124. URTICACEE: URTICER. 473 
Cu&KIANG : Ningpo (Savatier ex Franchet). 
Europe, North Africa, Temperate Asia. 
8. Urtica sp. 
SHINGKING: Kwandien mountains (Ross, 93!), east of Fung- 
chung (Ross, 132, 210!). 
These specimens, which are destitute of flower or fruit, have a 
very different facies to any other Chinese species, but may prove 
to belong to a variety of U. wrens, L. They resemble Nanocnide 
japonica, Blume, but have opposite leaves. 
1. Nanocnide japonica, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 
p. 155, t. 17 ; Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. ix. (1856) 
p. 290; DC. Prod. xvi. 1, p. 69; Maxim. in Mel. Biol. ix. 
p. 627. 
CHEKIANG: Tientai mountains (Faber, 287!); Formosa : 
Tamsui (Oldham, 517 !, Swinhoe!); HvrEn: South Patung (A. 
Henry, 5280!), Nanto (A. Henry, 3841!) ; Corea : Port Hamilton 
(Wilford, 708, 983! Oldham, 766!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
2. Nanocnide lobata, Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi. 1, p. 69; 
Mazim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 627. 
Cuexrana: Ningpo mountains (Faber, 1661!); Lucuu Ancur- 
PELAGO (Wright, 301!). Herb. Kew. 
1. Fleurya interrupta, Gaud. in Freycin. Voy., Bot. p. 497; 
DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 74; Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. 
ix. (1856) p. 115. 
ia a pe Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 985; Lour. Flor. Cochin. 
p. 557. 2l 
Curva: without locality (ex Loureiro); Formosa: Bankinsing 
(A. Henry, 386!) ; Honexone: Mount Gough (W. J. Tutcher, 
561!). Herb. Kew. 
Extending from Abyssinia through India and Malaya to 
Polynesia. 
A specimen from the Patung district of Hupeh (4. Henry, 
4748) probably belongs to this species. 
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