SKTTLK9 IIORTUS JAWAlCi :-?T:' 3 



Browne calls this One //V/fr rcclh n nettle with very small leaves; and refers to a- 



pLiut of Sioane, uhich is the paiietaria. 



6. I'ARIETARI.A. WALL. 



Parielaria joins ex adverso nascentiltus, uriic.e rceem>j'crJ % f!ore.-- 

 Sloane, v. 1, p. 144, t. 93, f. 1. 

 Leaves opposite, lanceolate, quite entire, narrower on one side. 



Roots numerous, long - , thready ; stem herbaceous, suffrutescent at bottom, from 

 two to eight feet in height, branching very much, erect, angular, four-sided, stiiated; 

 {tranches long, sub-divided, quadrangular, red ;. branchlets filiform, opposite to the 

 leaves, loose, smooth; leaves three- nerved , veined, eiliate at the edge ; leaflets of the 

 ^ame shape, but twice or four-times smaller ; petioles ion;... spreading, red; racemes 

 axillary, terminating, opposite; peduncles longer than the petioles, filiform, coloured, 

 four-sided, erect, smooth. Flowers dioecious . females very small, on panieled ra- 

 cemelets ; seed very small, black, and shining. Native, of iiigli mountains, and flower- 

 ing throughout the year. Sw. 



1, reticulata; netted-leaved, 

 Leaves opposite, oblong, acute, petted underneath; stipules- ovate, entire; 

 racemes- panieled ; leaves shorter. 



8. Din; iitT'SED. 



Leaves opposite, ovate, acutei ' hispid; stipules rolled back ; racemes 



panieled, longer than the leaf"; items procumbent. 



9. rufa k;-:d. 



Entirely hirsute; leaves opposite-oblong, serrate; stipules roundish, perma- 

 nent; racemes terminating ; stem, suffrutescent, brancned. 



10. NUDICAULIS. N.vKF.n-SI'AlKED. 



Leaves sub-terminating, opposite, oHbng-aeuviiina . entire, three-nerved- 

 stem angular, naked below, racemed; flowers dioecious. 



11. CILIATA. CILlATE. . 



Leaves opposite, ovate, eiliate, serrate; Mowers terminating, aggregate, sub- 

 peduncled, monoecious ; stem divaricate; 



12. RADICANS. RAD1CANT. 



Leaves opposite, cuneate-ovate, crenate, shining; flowers axillary, sub-sess;l3j 

 stem and branches radicant. . 



13. NUMMULAKIFOLTA. MO' FY-I.EAVED. 



Nummularia saxatilis minima repens,foliis crcnatis v'lhy's, Jtoribus 

 albis. Sloane, v. 1, p. 208, t. 131, f +. 



( Leaves- opposite, orbicular, crenate, hirsute; flowers terminating, clustered, 



monoecious; stem filiform, simple, creeping. 

 This small repent plant shoots forth hairy roots from its joints. The stalks are small, . 

 Covad, hairy, jointed at every half inch: leaves round, pale -green, rough, a quarter 



