Elatostema.] CXXXVI, URTICACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 578 
a. Receptacles all sessile. Male unknown in var. serpens. 
VAR. elegans; stem 2-8 in. slender glabrous or pubescent above, leaves few 
membranous upper 11-2 in. from obliquely ovate to lanceolate serrate, base acute or 
gibbous, lower leaves rounded obovate or cuneiform, small subopposite leaves various, 
Pis very small], invol. bracts rounded. Procris elegans, Wall. l. c.— The commonest 
orm 
VAR. pinnatifida ; excessively slender 8-12 in. simple or more often divaricatingly 
branched, leaves rather distant very membranous upper 1-2 in. lanceolate pin- 
natifidly cut base acute, lower leaves small obovate entire or crenate, small subopposite 
leaves linear obovate or oblong, receptacles very small, invol. bracts rounded.—Sikkim, 
alt. 7-9000 ft. 
VAR. subincisa; stem 6-10 in. rather slender simple or branched, leaves more 
coriaceous and less deeply cut than in var. pinnatifida, receptacles larger, invol. 
bracts acuminate. —Sikkim, alt. 3-5000 ft. . 
Var. ciliata; stem short 4-6 in. very stout and leaves beneath sometimes 
scurfily rusty -pubescent, leaves 13 in. fleshy rounded elliptic or cuneiform crenate 
ciliate or not, uppermost sometimes larger and lanceolate, recepts very small few-fld., 
invol. bracts rounded or acute.—Nepal, Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 fe. 
Var. rigidiuscula, Thwaites mss.; quite glabrous, stem 4-8 in. simple slender or 
stout, leaves % in. very many uniform spreading cuneately oblong or lanceolate 
9btusely serrate or erenate towards the tip base acute, recepts very minute 2-3-fld., 
invol. bracts few acute.—Ceylon, on Adam's Peak, Thwaites. . . 
Var. Serpens; stem elongate prostrate glabrous flexuous, leaves j in. uniform 
oblong coarsely obtusely serrate above the middle base acute, fem. recepts small, 
tacts as in var, zeylanica.—Ceylon, Walker.—Male recepts unknown. 
b. Male receptacles long-peduncled, 
Var. pedunculosa ; stem 6-10 in. stout simple or branched, leaves membranous or 
rather coriaceous, upper 2-3 in. obliquely ovate or lanceolate coarsely serrate above 
the middle, lower rounded cuneiform or obovate crenate, small opposite leaves some- 
times 4 in, long spreading or deflexed, male peduncles longer or shorter than the 
faves, 2 or more of the invol. bracts with long or short recurved beaks.—Khasia 
and Nilghiri Mts. . 
Var. crassa; stems short very stout and leaves fleshy, leaves as in var. 
Pedunculosa but smaller and imbricating upwards, small opposite leaves imbri- 
ae downwards, peduncles of male longer than the leaves.—Khasia Mts., 
- 4-6000 ft. 
Var. zeylanica; habit and leaves of var. pedunculosa but invol bracts more 
NE lanceolate acute, male shorter, fem. strongly ciliate.— Ceylon, ascending to 
t. 
HH Leaves Short, broad, tips rounded or acute. (See also E. surculosum.) 
28. E. obtusum, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, 1. 190; Monogr. 324; 
DC. Prodr, xvi i. 187; stem slender creeping and rooting retrorsely 
Irsute or scurfy, leaves 3-} in. sessile membranous uniform cuneately 
»ovoid or orbicular coarsely crenate above the middle glabrous or cilio- 
“te, tip rounded, base rounded or semicordate, male recepts long- 
Peduncied few-tid., outer invol. bracts 2-3 ovate acute spurred or long. 
“uspidate. 
1 TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Bhotan, alt. 7-10,000 ft., reaching 
7,000 ft. in Sikkim. Kunasra Hirs, alt, 4-5000 ft., Grifith, Clarke, ; 
tems 1-2 ft., flaccid, branched. Leaves greenish, paler beneath, membranous, 
Cystoliths visible on the upper surface only, slender ; stipules lanceolate, acute. 
epts diecious, 2 in. diam., of both sexes peduncled ; peduncle il in., filiform, 
sparsely hispid ; invol. bracts few, broadly ovate, glabrous, narrowed into a slender 
Spur or horn ; male fl. few, large, long-pedicelled.—1 have seen no fem. recepts. 
