576 OXXXVI, URTICACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Boehmeria. 
SILHET, the Kuasta Mrs. and CHITTAGONG to TENASSERIM. The WESTERN GHATS, 
from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, common.—DisTRIB. Java. 8i 
An erect shrub or small tree; branches terete, pubescent. Leaves - " 
membranous, sometimes rugose above; petiole 1-3 in.; stipules small, eci ep 
Flower clusters small. Flowers minute, sessile, Achene ovoid, closely invested by 
the acute perianth. 
2. B. Helferii, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 201; moncecious, leaves opposite 
subequal broadly ovate-cordate acuminate sharply toothed sparsely hart 
above, nerves beneath finely pubescent, clusters axillary confluent guier ri 
fem. fl. concealed by the large bracts, perianth tubular 2-toothed. . 
in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 204; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 423. 
TENASSERIM, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 4585). . 
Branches nearly A Leaves 3-4 in., membranous, quite smooth, ser 
to the base; nerves very slender ; petiole 1-3 in., very slender.— Leaver Y wed by 
described by Blume as opposite, but by Mueller (no doubt by lapsus, and foto 
Kurz), as alternate. 
3. B. Didymogyne, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 204; herbacon’} 
moncecious, leaves alternate subequal ovate acuminate coarsely btuse or 
toothed above the middle, sparsely hairy above, base cuneate o irs. 
rounded, clusters axillary androgynous, fem. fl. usually adnate 1n p 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 423. Didymogyne boehmerioides, Weddell mss. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 
Stem simple, 1-2 ft., soft, glabrous. Leaves 3—4 in., very membranous, Sh. 
times unequal-sided ; nerves extremely slender; petiole 2-24 in., slender.— 
obscure plant, of which better specimens are wanted, 
4. B. sidefolia, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, i. 208; moneco, 
leaves opposite and alternate subequal elliptic or ovate-lanceolate Mp dx 
acuminate sharply serrulate hairy on both surfaces, clusters axil any diffusa, 
leafy branchlets, fruit oblong or lanceolate compressed hispid. " n DC. 
Wedd. Monogr. 356; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 423. B. comosa, Wedd. 1 
. 88, 
Prodr. xvi. i. 205. Urtica viminea, Wall. Cat. 4616 (in part). U. como 
Ham. mss. 
ag: in 
TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from E. Nepal and Sikkim, ascend i 
to 4000 ft., to Mishmi, Griffith. Assam, the Garzow and KHAsrA HILLS, 
TzNassEkIM, Wallich, &c.—D18T&1B. Java. es 3-5 in» 
A slender erect or diffuse undershrub, hairy villous or glabrate. Leave strongly 
membranous, smooth or rugulose, serrulate to the base; nerves sometimes 8" 
: . . t.— Ve 
reticulate beneath ; petiole 1-23 in. Flower clusters many, often confluen 
variable in leaf aud pubescence. 
** Flower clusters in simple or paniculately branched spikes. 
t Leaves alternate. 
B. xıvea, Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Beech. Voy. 214; monæciot® | 
alternate all equal broadly ovate or orbicular acuminate ren clusters 
scabrid above, snow-white except the nerves beneath, stipules Monotr. y 
in axillary panicles, fruit oblong compressed hairy. Wedd. 1 (1851) 315 
t. 11,f. 10-17; DC. Prodr. xvi.i. 206; Hook. Kew Journ. Bot i Pr Bat 
t. 8; Brand. For. Fl. 402; Benth. FL Hongk. 331; Miq. P peye: Voy: 
ii, 253 ; Blume Mus. Bot. ii, 210. B. tenacissima, Gaud. Bot. P Tyrio 
500; Blume l. c. 211, t. 56. B. candicans, Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. 
