep than in P. repens, sometimes obso- 

 lete ; lateral nerves disappearing in the middle of the lamina : petiole 6"'-l"' long : stipules 

 i'" diam., roundish, persistent ; 3 cymes glomeruliform, 2'" diam., hairy, ? unlmown. — 

 Hab. Jamaica I, Wils., Wullschl. 



57. F. repens, Wedd. / Stem creeping, radicant, hairy (or glabrescent) ; leaves ovate- 

 roundish, crenafe-serrate, with the base entire, 3-nerved, hairy chiefly on the nerves beneath 

 (rarely glabrescent) : rhaphides linear, conspicuous chiefly on the upper side ; cymes andro- 

 gynous (rarely unisexual), contracted or few-branched, peduncled : peduncle equaUiug the 

 petiole or the leaf. — M- Solm. \ 787, t. \.f. 1. — Urtica, Sw. ! P. nummularifolia, Gr. Carib. 

 {non Wedd.). — Stem 6"-12" loiig, often densely hairy ; leaves 10"'-6"' long, 8"'-4"' broad, 

 often as long as broad : lateral nerves disappearing in the arches beyond the middle of the 

 lamijia : petiole 4"'-l"'long : stipules broadly oblong, 1'" long, spreading, persistent.— Hab. 

 Jamaica 1, 5a«(;r., Wullschl.; Trinidad!, Lockh. ; [Cuba!, Haiti!, Guadeloupe!]. 



58. F. insequalis,, Wedd. Stem short, ascending, hairy above, or glabrescent; leaves 

 ovate, pointed, coarsely crenate-serrate, with the base entire, 3-nerved, glabrous (or with a 

 few pellucid hairs) : rhaphides linear, on both sides ; cymes in the uppermost axils, andro- 

 gynous, few-branched (or contracted) : peduncle equalling the leaf. — Wedd. Monog'r. Urt. t. 



