244 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
A shrub, 10-12 feet high, of which Solander writes, ‘‘ Cortex hujus fruticis fila subministrat tenacis- 
sima, e quibus retia fabricant et linteas piscatorias omnibus aliis et jam optimis nostris cannabinis tena- 
ciores; unde omuia ex hae cortice conferta care venduntur." 
2. P. propinquus, Weddell, Urticac. p. 447 ; ramulis breviter incano-tomentosis v. pubescenti- 
bus; foliis minoribus breviusque petiolatis ovatis v. elliptico-lanceolatis, rarius cordatis acuminatis v. 
sensim attenuatis acutisque, adultis supra glabratis levibusque; glomerulis axillaribus aut plerisque 
in spicas simplices interruptas et nonnunquam apice foliosas dispositis.—Urfica argentea, Forst. 
Prodr. n. 343. U. cinerascens, Blume, Bijdr. 497. U. albido-punctata, Steud. Nomencl. vol. ii. 
p.784. Beoehmeria propinqua, Dene. Timor, l.c. B. Candolleana, Gaud. Uran. t. 148. Pipturus 
Candolleanus, Weddell.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Also found in the Tongan Islands 
(Forster !), Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), Java, the Mariannes, Timor, and Queensland. 
XI. Missiessya, Gaud. Bonit. t. 93; Weddell, Urticac. p. 465. Flores ut plurimum dioici, d 
glomerulati, feminei receptaculo globuloso sessiles v. breviter pedicellati denseque aggregati, capitulis 
in axillis foliorum sepius geminis raro corymbulosis aut irregulariter cymosis. Fl. g: Perigonium 
4-5-partitum ; segmentis ovatis acutis in przefloratione valvatis, alabastro acutiusculo. Stamina 4 v. 
9. Pistilli rudimentum conicum, lanatum v. glabrum. Fl. 9: Perigonium liberum, breve, cupuli- 
forme, breviter et plerumque obtuse 4—5-dentatum. Ovarium oblique elliptico-ovatum, subcompres- 
sum, glabrum v. superne et margine strigillosum. Ovulum imo loculo funiculo brevi affixum, micro- 
pyle sepius infundibuliformi-ampliata fimbriataque et summo loculo cohzrente. Stigma penicillato- 
capitatum v. subpeltatum, longe papillosum. Fructus subexsuccus, pericarpii nempe strato extimo 
vix carnosulo, intimo chartaceo. Semen pericarpii cavitati conforme; testa tenuissima. Embryo 
cotyledonibus ellipticis radicula cylindrica crassiusculaque vix longioribus ; albumine parco.—Arbus- 
cule v. frutices; foliis distiche alternis, subsequilateralibus, conspicue v. subobsolete serratis, 3- 
nerviis, subtus canescenti-tomentosis ; cystolithis punctiformibus; stipulis in unam axillarem 2-fidam 
connatis; glomerulis masculis bracteatis; pedicellis florum femineorum teretibus v. superne incras- 
satis bracteolatis ; receptaculo fructifero carnoso.—Leucosyke, Zoll. et Moritz. 
1. M. corymbulosa, Weddell, Urticac. p. 475 ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis ovatisve, acuminatis, 
acutissimis, supra basim obtusatam rotundatamve argute serrulatis; pagina superiore adpresse pube- 
rulis lzeviusculisque aut asperulis, inferiore cinereis albidisve; stipulis lanceolatis, cito deciduis; capi- 
tulis sepius pluribus in singulis axillis, pedunculatis, corymbulosis.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, 
* Matadra."— Growing as underwood in Viti Levu, Gau, and Taviuni (Seemann! n. 424, Milne! 
Home !). 
A straggling shrub, having slender branches. It attains 6-8 feet in height, has leaves somewhat 
resembling those of the Elm, but white underneath, and minute flowers and fruits arranged in small 
corymbs. Some of the white residents in Viti have drunk a decoction of the leaves without perceiving it 
to be different from Chinese tea. The natives do not seem to employ the plant in this way. 
XII. Maoutia, Weddell in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4. vol. i. 193, et Urticac. p. 476. Flores monoici 
v. dioici, glomerulati, glomerulis laxe irregulariterque cymosis; cymis in axillis singulis ssepius ge- 
minis, Fl. 4: Perigonium 5-partitum ; segmentis ovatis, subacuminatis, extus hispidulis, in præ- 
floratione valvatis ; alabastro brevissime acuminato. Stamina 5. Pistilli rudimentum obovoideum, 
in lana densa nidulans. Fl. 9: Perigonium deficiens. Ovarium ovoideum, rectum, setosum aut sub- 
adpresse hispidum. Ovulum imo loculo affixum, suberectum. Stigma stylo brevi suffultum, late- 
rale, lanceolatum v. subcapitatum, persistens, papillis brevibus elongatisve.instructum. Achznium 
ovatum, interdum obtuse 3-gonum, hispidum v. longiuscule setosum ; pericarpii strato extimo carno- 
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