56 URTICEX. 
rugulosa , adpresso-pilosiuscula , subtus pallidiora, pilosiuseula , presertim in nervis, 5 * pollices longa , 
1Álineas lata. Periorus 10 aut 11 lineas longus, pilosus. Srrecua lanceolate, fusce, exterius pilos. Flores 
masculi et feminei in distinctis plantis ; masculi ignoti ; feminei : Seic axillares, solitariz , opposite , 
graciles, folio vix breviores, verticillat; verticillis subglobosis, bractea suffultis, superioribus appro- 
ximatis, inferioribus distantibus , multifloris. Rcurs pilosa. Fronrs sessiles. BnAcrEx ovato-oblonge, — 
acuminatze, exterius pilosiusculz , fusce, verticillum subaquantes; bracteas inter flores haud distinxi. — | 
Carxx lakenzeformis , compressus , apice attenuatus et constrictus , bidentatus, tenuiter membranaceus, | 
exterius pilosiusculus. Ovamuw. sublentieulare, stipitatum, glabrum. SrvLvs simplex , valde elongatus , 
exsertus , pubescens. Akzvra minutissima, sublenticularia, levia, calyce persistente et compresso tecta 
eique interius subadnata, fructum Ulmi referentia, multo tamen minora. 
6. BOEHMERLIA rzrroranr. t 
P. foliis oppositis , longe petiolatis, oblongis, acuminatis , serratis , trinerviis, rigidis, su- 
pra adpresso-pilosiusculis, subtus molliter hirto-pubescentibus , canescentibus; spicis axillari- 
bus , dicecis?. 
Crescit regione temperata que Cinchonam tolerat , prope Gonzanama ad ripam Cata- 
mayi et juxta pagum. Lucarque. Quitensium , alt. xo00—1100 hexap. t; Floret Julio. | 
Annon tri- aut quadriorgyalis; ramulis tomentoso-hirsutis. Forr« opposita, longe petiolata, oblonga, | 
acuminata, basi rotundata, serrata , reticulato-trinervia, nervis venisque subtus prominentibus, rigida , 
supra pilis adpressis conspersa , viridia, subtus molliter hirto- pubescentia, canescentia, sex- ant sep- 
tempollicaria , 28 aut 5o lineas lata. Pzrrorz tripollicares et longiores , villoso-pilosi. Sripvr& oblonge , 
acuminate , uninervit, tenuiter membranacea, fusca, glabrze , nervo subtus pubescente, 7 lineas longe. 
Flores masculos haud observavi , fortasse in distincta planta; feminei : Sercat axillares, solitarie , pedun- 
culata , verticillate, tripollicares et longiores; verticilli globosi , distantes , multiflori , in spicis nondum 
explicatis approximati, bracteati. Fronrs densissimi , breviter pedicellati, bracteis minutis distincti. 
Catxx obovato-cuneatus, compressus , apice constrictus; glaber. Ovaivat lenticulare. Srvtts elongatus 
exsertus, glaber. Fnvcros desideratur. 
Precedenti proxima, diversa tamen foliis majoribus, longe petiolatis et calycis forma. 
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URTICA. Liwx. 
Fronzs monceci aut diceci ; masculi: Cauxx quadri-, rarius quinquepar- 
titus. SrauINA quatuor, rarius quinque. Prsrrzzr rudimentum aut nullum. |. 
Flores feminei : Carxx bi- aut. quadripartitus. Srvvus brevis. Sricwa capi- | 
tatum, pubescens. Axswrow calyce persistente tectum. 
Hznzz, plures pungentes, rarius frutices. Folia stipulacea, opposita aut 
alterna. Racemi, panicule aut umbelle axillares; flores solitarii aut capi- 
tato-congesti. 
