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2, E. macrophyllum, Brongn. Bot. Voy. Coq. 207. t. 45; Wedd. Urticac. p. 800; caule bre- 
viter et subadpresse pubescente; foliis magnis oblique oblongis v. obovato-oblongis, breviter acumi- 
natis, deorsum cuneatis acutatisque, supra basin v. partem tertiam dimidiumve inferiorem limbi 
ineequaliter serratis v. sinuato-serratis, penninerviis, pagina superiore glabra, inferiore sparsim subti- 
literque pubescente v. glabrata, nervis villosis pilosisve; stipulis lanceolatis, majusculis ; capitulis d 
breviter pedunculatis.— E. spectabile et E. paludosum, Miq. Fl. Jungh. 19.. E. pedunculosum, Miq. 
l.c. E. nigrescens, Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verzeichn. 401.— Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). 
Also found in Amboyna and Java. i , 
Allied to, but very distinct from E. nemorosum, Seem. 
VII. Procris, Commers. mss. ex Juss. Gen. Pl. 403; Weddell, Urticac. p. 933. Flores 
monoici, d glomerati (glomerulis [raro capituliformibus] cymosis), 9 in receptaculum carnosum 
globosum v. clavatum densissime aggregati; cymis capitulisque (ebracteatis) solitariis. Fl. 4: Peri- 
gonium 5-partitum ; laciniis obovatis, carnosulis, muticis. Stamina 5. Pistilli rudimentum globo- 
sum v. obovatum. Fl. ?: Perigonium 3-4-phyllum; segmentis obovatis, cucullatis, carnosulis. 
Ovarium ovatum, perigonio brevius. Ovulum imo loculo affixum, funiculo brevi fultum. Stigma 
sessile, longe penicillatum, mox evanidum. Staminum rudimenta 0? Achznium ovatum v. ellip- 
ticum, subbaccatum, striolato-pictum, perigonii laciniis carnosis obtectum ; capitulo fructifero demum 
fragariiformi. Embryo turbinatus, cotyledonibus late ellipticis radicula conica longioribus ; albu- 
mine parcissimo v. deficiente.—Suffrutices fruticesve, erectiusculi v. adscendentes, swpius glabri; 
foliis distichis, inzequilateralibus et valde inzequimagnis (folio nempe majore in utroque latere caulis 
cum folio abortivo scu bracteiformi alternante) integerrimis v. sinuato-dentatis, penninerviis ; cystolithis 
linearibus minimis inspersis; stipulis axillaribus integris; capitulis femineis sessilibus aut peduncu- 
latis; floribus bracteis lineari-spathulatis apice glandulosis stipatis; cymulis masculis pedunculatis, 
pedicellis ebracteatis.—Sciophila, Gaud. Bot. Uran. 493. ; 
1. P. Cephalida, Comm. mss. cum icon.; Poiret in Lamk. Encycl. vol. iv. p. 629; Weddell, 
l. c. p. 884; foliis majoribus, oblique lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis; basi acutis, inte- 
gerrimis aut prope apicem obsolete sinuato-serratis; floribus 4 glomeratis, glomerulis cymosis ; 
bracteis parum conspicuis; capitulis 9 solitariis sessilibusque.— E/atostema pedunculatum, J. R. et 
G. Forst. Char. Gen. Pl. Ins. Austr. 53. E. lucidum, Eorund. ex Guillemin in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. 
vol. vii. p. 184; Pers. Synops. vol. ii. p. 557. E. sessile, Forst. mss. in Herb. Mus. Par. E. succo- 
sum, Miq. Pl. Jungh. p. 23. Dorstenia lucida, G. Forst. Prodr. n. 58; Parkins, Drawings of Tahit. 
Plants, (ined.) t. 95. Procris lucida, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iii. p.846. ? P. longifolia, Blume, Bijdr. 
508. P. integrifolia, Hook. et Arn., non Don. Urtica salicifolia, Vahl, mss. in Herb. Juss. Bæh- 
- meria Cephalida, Pers. Synops. vol. ii. p. 556. Nomen vernac. Tahitense, teste Solander, ** Mahainui 
Pipi-Mate."—Island of Taviuni (Seemann! n. 430). Also collected in the Society Islands (Banks 
and Solander!) and Norfolk Island (Bauer!). Distributed over Java, Timor, and Madagascar. 
VIII. Boehmeria, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 216; Weddell, Urticac. p. 343. Flores monoici 
v. dioici, glomerati (glomerulis axillaribus spicatis paniculatisve), d et 9 discreti, bracteis brevi- 
bus scariosis stipati. Fl. g: Perigonium 4-partitum v. 4-lobum, rarissime 3- aut 5-partitum ; 
segmentis ovatis subacuminatis v. infra apicem breviter mucronatis, in præfloratione valvatis. Sta- 
mina tot quot perigonii segmenta. Pistilli rudimentum clavatum v. fere globosum, glaberrimum aut 
basi breviter lanatum pilosulumve. Fl. 9: Perigonium tubulosum, compressum v. magis minusve 
ventricosum, ore sæpius contracto 2-4-dentato. Ovarium inclusum, a perigonio discretum v. eidem 
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