i 5 86 MONCECIA. MONADELPH. 1724— 1727. 



Gnemon* Gnetum. 



Eait Iruies. Rumph. Amb. t. />• 1 8i. tab; 71. 



Brunches jointed : leaves lance.ovate, very entire, glabrous : 



am.ms axillary, in pairs, pedunclcd: braStte orbicuLr per-. 



foliate. 



1724. IIURA. Male. Ament imbricate : perianth 

 truncate; corol o: filament cylindrical, peltate at 

 top, furrounded with numerous antherae' in pairs. 



Fern. Calyx o: corol o: ftyle funnel -form: ftigma 12- 

 cleft; capfule 12-celkd: feeds folitary. 



crepitans. Hura , Sand-box tree. 



Weft Indies. Comm. Ho't. 2. t 66 Ehet.piet.t 12. 

 Tree with branches abounding in milky juice : leaves heart- 

 ihaped, crenate, with a prominent midrib. 



1725. PLUKENETIA. Calyx o: corol 4-petalled. 

 Male. Stamina 8: nectaries, 4$ bearded. 



Fern. Style very long: ftigma peltate, 4-lobcd: capfule 

 4-grained. 



mU&iUe* Plukenetia. 



Indies Plum, ic. 226. Rumph, Amb. I. /. 79. f. 2. 

 Stem twining : leaves hea.t-ftiaped, ferrate, acute: racemes of 

 numerous male flowers and a few females at bottom. 



1726. GYMNANTHES. Male. Ament naked: 

 perianth c: corol c: ftamina, pedicels 3 -parted or 

 3-foi ked, bearing the anthers. 



Fern. Ament or germ pedicelled : corol o : ftyle 3- 

 cleft: capfule 3-grained, 3 -celled. 



elliptlea, Dioecious: ftamina 3-parted; females amentaceous. 

 Jamaica. Swartz. prodr. 96. 



l»cida. Monoecious: ftamina trichotomous ; females folitary, pc> 

 dicelled. 

 Hifpaniola. Swarm, prodr. 96. 



1727. DALECHAMPIA. Outer common involucre 

 with 3 leafets ; inner with 2 3 -cleft leaves. 



Male. Umbellule 10-flowered: involucel 2 leaved, with 



nuu r e» 'U.> chaffs- proper perianth 5 -leaved: corol 



o. filaments numerous. 

 Fem. Florets 3 ; involucel 3 -leaved : proper pei'ianth 



of 1 1 leafets: corol o : ftyle filiform : capfule $- 



grained. 



