576 MONOECiA TRiANDRiA. Traffiu. 



2. T. involvcrata. Willd. \v. 324. 



Shrubby, twinino-. Leaves oblong, three-nerved, serrate. 

 Female calyx pinnatifid. 



Scliorigeiiam. Rheed. Mai. ii. t. 39. 



Betifj/. Bicliitee. 



Riciiiocarpus Zeylanica liirsuta. Burm, Zet/l. t. 92. 



A perennial twining- plant, a native of shady places, hedges, 

 &c. where the soil is good. Flowers during^ most part of the 

 year. 



Stem short, woody. Branches twining', the tender parts 

 covered with much hair. Zeares scattered, pelioled, oblong-, 

 three-nerved, pointed, serrate, hairy. Stipules cordate. Ra- 

 cemes as in ca7inabina, but smaller, and seldom more than 

 one female llower on each. Bractes and floivers both male 

 and female, as in cannabina. 



JSTote. The hairs of this plant sting equally as much as the 

 former, nor will cattle eat it. 



I have not observed any other in India, to compare with 

 Willdenow's cordata, and hispida, they are probably the 

 same, or only varieties of one species. 



3. T. Mercurialis. Willd. iv. 324. 



Annual, erect, ramous. Leaves ovate cordate, serrate. 

 Racemes drooping*. Inner three leaflets of the female calyx 

 filiform. 



Pee cupameni. Rheed. Mai. x. t. 82. 



A small annual plant, it is much \ikeJlcalyphaindica,ap- 

 pearing' in flower during- the hot season. 



Stem erect, branchy, smooth, about a foot high. Leaves 

 alternate, petioled, from cordate to oblong-ovate, serrate, 

 smooth, from one to two and a half inches long, and one to 

 two broad. Petioles shorter than the leaves, channelled. 

 Racemes axillary, solitary, as long or longer than the leaves, 

 filiform, bowing, few-flowered. Bractes remote, solitary, 

 each embracing one, long-pedicelled, female flower, and se- 

 veral short pedicelled male onei*;. Male flowers. Calyx 



