54 URTICEZX. 
BGXHMERIA. Jaco. 
Fronzs moncci aut diceci ; masculi: Caryx quadripartitus. SrAwixA qua- 
tuor. Fronzs feminei : Caryx tubulosus , apice dentatus. Ovanrux solitarium. 
Srxzus unicus, elongatus. SricwA simplex. AxExiuw calyce persistente, supra 
coarctato tectum. 
Ansuscunx aut herbe foliis alternis aut oppositis , stipulaceis , nervosis ; 
floribus axillaribus, capitato-conglomeratis aut glomerato-spicatis, bracteatis. 
1. BOEHMERIA AxousriFOUA. f 
B. foliis alternis , lanceolatis, acuminatis, trinerviis , obsolete serratis , supra glabris, sub- 
tus in nervis strigoso-pilosis ; glomerulis axillaribus , dicecis. 
Crescit regione alsa, felicissime: temperiei prope Santa Anna , Rio Quamo et Mariquita , 
alt. 5oo hex. v Floret Aprili. 
Faut alterni, subangulati, adpresso-strigosi. Tour alterna, petiolata , lanceolata acuminata, basi acuta, 
obsolete serrata , reticulato-trinervia , nervis subtus prominentibus, membranacea , supra glabra, subtus 
in nervis et venis strigoso-pilosa , quadripollicaria , septem lineas lata. PrrroLvs tres lineas longus, strigo- 
sus, Srievrx geminze, ad basin petioli sessiles, ovato-lanceolate , apice subulatz, uninervize, fusce, nervo 
exterius strigoso. Fronrs dioeci auct. Bonplandio; masculos haud vidi; feminei axillares, sessiles, den- 
Sissime capitato-conglomerati ; glomeruli globosi, sessiles, solitarii , magnitudine pisi maximi, BRacree 
creberrime, oblonge, acutz, tenuiter membranacez, fuscescentes , glabra. CALvcew distinguere non 
potui, forsan arctissime ovario adhzret. Ovantvw. minutissimum , ovatum, compressiusculum, Sryuvs 
valde elongatus, bracteis duplo longioz , simplex , puberulus. Fntcrus ignotus. 
2. BOEHMERIA czuripiror. t 
B. foliis alternis, ovato-oblongis , acuminatis, basi inequalibus, argute serratis, trinerviis , 
supra rugosis , strigosis , subtus pubescenti-hirtis ; glomerulis axillaribus, diccis?. 
Crescit locis scopulosis , subaridis prope Quito, Lloa, Alangasi et Turubamba , alt. 1480 
Aexap. t, Floret Junio. 
Torr alterni, teretes, strigosi. For1a Celtidis, alterna, petiolata, ovato- oblonga, acuminata , basi 
jnzqualia , argute serrata, reticulato-trinervia, nervis venisque subtus prominentibus, rigida, supra ru- 
gosa, strigosa, subtus pallidiora, pubescenti-hirta, tres et dimidium pollices longa, pollicem lata. 
Prrioni 4 aut 5. lineas longi, subcanaliculati , pubescenti-strigosi. SrrpvLe lanceolatz , fusce, exterius 
strigosc, Flores masculos haud vidi ; num in distincta planta ?. Flores feminei axillares, capitato-congesti, 
sessiles, bracteis minutis distincti. Cauyx tübulosus , superne dilatatus, fauce constricto, bidentato, te- 
nuiter membranaceus, exterius pubescenti-pilosus. Ovanium longe stipitatum , ovatum, glabrum ; 
stipite glabro. Sryzcs elongatus, exsertus, simplex , pubescens. AkExrvx. minutissimum, stipitatum , ova- 
1um, leve, glabrum, fuscum, calyce persistente tectum. 
