560 UKTiCACE.f: (Brown). [Droguetia. 



in Ann. Sc. XaL 4^^" ser, i, 211, as to the South African plant only. 



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Eastern Region : Natal ; between Urateutu River and Umzimkulu River 

 Brkge \ Durban, Wood, 939 ! 



3. D* Woodii (N. E. Br.) ; a herb, probably 3 ft. or more higb, 

 with long slender lax branches ; stem obtusely 4-angled, grooved 

 down each face, slightly rough, from a somewhat harsh pubescence 

 of spreading hairs or sometimes the hairs are very scanty or almost 

 wanting, green ; leaves opposite or here and there alternate on weak 

 branches; petioles of the stem-leaves 1-2 in. long, of those on the 

 branches li-6 lin. long, pubescent ; blades of the stem-leaves 2-4 in. 

 long, 1-2 j- in. broad, of those on the branches -J-1^ in. long and 2^-9 

 liu. broad, ovate, acute or acuminate, broadly cuueate at the base and 

 with 5-10 large obtuse teeth on each margin, with the terminal tooth 

 of the larger leaves 2—3 times as long as broad, thinly pubescent and 

 green on both sides; stipules reflexed, 1-lf lin. long, lanceolate, 

 acimiinate or subulate-pointed, membranous, ciliate ; involucres 

 bisexual and female intermingled or all female at each node ; bisexual 

 involucre l^—J^f 1^^- i^ diam., with about 8 subulate-pointed teeth 

 about 3 lin. long; female involucre 1-1^ lin. long, compressed-ovoid, 

 with 4 subulate-pointed teeth at the mouth, both involucres pube- 

 scent with curved hairs; perianth of male flowers much longer than 

 the teeth of the involucre, concave or somewhat hooded, with an 

 acuminate point ; stigma densely pubescent ; achenes about | Un 

 long, compressed-ovoid, keeled along one margin, rugulose, blackish- 

 brown. 



Eastern Region ; Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1243! and probably a specimen from 

 tlie Zuurberg Range, Natal, Wood, 3152, also belongs here, but has much smaller 

 leaves on the main stem. 



4. D. ambigua (Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4"^« ser. i. 211) ; a herb 

 apparently H ft. or more high; stems obtusely 4-angled, grooved 

 down each face, thinly and minutely adpressed-puberulous, smooth, 

 reddish when dried ; leaves opposite, or occasionally alternate on 

 the branches; petioles 2-10 lin. long; blades of those on the main 

 stems li-2^ in. long, |— IJ in. broad, of those on the branches 

 smaller, ovate, acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, and with 

 5-12 obtuse teeth or crenations on each margin, with the terminal 

 tooth twice or more than twice as long as broad, thinly pubescent 

 and green above, glabrous or with very few hairs and dull purplish 

 beneath; stipules l|-2 lin. long, ovate, subulate-acuminate, spread- 

 ing, membranous, ciliate, whitish-brown or perhaps pinkish when 

 alive ; involucres and flowers in arrangement and structure very like 

 those of D. urticsefoUay but the bisexual involucres are larger and up 

 to 2| lin. in diam. ; achenes not seen. Wedd. Monogr. Urtic. 543, 

 partly, excL synonymfi not quoted here and Drege^s plant, D. citneata, 

 BuelcinDC, Prodr, Index^ xiv.-xvii. 122. Parietaria citneata, Eckl. 



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