152 URTICACEA. 
4-spicate ; pedunculi communes graciles, 2-4 poll. longi ; spice pedunculatz (pedunculi semi- 
pollicares), graciles, 3-6 poll. longze.—C. strigosa, Mig. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ . p. 196, 
non Tréc. 
PANAMA, common in savannas all over the isthmus (Seemann, 499). Hb. Kew. 
It is possible that Seemann collected more than one species, and that the specimens 
seen by Miquel belong to C. strigosa, Tréc., which is described as having about sixty 
spikes in the male spathes. 
7. Cecropia propinqua, Mig. in Mart. Fl. Bras. iv. 1, p. 149. 
MEXICO. 
8. Cecropia schiedeana, KI. in Linnea, xx. p. 531; Liebm. in K. Dansk. 
Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. ser. 5, ii. p. 317. 
Mexico. Cultivated specimens in Kew herbarium. 
16. POUROUMA. 
Pourouma, Aubl. Pl. Guian. ii. p. 891, t. 341; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 880. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus of about twenty arboreous species. 
1. Pourouma aspera, Tréc. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, viii. p. 1022 
Panama, Lion Hill station (S. Hayes). Hb. Kew. 
2. Pourouma, sp. 
Nicaracua (Tate, 394, in part). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe VII. URTICEA. 
Urticee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 348. 
This tribe includes forty genera and upwards of 500 species, spread over the whole 
area of the order. 
17. URTICA. 
Urtica, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1054; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant iu. p. 381. 
About thirty herbaceous species, widely dispersed in temperate and subtropical 
regions. 
1. Urtica chamedryoides, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i. p. 113. 
we. genuina, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 42. 
Urtica verna, Rafin. in Atl. Journ. p. 16. 
Urtica purpurascens, Nutt. Fl. Arkans. p. 169. 
Urtica stachydifolia, Kth. et Bouché in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 3, vii. p. 181. 
Urtica propinqua, Liebm. in K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. ser. 5, ii. p. 293 (reprint, p. 9). 
Urtica berlandieri, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 151. 
