298 OXXIlIp. URTICACEH (Rendle). [Parvetaria. 
suburceolate, nearly 1 lin. long; perianth 4-partite; segments ovate- 
triangular, white with obtuse green tips, hispidulous on the back. 
Female perianth 4-lobed, scarcely } lin. long ; lobes shortly triangular 
in fruit. Achene ovoid-apiculate, polished brown, about equal in 
length to the enclosing perianth which is barely 1 lin. long.—Cortesi 
in Fl. Ruwenzori Relaz. Sci. i. 463, t. xxix. P. debilis, Rendle in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxviii. 278; not of Forst. P. scandens, 
Engl. in Mildbraed, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. ii. 191. 
Nile Land. Ruwenzori Region: Butagu Valley, to 11,000 ft., Mildbraed, 
2576; east side, 12,000 ft., Wollaston! Bujongola, Abruzzi; third day’s march 
from Eldama Ravine, Whyte! 
3. P. debilis, Forst. in Fl. Ins. Austr. Prodr. 73. An annual often 
diffusely branched herb from a few inches to over 1 ft. high; stem 
and branches slender, flaccid, erect, ascending or sometimes prostrate, 
leafy, generally more or less pubescent, especially in the younger 
portions, often with small glandular hairs intermingled. Leaves 
thinly membranous, broadly ovate to subrotund, apex obtuse or 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, base rounded to obcordate, some- 
times contracting and passing into the petiole, margin entire, vary- 
ing much in size from } in. or even less to 1} in. long, and }-1 in. 
wide, 3-nerved from the base, sparsely hairy on the upper face and 
on the veins beneath, upper face dotted with numerous cystoliths; 
petiole very slender, long, but shorter than the blade, hairy like the 
young stem. Cymules densely few (3-7)-flowered ; flowers sessile ; 
bracts generally linear, lanceolate or linear-oblong, more rarely 
elliptical, not increasing in size in the fruit, ciliate. Flowers afew §, 
the majority female; perianth 4-lobed, lobes ovate to ovate- 
triangular, obtuse ; female perianth increasing in fruit, from 5 lin. 
to 1 lin. long, the reddish-brown lobes bearing stiffish pointed hairs 
especially at and below the apex and sometimes shorter gland- 
tipped hairs, lobes with a conspicuous darker midrib and more oF 
less conspicuous marginal nerves. Achene included in the perianth, 
ellipsoid, not apiculate, about } lin. long, polished dark brown oF 
greenish-brown.—Wedd. Monogr. Urtic. 514, t. xvii. figs. 21-25, 
and in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235; Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 254; 
Boiss. Fi. Orient. iv.1150; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 593 and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vii. 215 (B diffusa); Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 195; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 147. _P. alsinefolia, 
Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 258; not of Delile. P. aus 
tralis, Bl. lc. 256. P. carnosula, Bl. 1.c. 255. P. micrantha, Ledeb. 
Fi. Alt. iv. 303, Icon. t. 22. Freirea alsinefolia, Hochst. ex A. Rich. 
l.c. (name cited in synonymy); notof Gaud. U/rticadebilis, Endlich. 
Prodr. Fl. Norf. 37. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, Mann! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: near Intjatkab, Schimper, 753! Berrethowa, 
5200 ft., Schimper, 203 !- near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1667! near Memsah, 
