Pouzolzia.] CXXXVI. URTICACEX, (J. D. Hooker) >- 581 
Sect. I. Povuzonzi proper. Lobes or segments of the male perianth 
convex or gibbous at the back. 
* Leaves toothed or serrate, base 3-nerved, nerves branching. 
l. P. viminea, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 228; Brand. For. FI. 405 ; 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 495. P. borbonica, Wight Ic. t. 2100, f. 44. P. ovalis, 
Mig. Pl. Jungh. i. 24, and Fl. Ind. Bat.i.ii 259; Wedd, Monogr. 410. 
Boehmeria viminea, Wall. mss.; Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 202. B. sanguinea, 
Hassk. Hort. Bogor. 367. B. ovalis, Mig. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. ii. 100. ? B. 
frondosa, Don Prodr. 59. Urtica viminea, Wall. Cat. 4616 (in part). U. 
sanguinea, Blume Bijd. 501. U. Chiple, punctata & parvifolia, Ham. mss. 
argarocarpus vimineus, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, i. 203. Leptocnide 
borbonica, Blume Mus. Bot. l. c. 294. 
TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from the Sutlej eastwards, ascending to 
$000 ft in Sikkim; and from Assam to TENASSERIM and PERAK.— DISTRIB. Malay 
slands, 
Shrubby or subarboreous ; branchlets and petioles pubescent or strigose. Leaves 
-5 in., alternate, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, above smooth or scaberulous, 
eneath strigose or pubescent with a grey or white tomentum; petiole 1-2 in. 
Flowers in axillary clusters, pubescent or hoary, stamens 4. Fruit angled and 
bescarely margined.—In Weddel’s var. fulgens, the leaves are often snow-white 
neath. 
* M . 
* Leaves quite entire, lateral nerves more or less branched. 
2. P. indica, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 503; leaves opposite or 
alternate ovate to lanceolate, nerves one pair above the 3 basal sparingly 
branched, fruit with a 2-fid beak. Wedd. Monogr. 398, t. 13 B, and in DC. 
Prodr., xvi i 220; Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 67; Wight Ic. t. 1980, f. 1, 2100, 
f. 40; Dalz. 4 Gibs. Bomb. FL 940. P. suffruticosa, Wight Ie. vi 43, 
and P. procumbens, t. 2099, No. 35. P. parva, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 234. 
anetaria indica, Zinn. Mant. 128. Urtica triplinervis & glomerata, 
Wall. Cat. 4617, 4619. U. suffruticosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 583; Wall. 
Cat. 4618; Wight Ic. 694. 
Throughout TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL INDIA, from the Indus (at Iskardo, alt. 
D ft., Clarke), eastward to Burma, and southward to Malacca and CEYLON.— 
ISTRIB. Malay Islands, China. . 
perennial rooted herb ; erect or prostrate, hoary pubescent hirsute or glabrate ; 
Stem stout or slender. Leaves }-1 rarely 2—4 in., membranous, obtuse acute or acu- 
minate, base usually very acute; petiole 3-1 in. Flowers in axillary clusters, strigose 
With simple or hooked hairs ; stamens 4 rarely 5. Fruit subequally ribbed, winged 
9r not.—OF the following varieties P. angustifolia is the only well-marked one. 
AR. angustifolia, Wedd. in DC. 1. e. 221; tall, leaves mostly alternate, 
p 7Owly lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. P. angustifolia, Wight Ic. t. 2100, f. 39. 
E omerata, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. and Wedd. Monogr. 401.— Malacca and 
Van. alienata . 'es mostly opposite long-petioled ovate hase 
pounded, p, alienate, (aud. n e. Ie zevTnics Bonn. l.c. 67; Wight Ic. t. 2101, 
P. tenuis & heterophylla, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 233, 237. Boehmeria n 
13 25. Sp. Pl. iv. 341. B. nana, Don Prodr. 60. Urtica alienata, Linn. Syst. zd. 
4109; Rozb. Fl. Ind. iii, 582; Wight Ie. t. 693. U. nana, Ham. mss. Parie- 
taria zeylanica, Linn, Fl. Zeyl. n. 371, and Sp. Pl. 1492.—Common in India. 
AR. tetraptera, Wedd. |. c. 292; leaves larger mostly alternate hairy on both 
su . . . ;ards. . tetr: , 
Tfaces, petiole short, fruit usually with 4 wings produced upw ardis ts, 46, 47, 48. 
minor, pilosa, Johneor i tm Wight Ic. t. 2100, fs. 
Du iehophora, "Hohenaoe & prromidata, No/179.— Common in the Deccan. 
