- Urtica. MONOECIA TETRANDRIA. 589 
14. U. frutescens. Thunb. Juss. 70. 
Shrubby. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, lanceolate, 
cuspidate, three-nerved, with the interior margins serrulate, 
hoary underneath, harsh above. Heads axillary, peduncled. 
Boehmeria fructescens, Willd, iv. 343. 
A native of the mountains north of Bengal, and Oude, as 
well as of Japan. 
15. U. bicolor. R. 
Shrubby. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, lanceolate, ser- 
rate, three-nerved, scabrous above, hoary underneath. Heads 
axillary, sessile. 
A native of the mountains of Bareilly. 
16. U. Sphaerocephala. R. 
Shrubby. Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong, toward the 
apex serrulate, strongly marked with three equal nerves, 
scabrous above, hoary, except the veins and nerves, under- 
neath. Heads axillary, peduncled, spherical, crowded with 
male and female flowers mixed, 
17. U. paniculata, R. igaa® 
Shrubby. Leaves alternate, cordate, serrate, acute, three-— 
nerved, reticulated, rough above, and soft with white down 
underneath, Stipules in opposite pairs, ensiform. Panicles 
axillary, short and crowded. 
A native of the Moluccas; with the foliage of U. decu- 
mana, but a very different inflorescence. The calyx of the fe- 
male flowers in that is three or fear-leaved ; in this a five- 
toothed cup. ¥0 
18. U. lineata. R. + 
Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong, entire, smooth, yikes 
with parallel simple veins, Stipules solitary, spathiform.” 
Panicles axillary, the length of the oe % i 
Female calyx unequally four-parted. eeety eo 
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