URERA. URTICACEJE (avcron WEDDELL), 97 
deque castanea glaberrima vel puberula vestitis. Folia 6-15 centim. longa, 
3-12 centim. lata, apice plerumque abrupte acuminata, acumine angusto 
obtusiusculo, inferne integra, ceterum crenulis obtusis subequalibus usque 
ad apicem ornata, supra giaberrima, lamina exsiccata cystolithis punetifor- 
ibus creberrime inspersa subtus nervis transversis eleganter reticulata, 
glabrata vel costa venisque primariis puberulis sparsimve pilosulis Cystoli- 
thosque raros hic illic exhibentibus, petiolo gracili puberulo vel glabrato 
longitudine varia. Stipulee lanceolatz, fusco-scariose, apice bifidze, nervis et 
interdum margine pilosulis, cito deciduz. Flores dioici. Cymee masc. petiolis 
breviores vel paulo longiores, vix multiflore,, pedunculo brevi ramisque 
(haud numerosis) puberulis, floribus brevissime pedicellatis, perigonii 4-par- 
üti segmentis subtilissime puberulis. Cymz feminez divaricato-ramo:ze, 
ramis minutissime puberulis, floribus subsessilibus valde obliquis, perigonii 
inzqualiter 4-lobi vel subbilobi (lobis exterioribus subnullis), lobis interioribus 
achenium oblique ovatum [£1 millim. circiter longum subventricosum sub- 
tiliter granulosum subezquantibus. (v. s.). 
l7. U. omovaTA (Benth. in Hook. Niger fl. P. 515), scandens, ramis novellis 
stimulis crassis sive aculeis horridis, foliis ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis 
obovalisve abrupte acuminatis basi obtusis rotundatisve plerisque crenatis 
trinerviis glaberrimis inermibusque vel in costa et nervis subtus parce brevi- 
terque stimulosis, cymis uniparis, floribus femineis in apice et ad latera ra- 
mulorum inflorescentiz laxiuscule glomeratis, stigmate rotundato. Q) In Sierra 
Leone (Vogel) et Fernando Po (Mann). — Wedd. Monogr. p. 159. Caulis fru- 
ticosus. Rami elongati, teretes, exsiccati epidermide obscure rubente vestiti; 
Folia 5-12 centim. longa, 21-6 centim. lata, acumine subcentimetrali an- 
gusto obtuso et plerumque integro, nervis primariis utrinsecus 5-6 subtus 
parum prominentibus secus marginem arcuatim connexis (jugo inferiore me- 
dium limbum attingente interdumque superante), secundariis linea recta aut 
reticulatim inter se anastomosantibus, lamina exsiccata submembranacea aut 
rigidula supra cystolithis minimis crebriuscule inspersa, subtus heec corpus- 
cula fere linearia secus nervos presertim exhibente, petiolo gracili longitudine 
variabili nunc vix centimelrali nunc limbo eequilongo inermi rariusve stimu- 
loso, exsiccato scepe cystolithis minutis punctato. Stipula...... Flores dioici. 
Cyme in ramulis foliosis numerose, pedunculate, foliis breviores rariusve 
illis equilongz, pedunculo |-3-centimetrali erecto-patulo, ramis subdivarica- 
tis glabris et fere inermibus, ramulis extremis vero seu floriferis demum (in 
cyma feminea) stimulis longiusculis subf;sciculatisque horridis. Flores masc. 
breviter pedicellati, in glomerulos parvos discretos digesti, perigonio 5-par- 
tito glabro, alabastro sesquimillimetrali spheroideo, pistilli rudimento 
obconico depresso obsolete 5-lobato. Flores lem. subsessiles, in glomerulos 
numerosos àd apices ramulorum fere confluentes congesti, stimulis quasi 
involucrati, perigonio tubuloso ovarium fere zequante, ore inzqualiter denti- 
culato, fructifero baccato rubro-aurantiaco quam achanium oblique ovatum 
bimillimetrale paulo breviore. (v. s. in hb. Kew.) 
B, longifolia, ramulis fere omnino inermibus levibus et glaberrimis, foliis 
quam in typo minoribus scepiusque subintegris serrulatisve, petiolo elon- 
gato. Q In iisdem locis ac typus (Vogel). — Urera oblongifolia Benth. 
l. c. p. 516. (v. s. in hb. Kew.). 
18. U. CAMEROONENSIS, scandens, fere glaberrimus et (ut videtur) omnino iner- 
mis, foliis oblongis anguste acuminalis basi angustatis et ad iusertionem 
petioli subemarginatis integerrimis tri-tripli-nerviis, nervis primariis paucis, 
cymis uniparis, lloribus fem...... Q In montibus Cameroon ins. Fernando 
Po, altit. [500 metr. (G. Mann, n. 2173). — Frutex 5-metralis, ramis teretibus 
siccitate fuscis, internodiis superioribus,l-2-centimetralibus. Folia 8-12 centim. 
longa, 3-& centim. lata, acumine lineari obtusiusculo , nervis primariis in 
utroque latere limbi 2-3 arcuatis in margine evanescentibus folii junioris 
subtilissime puberulis, jugo inferiore medium limbum supera.te subtusque 
parum prominente, venulis parum conspicuis subparallele transversis, lamina 
exsiccata coriacea supra minutissime fusco-punctulata, cystolithis in pagina 
inferiore prorsus inconspicuis, petiolo 2-4 centim. longo. Stipulz triangulari- 
ovate, vix centimetrales cito deciduz. Cym:e masc. (solum vise) breviter 
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