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UrTICA RETICULATA. NET-LEAVED NETTLE. 
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Class and Order. 
Monaecia TETRANDRIA. 
Generic Character. 
Masc. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 0. Nectarium centrale, 
cyathiforme. = ce ; : 
Fem. Cal. 2-valvis. - Cor.o. - Sem. 1, nitidum. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Urtica reticulata; foliis oppositis oblongis acutis serratis 
subtus reticulatis, stipulis ovatis integris, racemis 
paniculatis (dichotomis) foliis brevioribus. Swartz 
Prodr. 35.—Fl. Ind. occid. 1. p. 286. J ide 
T1ca reticulata; foliis oppositis oblongis acutis trinerviis ~ 
_ pice serratis subtus reticulatis crassiusculis, corymbis 
folio brevioribus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 351. “Hort. 
Kew, ed. alt. 5. p. 262. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 552. n. 13. 
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A small shrub ; leaves opposite, petiolated, ovate-acumi- 
» three-nerved, serrate, except at the rounded base, 
ed on both sides, but reticulate-veined on the under. 
overs grow, from the axils of the leaves, in dic ously 
divided corymbs, shorter than the leaves, but the common 
peduncle is longer than the petiole. It is distinguished from 
“assifolia by the corymbs being shorter than the leaves 
by the want of hairs on the underside of the leaves. 
ough a nettle, the Urrica reticulata is rather a hand- 
Tee plant, from the deep green foliage and yellow and red 
»Wers. Native of Jamaica. Requires to be cultivated 
Wate Stove. Introduced in 1793, by Rear Admiral 
ttiaM Buigx. Communicated by Mr. Buaxe, from the 
, (illection of the late Mr. Vere, at Kensington Gore, in 
, » 1821. We believe no figure of this plant has been 
published. tient 
