486 194. URTICACEX : URTICER. 
6. Boehmeria nivea, Gaud. in Freycin. Voy., Bot. p. 499 ; Benth. 
Fl. Hongk. p. 331; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voy. p. 214; 
Hook. Kew Gard. Misc. iii. p. 315, t. 8; Wedd. in Arch. Mus. 
Hist. Nat. Par. ix. (1856) p. 380, t. xi. figg. 10-17 ; DC. Prod. 
xvi. 1, p. 206; Debeaux, Fl. Shanghai, p. 55; Maxim. in Mél. 
Biol. ix. p. 639; Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 142; A. 
Henry in Rep. Chin. Imp. Marit. Customs, 2nd special series, 
no. 16, p. 6; Watt, Dict. Econ. Prod. Ind. i. p. 468; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 985; Kew Bulletin, 1888, pp. 145, 273, 297, 
1889, pp. 268, 284, 1891, p. 277, 1896, p. 73, 1898, p. 209. 
Boehmeria tenacissima, Gaud. in Freycin. Voy., Bot. p. 500. 
Boehmeria nivea, var. tenacissima, Kew Bulletin, 1888, p. 145. 
Urtica tenacissima, Rorb. Hort. Beng. p. 67, et Fl. Ind. iii. p. 590. 
Urtica utilis, Hort. ev Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. ix. (1856) 
p. 380. 
Cura: Millett!; Kxaxasv: Shanghai (ex Debeaux); FOKIEN: 
Amoy (Swinhoe!); Formosa (Oldham, 522 !), Ape's Hill (Play- 
Jair, 251!), Bankinsing (4. Henry, 483!); HUPEH: Ichang 
(A. Henry, 15, 2159, 4878!); Suenst (Piasezki ex Masi- 
mowicz); YUNNAN: Mengtze(A. Henry, 11247 !); Kwanetune: 
Macao (Gomes da Silva ex Henriques); Honaxona (Lyre, 
255! Urquhart, 118!). Herb. Kew. 
Japan and Malayan Islands. Widely cultivated in India for 
its fibre, from which Chinese Grass-cloth is made. Variously 
known as Rhea, China-Grass, Ramie, Ch'uma, Tchouma, &c. 
~ Var. crassifolia, C. H. Wright, n. var. 
Rami pilosi. Folia ovato-lunceolata, acutissima, crenata, supra 
rugosa, hispida. 
Yunnan: Mengtze (Hancock, 238!). Herb. Kew. 
7. Boehmeria platanifolia, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. 
i. p. 449; Franch. Pl. David. i. p. 270. ` 
Boehmeria japonica, var. platanifolia, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 643. 
Kranest: Kiukiang, Lushan (Bullock! Shearer ex Masi- 
mowicz); Hupren: S. Patung (A. Henry, 6150 !), Nanto (A. Henry, 
2049 !); SzecnvEN : North Wushan (4. Henry, 7033 !). Herb. 
Kew. 
Japan. 
