194 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HERALD. 
LACISTEME^. 
870. Lacistema myricoides, Swartz, Flora Ind. occ. vol. ii. p. 1093. — Piper aggregatuniy Berg, 
Woods about CruccSj Province of Panama, 
URTICACEiE. 
871. XJbera baccifera, Gaud, ad Freycinetj p. 497. — Vrtica baccifera, Linn. Syst. Veg. (ed. 
Pcrs.), p, 595. — Nomen vcriiacul. " Ortiga." Common in waste places. 
Linden collected tliia species at Caracas ; in tlio Istlimus it is used for making hedges. 
873. XJrera girardinioides, Seem. ; fruticosa^ caule petiolis foliisque subtus ad nervos dense 
aculeatis, aculeis rectis, foliis altemis late cordatis pinnatifidiSj lobis acutis integcrrimis vel infe- 
rioribus ssepe sinuatis glabris 3-5-nerviiSj paniculis axiUaribus incrmilius, floribus foemincis sessi- 
libus glabris 5-pliyllisj phyllis camosisj floribus maseulis . . . . — Woods near CruceSj Province of 
Panama. 
A shrub about 10 feet high, bearing some resemblance to Girardinia Leschenaultiana, Dene. ; leaves, 
including the petiole, about 1 foot long, and at the base about 6 inches broad ; panicles glabrous. G-oudot 
found it in Cauca, New Grranada. 
873. Fleurya aistuuTiSj Gaud, ad Freycinetj p. 497. — Uriica <estuanSj Ijinn. Syst, Veg. (ed. 
Pcrs.), p. 894. On walls and rocks in shady places, common all over the country. 
This plant has been collected in the following stations: — Barbadoes (Lane), Cuniana (Funke), Deme- 
riu-a (Parker), Surinam (Hostmann), Pemambuco (Gardner), and Bahia (Salzmann). 
874. Myriocarpa sHpitata, Bentb. Bot. Sulpb. p. 168. t. 55. — Wlprs. Ann. vol. i. p. 646. Cape 
CorrienteSj Darien. 
875. PiLEA muscosa, Jjindl.—Parietaria mkrophylla, Liim. Syst. Veg. (ed. Pers.), p. 950. On 
damp walls and rock, in shady places ; common all over the coimtry. 
This plant is diifused over the West Indies, Mexico, New Granada, and Peru. 
876. Vi-LEApumila, A. Gray, Wlprs. Ann. vol. iii. p. 414. In shady places, Santiago de Ve- 
raguas. 
877. PiLEA centradenioidesj Seem, j caule diSuso radicantc pnbescente hirsuto, foliis oppositis 
cujusve pans valde infequalibus lanccolatis acuminatis grossc serratls, serraturis integcrrimis, basi in- 
sequilatcraliter cuueatis, triplinerviis, supra atro-viridibus pUis adpressis, subtus pallidioribus pubes- 
centibus, stipulis mcmbranaceis cordato-oblongis obtusis, floribus .... In dark woods. Cape Cor- 
rientcSj Darien. 
A half-shrubby plant. Leaves like those of P. varlcgata, Seem., of uueciual size, as in Centradenia 
rosea, Lindl. ; the largest of each pair petiolate, l|-2 inches long, and 4 lines broad, the smallest sessile, 
and 4-5 lines long, and about 2 lines broad. Stipules 1^ line long, brown. Flowers were unfortunately 
lost . 
878. PiLEA variegata, Seem.— Urtica variegata, Sprengl. Syst. Veg. vol. iii. p. 839. Dark fo- 
rest of Cape Corricntcs, Darien. 
