570 OXXXVI URTICACEX. (J. D. Hooker) — [H/atostema. 
ovate obtuse or acute pubescent, achenes narrowly oblong terete quite 
smooth. 
Lower BENGAL; at Shooshung, near Mymensingh, Clarke. Also in MUNNIPORE 
and the Naga Hits, alt. 500 ft., Clarke. 
Stem erect from a short creeping base, probably succulent, hard angled and 
grooved when dry, naked below. Leaves the narrowest of the large-leaved p 
drying rigid and yellowish, opaque; basal nerves produced to near the tip, latera 
faint very oblique ; stipules linear-oblong, membranous, deciduous; cystoliths MM 
conspieuous in the youngest leaves only of the Mymensingh specimens, but all over t t 
upper surface of the Naga Hills ones. Recepts 1-1 in. diam., often lobed ; invol. 
bracts coriaceous, concave, ciliate; bracts of fem. much more numerous, outer 
sometimes shortly spurred at the back ; peduncles 1-1 in., erect, rather slender. 
20. E. Wightii, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, stem stout branched, 
leaves 3-4 in. sessile subfalcately oblong-lanceolate subcaudately acum- 
nate very coarsely subserrately toothed from above the lower third base 
subacute, cystoliths abundant, male recepts long and stoutly peduncled, 
invol. bracts rounded membranous, fem. sessile much smaller. 
Niteutri MTS. ; at Avalanche, Wight (Kew Distrib. 2692). . 
Diccious. Stem erect from the root, succulent, branches divaricate. Lean 
3-7 in., rather succulent, yellowish when dry, base unequal, of lower margin strate 
or rounded ; cystoliths very many, small; basal nerves hardly produced beyond t » 
middle, supra-basal one or two pairs not inarching ; stipules very short, broad. en 
recepts ł—} in.; peduncle 1-2 in., spreading, bracts green, glabrous; fem. smaller, 
silvery ; bracteoles linear, fimbriate. Achenes fusiform, ribbed. 
b. Bracts of male receptacle very unequal, 2 or more of the outer spurred 
or acuminate and produced beyond the others (or rounded in some vars. ° 
E. surculosum). 
21. E. procridioides, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 180; erect, quite 
glabrous, leaves 4-6 in. sessile or shortly petioled elliptic or oblique'y 
ovate-oblong acuminate quite entire, base unequal, nerves spreading, 
male recepts long-peduncled large, outer invol. bracts ovate or ov? e- 
lanceolate acuminate, 2 or more with dorsal flattened horns exceeding the 
others. 
The Kuasta Mrs., Griffith ; alt. -6000 ft., Clarke. UPPER ASSAM, in the Tea 
districts, in the Misu ui HILLS. UPPER BURMA, Griffith. der. 
Stem erect from the base, probably fleshy, simple or branched, stout or po 
Leaves fleshy or thin, opaque and dark greenish brown when dry, p:ler beneath, liths 
unequally cuneate or acute; nerves 4-5 pairs above the basal, spreading ; cyst m 
small, slender, numerous; petiole short; stipules 1-3 in. Male recepts 1 in. disk 
and less; peduncle 1-3 in., slender or stout; invol. bracts confluent in a fleshy s . 
with many ovate acute points, glabrous; bracteoles cuneate ; flowers large, ma y 
2 or more sepals horned.— Female recepts not seen. 
22. E. decipiens, Wedd. in DO. Prodr. xvi. i. 176; stem often e 
stout erect from a long creeping base and leaf-nerves beneath rely 
puberulous, leaves 4—8 in. sessile or petioled membranous broadly obliq 
oblong or obovate-oblong caudate-acuminate coarsely serrate iron, outer 
the subauricled base, male recepts sessile or shortly peduncled, 
invol. bracts with long fleshy horns. 
Kasia Mrs. ; at Nunklow, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. MUNNIPORE; 
alt. 6000 ft., Clarke. he Indian 
Stem rather fleshy, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves amongst the largest of the 
on Kohima, 
