68 FLORA ANTARCTICA. [Auckland and 



XXV. URTICE.E, Juss. 



1. Urtica australis, Hook. fil. ; caule elato basi prostrato radicante vnlido glaberrimo v. parce 

 piloso ad nodos setoso, foliis amplis longe petiolatis ternatis infimis oppositis late ovato-cordatis grosse 

 crenatis sinubus segmentisque acutis 5-7-nerviis utrinque parce setosis et sub lente scabriusculis 

 subtus pilosiusculis, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis integris v. bifidis. 



Hab. Lord Auckland's group ; in woods near the sea, rare ; also on the pebbly beach above 

 high-water mark. 



Caulis basi repens, remote nodosus, ad nodos radicans, deinde ascendens et erectus, 2-3 pedalis, teres, 

 crassus, crassitie pennae olorina?, herbaceus, succulentus, glaberrimus v. hie illic parce pilosus, pilis albidis, ple- 

 rumque ad nodos subincrassatos setosus, internodiis 3-4 uncialibus. Folia longe petiolata, infima opposita, 

 superiora ternata, camosiuscula, siccitate submembranacea, majuscula, 4-6 unc. longa, 3-5 lata, late ovata, 

 acuta, basi plus minusve profunde cordata, grosse serrato-dentata, segmentis latis, acutis v. rarius breviter acu- 

 minatis, saspius cucullata, nervis 5-7 validis percursa, tuberculis minutis scaberula, setis paucis, sparsis, subtus 

 pilosiuscula, pilis obscuris albis. Petioli folio aequilongi v. paulo breviores, graciles, glaberrimi. Stipulce ad 

 basin petioli 2, i-| unc. longae, foliaceae, erectas, lanceolatae, acuminata?, glaberrimaa, interdum foliorum opposi- 

 torum connatae, tunc latiores et plus minusve profunde bifidse. 



Planta maritima paulo diversa ; humilior, crassior, foliis minoribus petiolis superne stipulisque majoribus 

 setosis. Plantis junioribus folia inferiora latiora evadunt, argutius serrato-dentata. 



I find no species in the Herbarium exactly agreeing with this ; it is however nearly allied to a New Zea- 

 land plant of which we have very imperfect specimens collected in the southern part of the Northern Island by 

 Mr. Bidwill, with the petioles rather shorter and the leaves and stem copiously setose. 



2. Urtica Aucklandica, Hook. fil. ; tota pubescens, caule erecto robusto angulato, foliis omni- 

 bus oppositis petiolatis late ovatis acutis basi plus minusve cordatis grosse serrato-dentatis segmentis 

 acuminatis multinerviis rugosis sparse setosis coriaceis, petiolo lamina | breviore, stipulis subfolia- 

 ceis plerisque connatis late ovatis bifidis nervosis, perigonio masc. tetraphyllo. 



Hab. Lord Auckland's group; on the sea-beach near the margins of woods, rare. 



Herba rigida, tota pilis brevibus, cinereo-albidis pubescens. Caulis erectus, validus, durus, rigidus, pedalis, 

 crassitie pennae anserinae, tetragonus, angulis obtusis, ad nodos incrassatus et setosus ; internodiis contractis, 

 subuncialibus, sulcatis. Folia opposita, patentia, petiolata, majuscula, 2-3 uncias longa, li-2|lata, late ovata, 

 acuta, basi saepius cordata, interdum imo rotundata, cucullata, grosse serrato-dentata, sinubus acutis, seg- 

 mentis latis breviter acuminatis, coriacea et rigida, rugosa, subplicata, pluri-7-9-nervia, nervis subtus prominulis 

 costata, reticulata, sparse et praecipue subtus ad nervos setosa, setis urentibus, luride virescentia, opaca ; sicci- 

 tate nigrescentia ; juniora fusco-pubescentia. Petioli subunciales, validi, sulcati. Stipulce majuscula?, foliaceae, 

 late ovatae, bifidae, bipartitae v. rarius usque ad basin fissae, et tunc lanceolatae, acuminata^. Spica mascula 

 axillares, breviusculae ; immaturae tantum mihi visas. Flores aggregati, pedicellati ; pedicellis basi bracteolatis ; 

 bracteola ovata integra. Perigonii foliola rotundata, concava, \ lin. longa, dorso setosa. Stamina 4, filamentis 

 brevibus. 



This is unlike any species with which I am acquainted, and apparently quite distinct from the last, though 

 I much regret having been unable, from the early season of the year, to obtain more satisfactory specimens of 

 both. 



