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The Species are, 

 I. Uren'a [Lohata) follis angulatis. Lin. ILjiI'. ClifF. 



Indian Malk-iv "luith angular leaves. Uirna Sinica 



343. 



of lejfer Ettrdcck. 



e/ 



R T 



through the winter hi th.c: [love, and v/dl ripen rhe'r 

 feeds the folluwing leaibn, al'ccr Vvhich the pumt^icr. 

 doiii continue. 



2. Uren'a {Aculeata) fohis inferioribus angulatis, fupe- 

 rioribus trilobis quinquelobifque acute krratis. Vrena 

 with angular lower leaves^ and the upper cues divided into 

 three or five lohes ivhich are fijarply fa-ived, Alcea Indi- 

 ca frutefcens foHis ad marginem exafpcratis, bryonia^ 

 alba:^ divifuris, e Sinu Bcngalenn. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 

 5. fig. 3. Indian Jlrrubhy Vervain MallGzv from Bengal^ 

 with leaves having prickles on their edges ^ and divided 

 like thofe of the white Bricny. 



Urena {Sintiata) foliis finuato-multifidis villofis. 

 Flor. Zeyl. 257. Urena with finuated hairy leaves having 

 vtany points. Alcea Indica frutefcens, foliis in laci- 

 nias varie difiectis. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 74. fig. i. Shrnb- 



URTIC A. Tourn. Inft. R. IL 534 



tab. 





L.in. 



3 



by Indian Vervain Mallow^ with leaves 



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Gen. Plant, c^^^, [io cailed from urere, Lat, tobiir.i| 

 becauie this plant, being touched, burns veryinucli/j 

 'i'he Nettle -, in French, Or:ie. 



Hie Characiers are, 

 // has male and female f ewers at remote dijianccs^ forr,-:^ 

 limes en the fame ^ and at others on feparate plants, "-JU 

 male flowers have an cmpalement ccmpofed offGurrQunl- 

 ijh concave leaves \ thcfe have no 



tl\-\ 



e yio tmpaurMnts \ 

 have a pitcher fhaped ncaarium in the center oftheflczv- 

 er^ and four awlfhaped fpreadingflamina^ ternnnaici 

 by funimits with two cells. 'The female fewer s have aii 

 oval permanent enipalement with two valves j they have 

 neither petals ncr ftcinina^ but an oval gerrnen without 



'nyfiyle., crowned /-v a hairy ft 



rhe title of Urena was applied to this genus by Dr. I empale7nent. 



dfe 



.ft 



Dillenius, in the Hortus Elthamenfis, as the charafters 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth fecT:ion 



of the plants differ from all the genera of the malva- of Linnsus's twcnty-tirlt tlafs, which contains thofe 



ceous tribe, and this being a name applied to it in the I plants which have diilinft male and female flowers 



Thefirft fort grows naturallyin China, andalfo in Ame- 

 rica; this rifes with an upright ftalk upward of two feet 

 high, v/hich become ligneous toward the autumn. It 

 fends out a few fide branches which are taper, flifF, and 

 have a dark green bark; they are garnilhed with round- 

 ifh angular leaves about two inches long, and two 

 inches and a quarter broad, ftanding upon pretty long 

 foot-ftalks ; they are of a dark green on their upper 

 fide, and are pale on their lower. The flowers come 

 out fingle from the wings of the ftalk, fitting clofe 



OH the fame plant, and the male flowers have four 

 llamina. 



The Species are, 



r. Urtica {Dioica) foliis oppofitis cordatls, 



racem:s 



tcv'/i? heart- 



geminis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 984. Nettle 

 fhaped leaves which are placed oppofite^ and douhle fpikcs 



off 



eft ft 



Urtica urens maxima. C. B. P. 222. 'The 



to It 



Mallow 



2. Urtica (Urens) foliis oppofitis ovalibus. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 984. Nettle with oval leaves which are placed 

 cppoftte. Urtica urens minor. C. B. P. 232. Smaller 



dte fmall, and of a deep blufh colour ; thefe are fuc- j 3 

 ceeded byroundifh capfules, armed withprici^ly hai;-s, 

 divided into five cells, each containino- one kidney- 



flinging Nettle, 



lih 



fhaped feed. It 



(x 



Tilly 



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frudiferis globofis. Lin. Sp. 1395. 

 Jhaped leaves placed oppo/itey and feeds 

 Urtica urens pilulas ferens. f. Diofc 



Nettle 



The fecond fort grows naturally on the 9oafl: of IVJa- 

 labar, from whence I received the feeds : this rifes 



three feet nigh, dividmrr into 



J^lax. commonly called Roman Nettle^ 



idfl 



. with a ligneous ftalk 



4, Urtica {Dodartii) foliis oppofitis ovatis fubintegcr- 



rimis. 



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./,... -.^ .- . ■ ,v. -f , , — -n , - I -• ' '=v ./-- — T gloi>flfis. Lin.- Sp. 1395. 



four or^five branches, which have a grayilh bark ; they Nettle with oval leaves which qr& almoji entire, placed 

 aVe^'gami&ed^wkh leaves of difFerenc forms"; thofeon I :^jj^pofite, and ^lohdar feed-bearing kath^^ Urtica altera, 

 the lowerpartTre anguIaK'an iricH and a fialf long, pVpilulifcrar parietaris foliis. Ad. Par. 131. Another 



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and aBoiit the fame breadth ; thofe above are cut fome 

 ' into three, and others have five angular obtufe lobes ; 

 they are of a dark green on their upper fide, but pale 

 on their under, and are fharply fawed on their edges. 

 Handing upon long foot-ftalks. The flowers come 

 out fingly from the wings of the ftalk ; they are ftiap- 

 ed like thofe of the other, but are laro;er. The petals 

 are narmwer at their bafe, and they have deep red 

 bottoms, Thefe appear in Auguft and September, 

 >ut unlefs the autumn proves warm, the (egds will 

 not ripen in this country.% r , :. .;*rrir^ t ,.v .^ -z^J: 



The feeds of the third fort came from Malabar i the 

 ftalks or this are hairy, and divide into many branches : 



^ill-bearing Nettle with a leaf 

 called Spanifh Marjoram. 

 Urtica {Cannabina) foliis oppofitis tripartitis incifis. 

 Hort. Upfal. 282. Nettle with leaves placed cppofitCy 

 which ars cut into three parts. Urtica foliis profunde 



d feeds 



Nettle 



6. Urtica {Cjlindrica) foliis oppofitis oblongis, amentis 

 • cylindricis folitariis indivifis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 984. 

 Nettle with oblong leaves which are placed oppofste^ and 



It rifes about two feet high, and is garnifhed with 



oblong leaves, divided into three obtufe lobes to the 



midrib.' T^?- ^9^^} ^^9 indented in Several parts ; 



they are of a light green on both fides, and hairy. 



The flowers fit clofe to the ftalks fingly at tfie wings ; 



• they are fliaped like thofe of the former, but are 



' of a. pale' blufli colour, with a a deep red bottom. 



Thefe appear in Auguft and September, but unlefs 



, the feafon proves warm, the feeds do not ripen m 



. England. / - 



.Thefe plants ai^ propagated by feeds, which fhould 



■ be fown on a hot-bed early in the fpring ; and when 



,- the plants are fit to remove, they lliould be tranf- 



planted into pots, and plunged into a frefli hot-bed 



, to bring them forward, and afterward they muft be 



treated in the fame manner as hath been dire<5}:ed for 



the tender forts of Hibifcus, X£> which the reader is 



defired tq^ turn. If the plants are brought forward. 



in the fpring, and afterward placed in the ftove, or 



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Urtica foliis ob- 



longis ferratis nervofis petiolatis. Flor. Virgr 187. 

 Nettle with oblongs faived^ veined leaves^ growing upon 



foot-ftalks 



7 



{Ma. 





oppoiitis ovato-Ianceolatis * 





acyiTiiriatis.qrenatis, amends cylindricis indivifis. Net- 

 tle with ovaly fpearftoaped. 

 which aje.^ placeioppofite, 



kins. Urtica minor iners 



i- 



9 



rs Mariana, feminibus exalis 

 fqlioruni racemofis non ramofis. Pluk. Mant. 190. 

 Smaller Nettle of Maryland, with feeds growing in long 

 hunches froin the wings of the leaves^ but not branched. 



Urtica {Canadenfts) foliis alcernis cordaro-ovatis, 

 amentis racemofis diftichis ereftis. Hort. Clifi: 441. 

 Nettle %vith oval heart-floaped leaves which are placed al- 

 ternate, and ere^i, branchings double katkins. Urtica 

 maxima, racemofa Canadenfis. PI. R. Par. Greateli 

 branching Nettle of Canada. 



Urtica (Niv€a) fofiis alcernis orbiculato, utrinque 

 acutis fubtus tomentofis. Hort. Clifi'. 4.4.1. Nettle with 



wofli 



under fide. Urtica racen^ifera maxi- 



rnder a deep frame, they will ripen feeds the 'firft ; ma finarujn, foliis fubru.s arscntea lajiuo-ine villofis. 



mav 



'. 



Pluk, Amalth, 212. Createfl brancJnng China Net 



,' ' wboft 







