242 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
plus minus cohzrens, sessile v. pedicellatum. Ovulum imo loculo v. juxta fundum loculi funiculo 
brevi affixum, erectum aut adscendens. Stigma elongato-filiforme, cum summo ovario continuum, 
altero latere papillosum. Achznium ovario subconforme, perigonio marcescente inclusum eique 
haud raro coherens; pericarpio crustaceo, tenui v. nucamentaceo ut plurimum fusco. Albumen 
varium, sed nunquam deficiens. Embryo cotyledonibus ellipticis radicula conica sepius paulo lon- 
gioribus.—Frutices arbuscule v. suffrutices, plerumque sylvicoli, sepius magis minusve pubentes; 
foliis oppositis aut alternis, homomorphis sequilateralibusque v. dimorphis et interdum inzequilate- 
ralibus, varie dentatis, rarissime 2-lobis, 3-nervibus, lzvibus rugosisve, petiolatis ; cystolithis puncti- 
formibus parum conspicuis; stipulis axillaribus, plerumque liberis v. basi tantum coalitis, rarissime 
in unam integram connatis, vulgo deciduis.—Splitgerbera, Miq. Comm. Phyt. p. 134. 
Besides the following species, there are, in tropical Polynesia,—1. B. australis, Endl. (Procris splendens, 
Lindl. Veg. Kingd. ed. 2. f. 175), from Norfolk Island; and 2. B. stipularis, Weddell (Urtica grandis, 
Hook. et Arn.), from the Hawaiian Islands (Lay and Collie!). 
l. B. platyphylla, Don et Hamilt. Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 60, non Sieb. et Zucc. ; Weddell, 
Urticac. p. 364; monoica v. dioica?; foliis oppositis v. superioribus haud raro alternis, fere isomor- 
phis, ovatis ellipticis rotundatisve, in eodem jugo sequalibus v. inzequimagnis, acuminatis, varie den- 
tatis, planis aut magis minusve rugosis, plerumque hispidis, hirtellis pubescentibusve, rarius tomen- 
tosis, rarissime omnino glabratis; stipulis liberis; spicis 1-sexualibus androgynisve, simplicibus v. 
ramosis fere semper aphyllis, longitudine quam maxime varia, erectis patulis pendulisve, glomerulis 
? approximatis v. sepius discretis; perigonio fructifero elliptico obovato v. rotundato, plus minus 
compresso aut inzqualiter angulato, szepius obtuse marginato, pilis rectis v. quibusdam uncinatis 
hispido.— Urtica virgata, Forst. Prodr. n. 345 ; Soland. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 323; Parkins. 
Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.) t. 98. Behmeria virgata et B. interrupta, Guill. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
ser. 2. vol. vii. p. 182. B. Taitensis, Weddell, l.c. 200. Nomen vernac. Tahitense, teste Solander, 
“E Whaidoa? v. “E Whairhoa."—Common in all the Viti Islands (Seemann! n. 432 et 483 ; 
Milne!). Also collected in the Society Islands (Banks and Solander! Forster !) and New Caledonia 
(Vieillard !). 
IX. Cypholophus, Weddell, Urticac. p: 433. Flores monoici aut dioici, densissime glomerati 
bracteolisque scariosis suffulti, glomerulis semper 1-sexualibus axillaribus, 9 demum amplexicaulibus. 
Fl. 4: Perigonium 4-partitum ; segmentis sub apice acuto-mucronatis, in preefloratione valvatis. Sta- 
mina 4. Pistilli rudimentum obovatum, glabrum, basi pilis paucis stipatum. Fl. 9: Perigonium 
tubuloso-ventricosum ; ore contracto 4-dentato. Ovarium inclusum, oblongum, a perigonio discretum, 
sessile. Ovulum suberectum. Stigma filiforme, cum apice ovarii continuum, valde incurvum, superne 
longiuscule pilosum seu fere plumosum. Achzenium obovatum ellipticumve aut lenticulare ; peri- 
gonio carnuloso arcte inclusum; pericarpio crustaceo, pariete superiore sepius admodum incrassato. 
Albumen satis copiosum. Embryo cotyledonibus ellipticis, radicula cylindrica obtusa paulo longio- 
ribus.—Frutices, foliis oppositis, nonnunquam ineequilateralibus et subheteromorphis, serratis, ssepe 
rugosis, petiolatis ; cystolithis punctiformibus; stipulis liberis axillari-lateralibus deciduis. 
1, C. macrocephalus, Weddell, Urticac. p. 434. tab. xii. C (Tab. LXII.) ; monoicus v. dioi- 
cus; foliis in eodem jugo inzquimagnis seepiusque heteromorphis, oblique ovatis, ellipticis, lanceolatis 
oblongisve, plerisque acuminatis, basi rotundatis obtusis aut acutatis, folio minore eujusque jugi 
sepe subcordato, crenulato-serratis v. serratis, rugosis, supra hispidis demumque asperatis aut levi- 
usculis, subtus in nervis molliter pilosis, intervenio haud infrequenter tenuiter canescenti-tomentoso. 
—Behmeria Harveyi, Seem. in Bonplandia, p. 259, et in tab. nostr. n. LXII. Fleurya (?) rugosis- 
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