886 CLIII. URTICA.CE-^. [Urticecc. 



Species 15, Asise tropicse et orientalis usque ad Japoniam, v, insulanmi maris Pacifici iiicofe. 

 Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi. i. 165 ; Monogr. t, 5, 6. Maccim. in Bull, Acad. PetersK xxii. 244 ; Mel. 



Biol ix. 632. 



In P. umbellata, Wedd., seu Elatosternate ii/nbellato, Blnme, Mua. Bot. ii. t. 19, "bracteie flores 3 

 stipante.s fere in involucrum connatce sunt, ct species quasi medium tenet inter Pellioiitam et Elato- 

 stema, a Maximowiczio ad Elatostema reyocatni*. 



PoLTCHROA, Lour. Ft. Cochijich. 569, ab Endlicliero ad Amarantum relata, est ex auctoris 

 descriptione verisimiliter Pellioiiia species, P. brevifoli(B, Benth., Talde afifiais, in China incnlta, et ob 

 pulchritudinem foliorum versicolorum culta, speciminibus tamen nuUis a botanicis recentioribns visis 

 hand tuto determinanda. 



82. Elatostema, Forst. Char. Gen. 105, t. 53. (Langeveldia, Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. 

 Bot. 494.) — Flores monoici v. dioici, depresso-capitati, receptaculo demiim lato discoideo 

 V. lobato insidentes. Fl. ^ : Perianthium 4-5-partitum, segmentis membranaceis v. fere 

 hyalinis leviter imbricatis, dorso sub apice s^pe tuberculatis v. breviter appendiculatis. 

 Stamina 4-5. Ovarii rudimentum parvum. Fl. $ : Perianthium e segmentis 3-5 parvis 

 anguatis v. omnino deficiens. Staminodia parva, squamiformia, interdum desunt. 

 OVarium rectum ; stigma sessile, parce penicillatum, mox evanidum ; ovulum a basi 

 erectum. Acbaemum ovatum v. ellipaoideum, compressumj ssepe striatum, perianthio 

 dum adsit immutato stipatum ; pericarpium membranaceum. Semen conforme, testa 

 membranacea ; albumen ssepius ; cotyledonea ovatse. — Herbaj annupe v. peronnes, 

 rarius basi lignos{?e. Folia specie alterna, sessilia v. breviter petiolata, disticha, basi 

 valde insequilatera, margine angustiore rami apicem spectante, grosse serrata v. rarius 

 integerrima, 3-5-nervia, addlto interdum altero nano stipuliformi opposito reflexoque v. 

 laterali et erectiore ; stipulse intrapetiolares, indivisse, Flores prima juventute receptaculo 

 globoso clausoque v. campanulato ore coarctato inciusaj demum receptaculo varie expanso 



discoideo lobato v. partito insidentes, sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, in quoque recepta- 

 culo unisexuales. Receptacula e rhachibus cymoe dilatatis confiuentibusque constantia, 

 in axillis solitaria gemina v. rarius plura, sessilia v. pedunculata. Bractese intra capi- 

 tulum spepe prossertim in ,^ late membranacere flores singulos includentes, in capitulo $ 

 ssepius lineares v. parvse. Filamenta in flore (^ interdum nee semper segmentis alte 

 adnatse. 



Species ad 50, per Asiam et Africain intra tropicos late di.spersse, in Asia orifiitali usi.pio ad 

 Japoniam extensse. Wedd. ioi DC. Prod. xvi. i. 171; Monogr. f. 9, 10. Maxiin. in Bull. Acad. 

 Petersh. xxii. 245; Mel. Biol ix. 634. Wight, Ic. 1 1083, 1984, 2091. lirongn. in Duperr. Voy. Coq. 

 Bot. i. 45, 46. Seem. FL Vit. ^ 61. 



83. Procris, Juss. Gen. PI. 403. (Sciophila, Gaudick. m Freyc. Voy. Bot. 493, t. 120. 

 Sciobia, ReicM). ex Endl Gen. Supjil iv. ii. 37.)— Flores monoici v. dioici, ^ glomerati 

 receptaculo parvo, $ capitati receptaculo subgloboso carnoso. Fl. ^ : Perianthium 6- v. 

 rarius 4-partitum, segmentis membranaceis valvatis v. vix levissimc imbricatis exappen- 

 diculatis. Stamina 5, rarius 4. Ovarii rudimentum obovoideum. Fl. $ : Perianthium 

 sub anthesi minimum, cyathiforme v. 3~4-partitum. Ovarium rectmn ; stigma sessile, 

 penicillatum, mox evanidum ; ovulum a basi erectum. Achrenium ovatum, perianthii 

 segmentis auctis carnosulis fere obtectum v. e perianthio minimo exscrtiun ; pericarpium 

 rigide membranaceum v. subcrustaceum. Semen conforme, testa tenuiter membranacea ; 

 albumen (v. parcissimum ?) ; cotyledones ovatae. — Suflrutices v. frutices, interdum 

 epipliytici, caule ssepe succulcnto. Folia alterna, in speciebus typicis breviter petiolata, 

 basi valde inajquilatera, integerrima v. leviter serrata, carnosula, pennivonia ; stipi^lse 

 intrapetiolares, indivisre. Inflorescentife axillares v. ad nodoa defoiiatos, in speciebiis 

 typicis glomeruli ^ laxe cymosi, capitula $ majuscula solitaria subsossilia. In P. (jrandi 

 folia longe petiolata ampla «iquilatera, stipulis hitegris interdum magiu's. In P. l(vvigafa 

 capitula $ uti glomeruli ^ parva, globosa, ad nodos fasciculata, breviter pedunculata. 



Species 6 v. 6, Asiae et Africae tropica; ct insiilurum 3Iascarensium ot maris Pacifici incolne. 

 Wedd. in DC. Prod. ivi. i. 191 ; Monogr. t. 6. Hooh Ic. PI t. 1295. 



