Elatostema.] CXXXVI. URTICACEE, (J. D. Hooker.) 565 
A branching shrub, 2-6 ft. ; branches terete, lower woody. Leaves 1-3 in. broad, 
pale greyish brown when dry, smooth, rarely with 1-2 teeth below the tip; nerves 
3-5 pairs, arched ; petiole 1-2 in, in Assam specimens. Heads small, often lobed or 
branched, male and fem. in the same or separate axils or plants. Achene minute, 
turgidly ellipsoid, ribbed.— Possibly a large state of E. lineolatum. A specimen 
from Assam has fem. recepts above and male below, the latter broken up into 
sessile capitate branched ebracteate cymes, The female recepts are also some. 
times divided, 
Var. tomentosa ; stem and leaves .beneath substrigosely or hirsutely tomentose. 
—Khasia Hills, alt. 3-5000 ft. 
6. E. lineolatum, Wight Ic. t. 1984; herbaceous or shrubby, leaves 
1-6 in. subsessile oblong or oblong-lanceolate or narrowly linear-oblong or 
cuneately obovate acuminate or caudate coarsely crenate toothed or serrate 
above the middle, base always acute or cuneate, cystoliths very crowded 
and conspicuous, recepts small pisiform solitary or crowded, invol. bracts 
Tounded often confluent. Wedd. Monogr. 312; DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 181. 
Procris punctata, Wall. Cat. 4627 B. 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon eastwards to Bhotan and the Khasia Mts., 
and southwards to TRAYANCORE. CEYLON, ascending to 5000 ft. 
t is impossible to frame a diagnostic character for this protean plant, whose forms 
3S recognized by Weddell to be conspecific, are as dissimilar as those of E. surcu- 
osum. The inflorescence, flowers and invol. bracts and achenes are as in sesguifolium. 
The following are conspicuous varieties. 
VAR. major, Thwaites Enum. 260; Wedd. in DC. I. c. 182; much branched, 
glabrous or tomentose on the branches and leaves beneath especially on the nerves, 
faves 3-5 in. coarsely crenate or serrate above the middle. E. integrifolium, var. 
Semiserrata, Wedd. in DC. l.e. 180. E. rupestre, var.? Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. 
Himalaya, Khasia and Western Ghats. 
Var. integrifolia ; leaves 3~7 in. falcately lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate gradually 
caudate with one or a few coarse teeth towards the tip. E. cuspidatum, Wight Jc. 
t. 2091, f, 1 (not 1983). — Khasia Mts., Nepal, Sikkim and the Concan.—This in colour 
and foliage seems to unite E. sesquifolium and lineolatum, and may be referred to 
either, A specimen from the Concan has broader leaves with more spreading nerves, 
and their base rounded on one side 
Var, Helferi ; much branched, leaves 1-2 in. obliquely cuneate or oblong-cunente 
or -lanceolate gradually or suddenly caudate with 2-5 very large crenatnres or teeth 
above the middle on each side, recepts heads very small.—Tenasserim, Helfer (Kew 
istri. 4503). lat d into a 
„` AR. petiolaris zaites mss. ; leaves 5 in. linear-lanceolate narrowed 1 f 
Petiole Ly in. with Pi ie eth above the middle on each side and a tail 
Lin. long, cystoliths abundant beneath, absent above except aloug the margin and 
midrib.— Ceylon, Thwaites (C.P. 3920) ; a very remarkable state. TM 
9 Van, faleigera, Thwaites Enum. 260; very slender and much branc ed, TS 
-5 in. narrowly falcately linear-lanceolate entire or with one or two large teeth on 
each side, — Ce ylon, . 
Van, bidentata, slender, much branched, leaves $-1} in. lower half cuneatels 
obovate abruptly ending in two large teeth, between which rises an upper half whic i 
C as long ligulate obtuse, smaller elliptic leaves occur lower on the | rane al 
5 ylon, Sir G. McKenzie ; Adams Peak, Thwaites (C.P. 456).—A very othe lower 
^ some specimens the 2 large teeth are replaced by 3 or 4 rounded ones. The 
Pair of nerves oft i 
en end in the teeth. - lj 
lines A: linearis, Thwaites Enum. 260; branches very slender, leaves Ps Mf eo in 
Mear obtuse quite entire or with 1-2 large teeth, nerves very obscure.— a on. t 
AR. tomentella ; small, leaves 1-3 in. falcately oblong-lanceolate pubescent on 
Poth surfaces,—Tenusserim, on Molyet, alt. 5000 ft., Gallatly. 
