Urticacece.l cetlon plants. 263 



loinensis, Eumph._ Amboin. v. p. 22, tt. 15, 16. C. Amhoinensis, Miq. 

 n. Ind. Bat. vol. i, pars altera, p. 290. Cudrania Javanensis, Trecul,' 



Mi 



Wight 



3. Madura 



sura)Javanica, Timorensis, et Amhoinensis, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. 

 Bat. ii. pp. 83, 84, t. 31. JPlecospermtim cuneifolium, Tliwaites, in Hook. 

 Journ. of Bot. vi. (1854) p. 303. TropMs spinosa, Willd. Sp. PL ir. p. 734 

 (partim) ;| Blume, Bijdr. p. 489 (non Eoxb.) ; Wall. Cat. 4641 B, T). 

 Batis spinosa, Wall. Cat. n. 4643 5.— c.p. 2526. 



Hab. Hot drier parts of the island ; not very common. 



16. PLECOSPERMUM, Trecul. 



1, P. spinosum, Tree. (Ann. des Sci. Nat. ser. iiI. vol. viii. p. 124 ; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1963.) — Batis spinosa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 763, quoad 

 descr. B. aurantiaca. Wall. MSS. in Hort. Calc. Trophls spinosa^ 

 Heyne, WaU. Cat. 4641 A; an Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 734, partim? 

 r. aculeata, Eoth, Sp. Nov. p. 368.— c.p. 2212. 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. '' Katto- 

 timbool.*' 



17. ALL^ANTHUS, Thw. 



(Hook. Journ. of Bot. vol. vi. (1854) p. 302.) 



F 



Flares dioici ; masc, in spicis axillaribus unilateralibus pednnculatis 

 dense aggregati. Stamina 4, perigonii segmentis opposita, sestivatione 

 inflexa. Ovarii rudimentum parvum, conicum, subulatum. Floresfoem. 

 pauci, cum pluribus abortivis squamseformibus intermixti, in capitulis 

 globosis axillaribus congesti. Perigonium tubulosum, irregulaxiter 4- 

 fissum. Ovarium liberum, sessile, 1-loculare. Ovulum pendulum, cam- 

 pylotropum. Stylus subterminalis, brevis. Stigma elongatmn, simplex 

 vel rarius secundo breviori comitatum. — BroussoneticB valde affine, 



1. A. Zeylanicus, Thw. 1. c. t. 9 i?.— C.P. 2215. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1000 to 2000 feet. Norn, 

 vulg, " AUandoo-gass." 



Arbor 30-40-pedalis. Eamuli teretes, pilosi, lactescentes. FoUa alterna, disticha, 

 cordato-lanceolata, acuminata, serrata, peunivenia, ])iIosula, subtus pallidiora, veuosa, 

 3-4 poll, longa, U-lf poll, lata, ante anthcsin simul dccidua, petiolo pHoso, 3 lin. 

 longo. Stipula oblongs, acuminata, membranacese, sublreves, striatse, obliqum, 

 deciduce, 2 lin. longre, \\ lin. lata;. Flor, masc: Spices l-2i poll, loiig^e. 2 lin. latae, 

 pilosae, peduncuJo 2-3 lin. longo. Flores fcem, : Capitula 4 lin. in diam., brevi- 



peduncnlata, pilosa. 



A very tough fibre is obtained from the inner barli of this tree, which is used by 



the Cinghalese for a variety of piu*poses. 



18. ANTIAEIS, Lesch. 



Lepurandra, Nimmo. 



1. A. innoxia, Bliune, Rumpliia, i. p. 172, t. 54.—^. saccidora, 

 Dalz. Hook. Journ. of Bot. iii. (1851) p. 232 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1958. 

 A. ioxicaria. Hook. Comp. to Bot. Mag. i. p. 311, t. 17. Lepurmidra 

 saccidora, Nimmo, Plants of Bombay, p. 193. An A. tojctcartiB, Lesch., 

 Tarietas ? — c.p. 2231. 



