Urticece.] . CLIII. URTICACE^. 383 



cymulis numerosis laxe paucifloris secus rhachin dissitis. Inflorescentia^ ^ a nobis 

 non visae, ex Maximoviczio in axillia inferioribus sitpe qiiam $ breviores raniosieqiie. 

 Bractea3 0. 



Species 1, Japonica, habitu et characteribus plerisquu LaportecB caJiadensij Gaud., valde affinis. 



74. Kaportea, Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy, Bot. 498. — Flores monoici v. dioici, glomernlis 

 V. cyniulis dichotome paniculatis, rarius racemosis. Fl.(^: Periantliium 4:-5-partitiim, 

 segmentis ovatis subvalvatis v. leviter inibricatis, alabastro depresso. Stamina 4-5. 

 Ovarii rudimentum clavatum v. subglobosum. FL $ : Perianthii lobi v. segmenta 4, 

 nunc subpequalia nunc valde insequalia, exterioribus minoribus uno ssepe minuto v. 

 deficiente. Ovarium primum rectum, mox obliquum; stigma lineare, stepius elongatmu, 

 uno latere papillosum, demum s^epe refleximi ; ovulum a basi erectum. Achsenium 

 obliquum, plano-compressum v. leviter ventricosiim, perianthio membranaceo immutato v. 

 vix aucto basi stipatum, et nonnunquam toro oblique producto breidter stipitatum ; 

 pericarpium niembranaceum v. carnosulum. Semen conforme, testa membranacea ; 

 albumen tenuissimum v. ; cotyiedones latte. — Herbie perennes frutices v. arbores, 

 pilis urentibus ssepius prseditse. Folia alterna, stepe ampla, dentata rarius integerrima, 

 pennivenia rarius 3-nervla j stipul?e distinctoe v. in unam intrapetiolarem plus minus 

 connatae^ deciduai. Paniculse ad axillas solitarise, cymoso-dichotomse v. rarius ad 

 racemum simplicem reductge, unisexuales v. rarissime androgynse, $ in axillis supei'ior- 

 ibus sjepe valde elongatje, ^ inferiores syepius breviores densiores et ramosiores. Flores 

 et prtesertim fructus srepe refiexi. Bracte* paucpe v. 0. 



Species ad 25, per regiones calidiores orbis veteria late dispersae, paucae in America boreali 

 *Xti'atropica v. in Mexico vigentes, in America australi deaunt. Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi. i. 78; 



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Monogr. t. 2. Blume, Mies. Bot. Liigd. Bat. ii. t. 23. Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Peters^), xxii. 237 ; 

 MeL Biol. ix. 622. 



Genus e Weddellio in sectiones 4 seqiientes dividitur : — 



1. Biscbearpm. Species 2 Mexicanae v. Americje centralis, fmticosse v. arb ore scent es, achsenio 

 magno pianissimo tenuiter membranaceo disoiformi iusigues. Discocahpus, Liebm. in K. Bunsk, 

 Vidcnsk. SeUJc. Skrift. scr. 5, ii. 308, non Kl. 



2. Sclepsion. Species typicae generis, habitu et paLria variae. Wight, Ic. t. G89 {U/tka), )972. 



3. Sarcopus. Species 4 Australienses v. insularum maris Pacifici, pedicellis fructiferis botuliformi- 

 incrassatis. Benth, FL Austral, vi. 191. 8cem. Ft. Vit. t. 59. 



4. Bendrocnide. Floris ? perianthii segmenta subsequalia. Species 6, Asiaticse, inclusa L. 

 crenulata-t Wight, Ic. t. 686 (Urtica) ; Gaudich. Voy. Bonite t. 81 {L. latifoUa) ; Bedd, FI. Sylv. t. 

 306 ; Seem. Fl, Vit. t. 60, cx\\ achsenium iitrinque leviter vcntricosum pericarpio carnosulo et sic 

 Urer<B accedente. DENDEOCNmE, Mig_. in PI. Jimgh. i. 29. 



75. Vrera, Gaudich. iiiFreyc. Voy. Bot, 49G. — Flores dioici v.rarius monoici, glomerulis 

 laxe paniculatis. Fl. ^ : Periantliium 4-5-partitum , segmentis ovatis leviter imbricatis, 

 alabastro depresso. Stamina 4-5. Ovarii rudimentum globosum v. fere cupuliforme. 

 Fl. $ : Periantliii lobi v. segmenta 4, subajqualia v. extoriora minora. Ovarium rectum 

 V, obliquum; stigma subsessile, penicillato-capitatum v. rarissime sublanceolatum, 

 persistens ; ovulum a basi erectum. Achienium rectum v. obliquum, compressum v. 

 vcntricosum, perianthio aucto carnosulo v. baccato alte stipatum v. inclusum ; pericarpium 

 tenuiter crustaceuiu. Semen conforme, testa membranacea ; allnnnen parcissimum v. 0; 

 6otyledones lata;. — Frutices v. arbuscula^ rarius sulTrutices, pilis urentibus siepius 

 conspersi. Folia alterna, integerrima dentata v. lobata, pennivenia v. 3-5-nervia ; 

 stipulo? lil)erc"e v. in unam iiitrapctiolarcm plus minus connatre, Paniculie dicliotome 

 cymosse v. irregulariter ramosie, miiaexuales, iu axillis v. ad nodos vetustiores solitarise, 

 breviter longiusve pedunculatse. Bractese parvse v. 0. 



Species 18, America? et Africa; tropicie iiecnon insularum Mas^'arenslum et maris Pacifici 

 incolte, in Asia tropica deesse vidcutui*. Wedd. in BC. Prod. xvi. i. 89; Monogr. t. 2. Jacq. Hort. 

 Schcenhr, t. 386, 387 ( Urtica). Blume, Mus. Bot. Liigd. But. ii. t. 22. Miq. in Mart. Fl. Bras, iv, i. t. 66. 



Species 5 ex Africa tropica et insalis Mauritianis caulem prsebeut frutescentem scandentemque. 

 In his iiichidimus Scepocarpum, Wedd. in BC. Pi'od. xvi. i. 98, ex speciminc fructifcro solo notum. 



