FLORA VITIENSIS. 943 
sima, Miq. Fl. Néerl. Ind. Suppl. vol. i. p. 412. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Rere ;" Samoéense, 
teste Powell, “ O le Tau pata."— Viti Levu, Kadavu, Ovalau, and Gau (Seemann! n. 431; Greeffe! 
n. 20; Harvey! Milne!). Also found in the Samoan (Powell!), Society (Banks and Solander !), 
Philippine (Cuming! n. 768), and Malayan (Cuming! 1839) Islands. Teijsmann collected it in 
Sumatra. 
great chiefs.” 
EXPLANATION oF Pirate LXII.—Fig. 1, bud of male flower; 2, male flower open; 3, head of female 
flowers; 4, female flower ; 5, pistil,—all magnified. 
X. Pipturus, Weddell, Urticac. p. 444. Flores dioici, 4 glomerati, 9 capitati, bracteis parvis 
hirtis stipitati, glomerulis axillaribus v. interrupte spicatis, spicis interdum distiche ramosis. Fl. d: 
Perigonium 4—5-lobum ; lobis ovatis acutis. Stamina tot quot perigonii segmenta.  Pistilli rudi- 
mentum clavatum, lanatum. Fi. 9: Perigonium ovatum, ventricosum, sensim attenuatum, seepe 
cano-tomentosum, ore contracto, limbo minimo 4-5-denticulato. Ovarium perigonio conforme eique 
concretum. Ovulum e basi loculi erectum, funiculo brevi sustentatum. Stigma elongato-filiforme, 
hinc villosum, cum ovarii apice articulatum ; basi glabrum breviterque insertum, caducissimum. 
Fructus ventricosus, e pericarpio nucamentaceo perigonio baccante (?) vestito constitutus. Embryo 
cotyledonibus ellipticis ovatisve radicula paulo longioribus ; albumen parcum.— Frutices v. arbores gla- 
briusculi v. sepius magis minusve tomentosi; foliis alternis homomorphis zquilateralibusque integris 
v. dentatis, subtus sæpe canescentibus 3-nervibus, petiolatis; cystolithis punctiformibus; stipulis in 
unam axillarem profunde 2-fidam connatis; receptaculo capituli feminei demum carnoso.— Behmerie 
et Urtice sp., Auct. Nothocnide, Blume, Mus. Lugd. Bat. vol. ii. f. xiv. 
Besides the following species we have, in tropical Polynesia, P. albidus, A. Gray (Bahmeria albida, 
Hook. et Arn.), which is restricted to the Hawaiian Islands (Menzies! Macrae! Seemann! Barclay !), and 
could therefore not retain the erroneous geographical name (P. Taitensis) which Weddell gave to it. It 
is very common in Oahu (Seemann ! n. 1712), where it is called * Mamaki," and where its bark is used for 
the manufacture of native cloth, specimens of which I sent to the Kew Museum. (See Seemann's * Narra- 
tive of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald,’ vol. ii. p. 86.) 
l. P. velutinus, Weddell, Urticac. p. 446 ; ramulis breviter incano-tomentosis v. pubescentibus ; 
foliis amplis late ovatis subabrupte acuminatis, basi cordatis v. rotundatis, crenulatis serrulatisve, 
supra hispidis aut glabratis, glomerulis in spicas laxe paniculatas dispositis.— Urtica cinerascens, 
Vent. mss.; Poir.? Encycl. Suppl. vol. iv. p. 224. U. pellucida, Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. p. 79. 
t. 80. U.incana, Blume, Bijdr. p. 497.  Behmeria velutina, Dene. Herb. Timor, p. 163. B. in- 
cana, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. p. 79; ejusd. Plant. Jav. Rar. 207; Miquel, Plant. Jungh. 36. 
Urtica argentea, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 345, et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants 
(ined.), t. 101 et 102. Nomen vernac. Tahitense, teste Solander, “ Eroha” v. “ Erowha.”—Island 
of Gau (Milne!). Also found in the Society (Lesson, D'Urville, Banks and Solander !), Tongan 
(Captain Cook !), and Marquesas Islands (Barclay !) ; in the Isle of Pines, off New Caledonia (M‘Gil- 
livray !), Java, Timor, and Amboyna. ' 
