TJrera 



URTICACE.E 



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smaller. Stigma generally subsessile, penicillate-capitate, per- 

 sistent ; ovule erect from the base. Achene straight or oblique, 

 surrounded or enclosed by the fleshy enlarged perianth. Seed 

 of similar form, with very little endosperm or none ; cotyledons 

 broad. 



Species 19, natives of tropics in America and Africa, and of 

 the Mascarene and Pacific Islands. 



Fif;. IS. Urera caracasana Griseb. 



A, From male plant. B, From female plant. 



a, Leaf. b, Portion of inflorescence. c, Flowers. 



Leaves large, broadly ovate, more or less cordate, with 

 large crenate teeth. 



Cymes dichotomous; fruit 1*5 mm. 1., vermilion 1. U. caracasana. 



Cymes trichotomous ; fruit 3 mm. 1., white or rose 4. U. baccifera. 



Leaves ovate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, crenate, 

 crenate-sinuate, or entire. 



Tips of branches and leaves with stinging hairs 2. U. data. 



No stinging hairs ; leaves glabrous 3. U. cxpansa. 



1. U. caracasana Grisch. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 154 (1859) ; leaves 

 broadly ovate, acuminate, cordate at the base with a broad and 



