556 CXXXVI. URTICACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Pilea. 
from P. stipulosa; the persistent stipules and minute achene from P. Symmeria, I 
suspect that Weddell’s P. ozyodon is this; there is nothing in his description to 
distinguish it except its being perfectly glabrous. He describes P. bracteosa as having 
large or small serratures to the leaf, and there are Sikkim specimens of a plant alto- 
gether resembling bracteosa except in having smaller broader deeply serrate leaves, 
and which hence looks very different, and may be so. 
13. P. umbrosa, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, i. 187, and Monogr. 
Urtic. 243, and in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 133; more or less pubescent or tomen- 
tose, leaves 2-5 in. broadly elliptic-ovate or oblong acute acuminate or 
subcaudate coarsely crenate-toothed or serrate 3-nerved base cordate or 
rounded rarely acute, stipules subpersistent large, peduncles longer or 
shorter than the petioles, dorsal fem. sepal much the longest, achenes 
minute flattened nearly smooth with often a raised intramarginal ridge. 
Urtica umbrosa, Wall. Cat. 4598. U. paniculata, Herb. Royle. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 4-9000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards, KHASIA Mrs., 
alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, &c. : 
Usually a tall robust moncecious or dicecions species, often densely clothed with 
flexuous cellular hairs. Zeaves broad, rather broadly toothed, with numerous rather 
distant straight or arched cross-nervules; petiole 1-3 jin.; stipules membranous. 
Cymes very various, sometimes 2-4 in. long and broad; peduncles 1-3 in., rarely 0. 
Male fl. small, sepals usually without spurs, Achenes } in., pale, straight. 
** Achenes granular or tuberculate or with a strong intramarginal 
ridge (or smooth in Hookeriana, see also P. umbrosa). 
14. P. scripta, Wedd. Monogr. 222; DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 127; quite 
glabrous, leaves 3-10 in. elliptic-lanceolate (rarely broad) caudate-acuminate 
denticulate or serrulate teeth always small and shallow, cross-nervules very 
many slender, base acute or narrowed and rounded rarely notched, stipules 
short, peduncles long or short, male fl. minute, fem. sepals broad dorsa 
longest, achenes minute granulate within the intramarginal ridge. Blows 
Mus. Bot. ii. 53, 97. P. scripta & Goglado, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, 
i. 187, 188. Urtica scripta, Ham. in Don Prodr.59. U. Hamiltonian? 
Wall. Cat. 4590. U. triplinervis, Hum. mss. 
Tewprrate HIMALAYA; Dalhousie, alt. 6000 ft, Clarke, Nerat, Wallich i 
Sikkim, alt. 3500-6000 ft., abundant; Bhotan and Mishmi Mts., Griffith. Kuas 
Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft. MUNNIPORE, alt. 4000 ft., Clarke. oh are 
A tall branched glabrous large-leaved species, the best characters for whic 
the usually elliptic leaves with numerous transverse nervules and very small Cointe 
the small male flowers without spurs on the sepals, and the minute strongly granu i 
bordered achenes 31; in. long. Small obtuse-based leaves are, however, common. , ore 
size and form of the cyme and length of its peduncle afford no characters. Munn Eet 
specimens have very large leaves 10 by 44 in. The Dalhousie one is in very impe ore 
flower, and hence perhaps doubtful, but the leaves are characteristic. The Mann Paer 
and some of the lower level Sikkimand Khasian specimens have more fascicled gT an 
achenes, The Mishmi plant has broadly elliptic and even orbicular leaves 
stouter warted (by disease?) stems; though quite glabrous, it has been m have 
umbrosa by Weddell. Some of Wallich’s Nepal and other country speci hey are 
interrupted thickened nervules, but this is a very inconstant character; 
sometimes prominent on the upper leaf surfaces. ations in 
A very large moneecious form (or different species) occurs at low elev: a 
Sikkim (Mongpo, 4000 ft., Clarke), with stem as thick as the little finger, 5. nale 
typical leaves of scripta, but very long (4—7 in.) and slender alternately brato d pals of 
cymes ; the branches again divided, with scattered male flowers, all four 
