474 194. URTICACEXE: URTICE X. 
J 1. Laportea grossedentata, C. H. Wright, n. sp. 
Herba monoica, radice tuberis fusiformibus predita. Caulis 
erectus, glaber, bipedalis. Folia ovata vel orbiculata, grosse 
dentata, basi cordata, apice subito angustissimeque acuminata, 
subglabra; petiolus tenuis, lamina equilongus ; stipule decidue. 
Panicule inferiores mascule, superiores femines, floribus glo- 
meratis. Fl. g: Perianthium extus pubescens, lobis 5 ovatis. 
Ovarii rudimentum turbinatum. Fl. 9 : Perianthium 4-lobatum, 
lobis 2 exterioribus ovatis quam interioribus lanceolatis acumi- 
natis minoribus. Ovarium oblongum; stylus hirsutus, primum 
rectus, demum deflexus. Fructus non visus. 
HvrzH: Patung (A. Henry, 4691, 6066, 6077 ). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
In the axils of many of the leaves are situated woody subulate 
bodies about 1 in. long, which may be galls. 
2. Laportea oleracea, Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. ix. 
(1856) p. 141; DC. Prod. xvi. 1, p. 87; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. v. p. 549. 
Yunnan: Fengchenlin mountains, 7000 feet (A. Henry, 
11198). Herb. Kew. 
Sikkim Himalaya. 
3. Laportea pterostigma, Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi. 1, p. 87 ; 
Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 622. 
Formosa (Swinhoe, 37 !), Ape's Hill (Playfair, 346). Herb. 
Kew. 
v 4. Laportea sinensis, C. H. Wright, n. sp. 
Herba caulibus lzvibus.—P]l. d: Folia late lanceolata, longe 
acuminata, grosse serrata, basi rotundata, nervis hirsutis, 
petiolo lamina squilongo. Paniculi quam folia breviores. 
Lobi perianthii 5, ovati. Pl. 9: Folia lanceolata, longe acu- 
minata, basi aeuta, glabra, petiolo lamina ssmpissime breviore. 
Paniculi quam folia longiores ; pedicelli 9-alati. Lobi perianthii 
4, exteriores minuti, interiores multo majores ovati acuti. 
Fructus (a latere visus) obtuse triangularis, stylo recurvato 
coronatus. 
Hvuren: Patung (4. Henry, 4942, 7364 !); SzECHUEN: 
South Wushan (A. Henry, 7212 !), Mount Omei (Faber, 436 !), 
near Tachienlu (Pratt, 111!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
