TJrticacem.1 ceylon plaa^ts. 



261 



Au estmnelj variable species; and Weddell iucludes amongst the synonyms of 

 the present plant under its several varieties or forms, P. svffruticosa, P. tetraptera, 

 F. Jo/msomana, P. pyraimdata, P. pilosa, and P. minor of Wight's Icones 



11. HYRTANANDRA, MiqueL 



3femonaHs, Ham. MSS., Weddell. 



^Valkeriaua 



Wedd 



jxus» IX. p.^i» (nee Urtica aquahca, Moon, nee U. verrucosa, Moon). 

 Pouzolzia Wallceriana, Wight, Ic. t. 2095, n. 16, P. glalra, Wight 



L c. n. 15.— c.P. 2192, 3372. ^ ' s » 



Hab. Common on moist banks, on the marrfns of woods, etc., un to 

 an elevation of 2000 feet. ' ' i' 



2. H. birta, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. vol. i. pars altera, p. 261, cum syn. 

 Memorialis hispida. Ham. In Wall. Cat. ; Wedd. 1. c. p. 426, cum syn 



y ar, Gardneri, Wedd. 1. c— Pouzolzia Gardneri, Wight, Ic. t. 2092, 

 n. 5.— c.p. 2195. & » j 



Var. Bennettiana, Wedd. 1. c— P. Bennettiana, Wiffht, Ic. t. 1978 

 — c,p. 2190. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



Var. Gardneri, when growing upon dry banks, has frequently very small leaves, 

 not exceeding 3 lines in length, when it closely resembles in appearance the following 

 species, H. triandra; and 1 suspect may in some instances have been distributed by 

 ine HI Jieu of that species. 



P. ocalifolia, P. tomentosa, P. heterocarpa, and P. quadrialata, of Wight's Icones, 

 are qnoted by Weddell as belonging to this species. 



Wedd 



Mem 



1. c. p. 432, Pouzolzia parvifolia, Wight. 

 UrUm triandra, Blume, Bijdr. p. 496.— c.p. 2187.' 

 Hab. IS^ewera Ellia. 



12. OREOCNIDE, Miciuel. 



ViUehritniay Gaud., Blume. 



1. O. sylvatica, Miquel, PI. Jungh. i. p. 40, cum syn. ; FL Ind. Bat. 

 I. i. pars altera, p. 270, cum syn. — ViUehrunia sylvatica, Blume, 

 us. Bot. Luttd. Bat. ii. n. 1G7. t. 15 : Wedd. Arch, du Mus. ix. p. 453. 



1. 15 c.~c.v. 2199. 



4000 



13. MOKOCARPUS, Sieb. et Zucc. 



'Dehregeama^ Gaud., Weddell. 



1. M. lon^ifolius, Blume, 1. c. p. 156 ; Miquel, FL Ind. Bat. vol. i. 

 para altera, p. 272, cum syn. — Behregeasia velutina^ Gaud. ; Wedd. 

 Arch, du Mus. ix. p. 460, cum syn. Conocephalus niveuSy Wiglit, Ic, 

 t. 1959. Urtica longifoUa, Burm. FL Ind. p. 197. Urtica verrucosa^ 

 Moon, Cat. p. 62.— c.p. 2194 



3000 feet. Norn. vulg. '' Grass-dool." 



The Cingluilese make fishing -lines of the bark of this plant. 



1000 



