678. Abtocarpvs iktegrifolia (Lin. fil.) leaves 



oblong, entire : flowers cauline.— R. FL Ind. 3. 522. 



Roxburgh remarks of this tree u much cultivated 

 throughout Southern India, and all the warmer parts 

 of Asia. Where it is wild, or originally from, 1 know 

 not." From having repeatedly met with this tree, in 

 the course of tny excursions, in the wildest jungles and 

 high on almost inaccessible hills, 1 had come to the 

 conclusion that it is actually a native of India. This 

 opinion may however be erroneous, as the seed of a 

 fruit so generally esteemed might easily be conveyed to 

 and propagated in very wild and retired situations. 

 This is a most valuable tree — the fruit affording an abun- 

 dant store of nourishment, and the stem a beautiful 

 and valuable timber. 



679. Artocarpus lancecefolia (Roxb.)leaves broad- 

 lanceolar, or oblong, acts m mate, entire : fruit terminal 

 spherical.— Roxb. FL Ind. 3, 527. 



Prince of Wales' Island. 



680. 



entire : 

 echinated. 



Artocarpus echinata (Roxb.) leaves oblong 

 male and female aments round : 



686. Urtica crfnulata (Roxb.) shrubby, dioeceous , 

 erect: leaves alternate, oblong, acute, crenate : spikes 



axillary compound dichotomous.— ,R<u:fl. Ft. Ind. 3. 591. 

 Eastern parts of Bengal.- Roxburgh had not seen 

 the male flowers. 



687. Urtica heterophtlla (Willd. Roxb.) annual: 



leaves alternate, cordate, variously lobed, grossly serrate : 

 male and female flowers on distinct, glomerate, pedun- 

 cled spikes : every part armed with stiff acute burning 

 bristles.— Hoxb. FL Ind 3. 536. 



Alpine jungles in most parts of the Peninsula and 

 table land of Mysore. — I have rarely seen it at lower 

 elevation than 2000 feet above the sea. It was intro- 

 duced into the Botanic Garden from the mountains of 

 Malabar. 



688. Urtica texacissima (Roxb.) shrubby, erect, 

 ramous : leaves alternate, long-petioled, broad cordate, 



underneath : panicles axillary ; 



ones on the lower 



Hoxb. FL Lid. 3. 



Roxb. FL Ind. 3. 527. 



fruit spherical 



grossly serrate, hoary 



flowers in round fascicles; the male 



panicles, and the female ones above. 



590. 



Prince of Wales' Island and other parts east of the 

 Bay of Bengal. This species seems very closely allied 

 to A. hirsuta the Angelee of Malabar. The fruit is 

 eaten by the natives. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 fruit— 3 the sa 



Sumatra and Eastern Archipelago. —Where it is culti- 

 vated on account of its bark which abounds in strong 

 and tine fibres. 



versely. 



cut trans- 



681. Artocakpus Lakoocha (Roxo.) leaves entire, 



oval: aments axillary, globular: fruit nearly round 

 somewhat lobate and almost smooth, — Roxb. Ft. Ind. 3. 

 524. 



Bengal. — Where it is common. Stem short and thick 

 with a large spreading head. The fruit is eaten by the 

 natires, the male spadix which is acid and astringent 



689. Urtica decuman a (Rumph. Roxb.) shrubby: 



leaves alternate, cordate, serrate, rugose, bristly : female 

 spikes composed of alternate bifarious ramifications 

 Roxb. FL Ind. 3 587. 



Whence it was introduced into the Calcut- 



Moluccas, vv _ 



ta Botanic Garden. The leaves are arinu'd on both 

 sides with clear s irp stinging bristles. Female flowers 

 numerous, congested, intermixed with small bristly co- 

 loured bracteae, seed compressed. 



682. Artocakpus Chatl\sha (Roxb.) leaves in the 

 adult obovate entire, in the young pinnatifid : aments 

 axillary, long, peduncled, subrotund : fruit spherical. 

 Roxb. "FL Ltd. 3. 525. 



fiOO. Urtica parviflora (Roxb.) dioeceous, herba- 

 they dry and eat in their curries. The roots dye yellow, Clous, erect, armed with numerous strong, harsh, pellucid 



stint )g bristies : leaves opposite, ovate, lanceolate, 

 serrate : stipules undivided : female spikes quatern 

 compound, glomerate. — Kuxb FL Ind. 3. 581, 



RohilcancL— Whence it was introduced into the Cal- 

 cutta Botanic Garden, ut had not ripened seed appa- 

 rently for want of the male plant. 



691 . Urtica scabrklla (Roxb.) shrubby, spreading: 

 leaves opposite, cordate, serrate, harsh, three-nerved : 

 spikes axillary erect, cylindric, the male ones crowded, 

 short and in the lower axils, the female ones above and 

 generally solitary.— Roxb. FL Ind. 3. 581. 



•Though harsh to the feel it does not 



A tree of the first 



Tipparah and Chittagong. 

 nitude from the trunk of which canoes are made : the 



magj- 



■wood is used for various other purposes. Roxburgh does 

 not state whether the fruit are eaten. 



683. Urtica pulchf.rrima (Roxb.) dioeceous shrub- 

 by : leaves alternate lanceolate, serrate, three nerved, 

 veins reticulate ; underneath hoary and pitted : spikes 

 axillary, paired, compound, glomerate, recurved : male 

 flowers pentandrous. — Roxb. FL Ind. 3. .'188. 



Chittagong. — This species, or one very nearly allied, 

 is common in subalpine jungles in the Peninsula. It 

 seems referable to the sub-genus Urera Gaudichau but 

 from my not having specimens at hand, to compare with 

 the character, I am unable with certainty to determine. 

 The Peninsular plant is a moderate sized tree with 

 capitate fruit each composed of a congeries of small 

 yellowish succuleut berries. 



684. Urtica nauclbiflora (Roxb. Conocephalus 

 Blnme) dioeceous, shrubby, twining: leaves alternate, 

 cordate entire : glomerules globular compact ; the male 

 ones panicled.— floarfc, FL Ind. 3. 593. 



Chittagong — Silhet. — A large scandent woody plant, 

 "with beautiful fragrant flowers. This plant has been 

 recently removed from the genus Urtica and referred 

 to the new order Artocarpeae, along with the fig, jaek, 

 &c. In the accompanying plate the small heads of 

 flowers are male, the larger ones female. 



685. Urtica involucrata (Roxb.) arboreous: leaves 

 alternate, broad-cordate, downy, sub-entire : stipules 

 opposite, subulate : peduncles axillary, drooping, bearing 

 a few female flowers in an involucred head. — Roxb. FL 



Ind. 3. 592. 



Malay Islands.— Whence it was introduced into the 



Calcutta Botanic Garden, no male flowers have been 



produced and the seed do not ripen. 



Chittagong. 



sting. 



692. Urtica interrupt* (Linn. Roxb.) annual,erect t 



bristly: leaves cordate, serrate: racemes compound ; 



partial racemes corymbed : stipules solitary 2-cleft : 



seeds compressed, obliquely cordate.— Roxb. FL Ind. 3. 

 585. 



Bengal near Calcutta.— The bristles of this species 

 sting like the common nettle. Roxb. I suspect Rox- 

 burgh's plant is different from the Liunaean, one speci- 

 men of which, I believe. I possess, and have met with 

 at different times in the Southern provinces. I have 

 not at this moment a specimen by me to refer to, but 

 I think my plant does not sting like the nettle. 



693. Urtica alienata (Linn. Roxb.) annual, erect 

 while young ; branches brachiate : leaves opposite, peti- 

 oled, ovate, three-nerved, entire : flowers axillary sessile, 

 female calyx urceolate. — Roxb. FL Ind. 3. 582. 



Ceylon, Roxb — This habitat is I suspect much too 

 confined for this species, unless closer examination 

 shows that a plant agreeing entirely in habit, and which 

 I have frequently found in alpine situations, is distinct. 



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