74 PLOKTJLA HONGKONGENSIS. 



dra^ does not appear to have been aware of Bennett's account of the 

 genus Pouzolsiay where the same group is considered as a section of 

 PouzoMay under Hamilton's name of Memorialis, It is characterized 



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by the winged fi*uit, whilst Miquel's is founded on the peculiar shape 



of the male flowers. It does not appear certain however that the two 



characters coincide in all the species^ and the whole genus is too natural 

 a one to be divided. 



3. Boehmeria nkeay Gaud. — Hook, in Kew Journ. Bot. vol. iii. 

 p. 315. t. 8. 



Common in ravines. In most Chinese as well as cultivated speci- 

 mens, the leaves are seldom so distinctly cordate as in Zollinger's Ja- 

 vanese specimens, although very differently shaped from those of B, 

 Put/ a. 



Morocarp 



dioica, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 



acuminatis serratis trinerviis hirtis concoloribus v. novellis subtus 

 albis, florum masculorum glomerulis sessilibus trimeris, foemineorum 

 capitulis brevissime pedicellatis. — Jndex ? ramulis numerosis subher- 

 baceis appresse puberulis. BtiptilcB anguste lanceolatae, subulato- 

 acutatae, rufo-membranacese, 2-3 lin. longse, basi intra petiolum bre- 

 vissime connatse, caducse. Polia alterna, petiolata, 2-3 poll, longa, 

 6-12 lin. lata, grosse serrata, basi rotundata, supra scabro-puberula 

 V. raox glabrata, subtus ad venas piloso-hirta, inter venas prima 

 juventute plus minus tenuiter albo-lanata, lana tamen in folio adulto 

 ssepissime evanida. Mores tarn masculi quam foeminei secus ramos 

 post folia delapsa glomerati. Glomeruli masculi sessiles 2-3 lin. dia- 

 metro, 10-20-flori, bracteis 2 stipulseformibus lineari-subulatis suf- 

 fulti. Flores intra bracteolas parvas sessiles, ante explicationem glo- 

 bosi, membranacei, apice pilis paucis hirsuti. Perigonii foliola con- 

 cava. Stamina tria, exserta, in alabastro inflexa, antheris latis bilo- 

 cularibus. Ovarii rudimentum lineari-conicum, villosum. Cajpittila 

 foeminea in quoque glomerulo 3-5, brevissime pedicellata, glomemlo 

 ipso sessili v. breviter pedunculato. Caj)itula singula vix lineam 

 diametro, 6-10-flora, bracteis ovatis flore brevioribus involucrata. 

 Hece^taculum non carnosum. Flores intra bracteolas sessiles, minimi. 

 Perigonium ovario arete adnatum, apice minute tridentatum. Stigma 

 sessile, pilis longis penicillatum. 



Eavines of Victoria Peak, stinging when touched. These specimens 

 e males onlv. but I have what appears to be preciselv the same 



