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Male and fem. heads solitary. Stamen 1. Style 
2-partite . eme oe mom os m e n om m s 
Male and fem. heads solitary. Stamens 2, connate. Style 
simple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. Kvnzia. 
28. PRAINEA. 
Trige VIL. Urticeze. Trees herbs or shrubs, sap watery. Flowers 
unisexual Stamens 1-5, inflexed in bud, with the anthers reversed. Style 
undivided or 0. Ovule erect, orthotropous. 
Subtribe 1. Urerex. Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees, with stinging hairs. 
lowers cymose, 2-5-merous. 
Leaves opposite. Achene straight; stigma penicillate . 25. URTICA. 
Leaves alternate; stipules connate. Achene oblique; 
stigma ovate or linear e e keso onm ng n ng 
Leavesalternate. Fem.sepals4. Acheneoblique; stigma 
filiform . . . . . . . . 4. ls. s. s. + 27. LAPORTEA. 
Leaves alternate. Fem. perianth tubular, 2-3-toothed . 28. GIRARDINIA. 
26. FLEURYA. 
Subtribe 2, PnocnrpEx. Herbs, rarely shrubs, without stinging hairs. 
Inflorescence cymose, or flowers on a fleshy receptacle. Fem. fl. 3-5-partite. 
Stigma penicillate. 
* Leaves opposite. 
Flowers cymose or capitellate. . . . . . . + . + 29. PILEA. 
Flowers on a discoid receptacle . . . . . . . . . 30. LECANTHUS. 
** Leaves alternate. 
Flowers all cymose. Fem. sepals longer than the achene 31. PELLIONIA. 
Flowers all on a fleshy receptacle, fem. perianth small orO 32. EraTOsTEMA. 
Male fl. cymose; fem. on a fleshy receptacle. . . . . 33. PROCRIS. 
_Subtribe 3. BoEnuwERrEX. Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs, without stinging 
airs. Flowers not involuerate, spicate, fascicled, racemed, or panicled ; 
male perianth 2-5-merous, fem. tubular or 0. 
* Fruiting perianth membranous or dry, including the free or adnate achene. 
Shrubs or undershrubs, Stigma filiform, persistent . . 34. BOEHMERIA. 
A herb, Leaves opposite. Stigma ovate, persistent . . 35. CHAMABAINA. 
Herbs, Flowers 4-inerous. Stigma deciduous, filiform . 36. Povzorzia. 
å herb, Flowers dimerous, Stigma linear. . . . . 97. DISTEMON. 
** Fruiting perianth moreor less fleshy, including the free or adnate achene. 
—Trees or shrubs; leaves alternate. 
Leaves narrow. Ovary free; stigma penicillate . . . 38. SARCOCHLAMYS. 
eaves broad. Ovary free; stigma linear, deciduous . . 32. PiPTURUS. 
eaves broad. Ovary adnate; stigma sessile, subpeltate 
ciliate. . , y nate; shig , suoee ' 40. VILLEBRUNEA. 
ves broad, Ovary adnate ; stigma penicillate . . 41. DEBREGEASIA. 
VP Fem. perianth minute or 0. 
Shrubs, Flowers in panicled clusters. . . . . + + 42. Maouta, 
Subtribe 4. PAnrETARIEX. Herbs or undershrubs, without stinging 
hairs, Leave r i ire. Flowers in cymose involucres, 
8 alternate, quite entire J3. PARIETARIA. 
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