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9 Flores numerosiores, in eodem receptaculo eum masculis, subsessiles. Calyx 2-phyllus seu 2-valvis, 
valvula exterior multo major, paulo supra lineam longa, erecta, obtusa, carinata, concava, oblonga, apice sub- 
fornicata, incrassata, emarginata; interior minima, ovata, concava, pellucida. Corolla 0. Germen superum, 
ovatum; stylum et stigma non potui videre. Pericarpium 0, sed calyx persistens sub fornice semen recon- 
dens. Semen 1, ovatum, acutum, nudum, glabrum, brunneum.” 5. Weraudia, represented by N. melasto- 
mefolia, Gaud., in the Sandwich Islands (Macrae! Seemann! n. 2260), and N. sericea, Gaud., in the same 
islands (Captain Cook!). 6. Touchardia, represented by T. latifolia, Gaud., a native of the Sandwich 
Islands; and 7. Parietaria, represented by P. debilis, Forst., in Norfolk Island (Forster). 
III. Fleurya, Gaud. Uran. 497 ; Weddell, Urticac. p. 109. Flores diclini, monoici v. dioici, in 
glomerulos cy mulasve dichotomo-scorpioideas paniculatas aut subdistiche racemosas digesti, g et 9 
in eadem v. in distinctis inflorescentiis nascentes, paniculis racemisve in singulis axillis solitariis, 
pedicellis florum marium necnon femineorum articulatis. Fl. g: Perigonium 4—5-partitum, seg- 
mentis ovatis lanceolatisve, glabris aut pubescentibus v. sub apice stimuligeris ; alabastro umbilicato. 
Stamina 4 v. 5. Pistilli rudimentum globosum clavatum v. sublobatum.  Fl.9: Perigonium 4- 
partitum v. 4-lobum ; segmentis interdum fere zequalibus, szepe etiam inzequalibus et tunc interioribus 
(s. lateralibus) quam exteriores multo majoribus oblique ovatis planiusculisque, exteriorum autem 
altero (scilicet superiore) rotundato subpileato inermi v. pilo urente calcarato, altero (seu inferiore) 
lanceolato et vix perspicuo. Ovarium initio rectum, dein magis minusve obliquum, ovoideum. Ovu- 
lum juxta loculi fundum adfixum, obliquum, funiculo gracili. Stigma sessile, ovatum, lanceolatum 
v. lineare, persistens et denique uncinatim reflexum, in unica specie basi lacinulis duabus filiformibus 
auctum, Achznium oblique ovatum rotundatumve, compressum, margine abrupte acutatum inter- 
dumque anguste membranaceo-alatum, in utraque facie seepissime scrobiculato-concavum tubercula- 
tumque, pedicello obliquissime insidens et perigonio membranaceo parum aucto vestitum. Semen 
endocarpio conforme. Albumen nisi juxta apicem seminis parcissimum. Embryo cotyledonibus 
transverse oblongo-rotundis, basi et apice parum emarginatis; radicula conica.—Herbe annus, 
stimulis armatz aut fere inermes; foliis alternis, serratis, trinerviis; cystolithis linearibus; stipulis 
axillaribus, profunde 2-fidis; floribus seepissime ebracteatis, masculis albidis roseisve, femineis viren- 
tibus, fructiferorum mox deciduorum pedicellis cylindricis rariusve laterali-compressis.— ScAy- 
chowskia, Endl. Ann. Wien. Mus. vol. i. p. 187. t. 43. è 
Besides the following, there is only one other species of this genus in tropical Polynesia, viz. F. rude- 
ralis, Gaud. (F. paniculata, Gaud. Urtica ruderalis, Forst. Prodr. n. 344, et Icon. (ined.) t. 258. U. lucida, 
Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 434, et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahiti Plants (ined.), t. 99), from the 
Society Islands (Banks and Solander ! Forster !). 
1. F. interrupta, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Urania, p. 497 ; Weddell, Urticac. p. 115; stimulosa; caule 
nonnunquam inter stimulos pilosulo; foliis ovatis, acuminatis, basi subcordatis truncatis v. late cune- 
atis, crenato-serratis serratisve ; floribus monoicis, inflorescentiis androgynis aut unisexualibus? (mas- 
eulis femineisque conformibus), quam petioli longioribus rariusve brevioribus; perigonio 9 cupuli- 
formi, 4-dentato, pedicello supra articulationem dilatato; stigmate dimidio achænio fere sequilongo, 
basi 2-brachiato.— Urtica pilulifera et fatua, Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 231 et 232. t. 100. f. let 2. U. in- 
terrupta, Rumph. Amb. vol. vi. t. 20; Linn. Sp. Plant. 1398; Wight, Icon. vol. ii. t. 692 ; Sol. Prim. 
Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 325; Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.) t. 100. U, estuans, Forst. 
Prodr. n. 342? U. Javanica, Blume, Bijdr. 503. U. affinis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 69. 
F, spicata, Gaud. l.c. F. glomerata, Gaud. 1. c.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Salato ni coro," Tahi- 
tense, teste Solander, * Liaco."—In waste places, common in all the Viti Islands, principally near 
dwelling-places (Seemann! n. 428, Milne!) Also collected in the Society Islands (Banks and So- 
lander ! Barclay !), Tongan (Captain Cook !), Salomon (Milne!), and New Hebrides Islands (Ander- 
son! Barclay !). Diffused over New Guinea, the Indian Archipelago, and Abyssinia. 
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