Urtica. MONOECIA TETRANDRIA. 581 
mina none, Germ superior, oblong, hairy, two-celled, with 
two ovula in each, attached to the top of the partition. Style 
scarcely any. Stigma of four, brown, glandular, recurved 
lobes, Capsule nearly round, thesize ofa black currant, pret- 
ty smooth, olive-coloured, two-celled, four-valved. Valves 
composed of two coats, the exterior one friable, the inner one 
thin and tough like parcliment, its incurved edges forming the 
partition, Seeds generally single, though sometimes two, in- 
: teouments three, the exterior one succulent and orange-co- 
loured, the second thin, firm, and white like parchment, and 
the inner one membranaceous, Perisperm conform to the 
seed, white. Embryo green, inverse, Cotyledons obovate. 
Radicle superior. oma 
URTICA. Schreb. gen. N. 1422. 
Male calyx four-leaved. Corol none, Female calyx 
one-leaved, or two-valved. Corol none. Seed solitary. 
1. U. seabrella, R. 
‘Shrubby, spreading. Leaves opposite, cordate, serrate, 
harsh, three-nerved, Spikes axillary, erect, cylindric; the 
male ones crowded, short, and in the lower axills; the eee 
ones above and generally solitary. ; 
_A native of Chittagong, where it is common, but so far as 
I know, applied to no useful purpose; nor does it sting, 
thongh harsh to the feel. It flowers about the end of the rains, 
_ ane = in the cool season, 
2. U. 5 ernie Roxb. 
» Dioecous, herbaceous, erect, armed itl hnumerousstrong, 
| adias pellucid, stinging bristles. Leaves opposite, ovate, 
lanceolate, serrate. Stipules undivided, | Female — 
a? compound, glomerate. ‘ 
- A native of Rohilcund, In the Botanic garden where it was 
_ introduced in 1803, it blossoms in March, and -_ but has 
