588 CXXXVI. URTICACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Pouzolzia. 
Indies.—It is impossible to identify this by Blume’s description. It is said to be 
allied to scabrida, Wt. (auriculata, Wt.), but to differ in the angled branches. 
P. ORIENTALIS, Wedd. Monogr. 418, and in DC. l. c. 222 ( Leuc ococcus orien- 
talis, Liebm. in Kænigl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. Math. ii. 312).— This, 
which Liebman describes as a tree from Tranquebar, Rotéler, is undeterminable ; it is 
probably not a Pouzolzia. 
P. ROTHIANA, Blume l. c. 231; Wedd. in DC. l c. 226, said to be closely allied 
to P. minor, Wight (P. indica var. tetraptera), is undeterminable. 
37. DISTEMON, Wedd. 
A very slender erect annual herb. Leaves alternate, petioled, coarsely 
toothed, 9-nerved and penninerved. Flowers monoecious, in a sone 
teate 3-fld. androgynous clusters which form slender axillary an ng 
terminal spikes. Marz rr. Perianth campanulate, 2-3-fid, valvate. Stamen 
2-3, inflexed in bud. Pistillode woolly. Frm. rr. Perianth tabular, Mn 
tricose. Ovary included and more or less adnate to the perianth ; Ed 
linear, deciduous; ovule erect. Achene broadly ovoid, acuminate, inc Tle 
in the thickened fleshy or thin crustaceous perianth; pericarp fragile. 
Albumen copious, cotyledons broad. 
D. indicum, Wedd. Monogr. 551, t. 20 A; Miquel Fi. Ind. Bal V 
275. D. grossum, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235°. Urtica grossa, . 
Cat. 4615. 
AssaM, Jenkins, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4581). BURMA, at Segain, Wallich. 
DISTRIB. Java. h. Stem 
Sparsely hairy on the branches, petioles, leaves above and nerves beneat ‘s:$ ie: 
2-3 ft., sub-4-gonous and deeply grooved when dry, branches erect. Leaves, i 
membranous, broadly ovate, acuminate, base cuneate, rarely rounded or su Rude 
brown when dry, paler beneath with patches of whitish cobwebby pubescence nre 
the hairy nerves, giving a mottled appearance, cystoliths punctiform ; petiole ape 
very slender. Spikes interrupted; terminal 4—6 in., branched below, axillary 9 hairs ; 
bracts brcadly ovate, acuminate, concave; male fl. minute, tipped with hook d 
fem. strigose. Fruit 4, in. long, ovoid or rhomboid, beaked. 
38. SARCOCHLAMYS, Gaud. 
A shrub with the habit and characters of Boehmeria, but the fhe 
perianth is campanulate, the ovary oblique, and the achene enclose om o 
fleshy accrescent perianth. The leaves are alternate, and clus 
flowers in long axillary spikes. 
r, 
S. pulcherrima, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Bonite, t. 89; Wedd. M oe 
Urtic. 440, t. 16 C; DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235; Brandis For. Fl. PA, I, Cat. 
For. Fl.ii.496. Urtica pulcherrima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 588; Wa" 
4596. 
Assam, the Kuasta HILLS, Sinner, CACHAR, and from CHITTAGONG 
SERIM. BENGAL, at Mymensing, Clurke.—DisT&rB. Sumatra. pranchlets- 
An evergreen tree or large shrub with tubercled stems and pubescent 3-nerved ; 
Leaves 4-12 in., from ovate to linear-lanceolate or linear- oblong, acuminate, sr above; 
nerves very strong, produced to the tips; base rounded, glabrous and parm . petiole 
beneath densely white-tomentose with the nervules tessellately reticu " ling the 
4-2 in.; stipules 2-fid. Spikes in branched cymes, pubescent, about eq 
petiole; fem. fl. denser, bracteoles toothed. 
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