Urtica. monoecia tetrandria. 593 



dark coloured, scabrous bark, the whole extending- to a 

 great length by twining up and over trees, &c. Leaves al- 

 ternate, petioled, cordate, entire, smooth; from four to eight 

 inches long, by from three to six broad. Petioles \\v\\l \\\e 

 length of the leaves, round, coloured. Stipules axillary, so- 

 litary, large, ovate-oblong, smooth, of a deep dark ferrugin- 

 ous colour. Male. Panicles from the old axills composed 

 of numerous, small, globular heads of minute, very fragrant 

 coroUets. Bractes in fours, at the divisions of the panicle, 

 oval, and oblong, coloured like the stipules. Common peri- 

 anth none, or very obscure ; proper one four-leaved ; leaflets, 

 oblong, concave, sub-cucullate over the anthers. Corol none. 

 Filaments four, very broad, and short. Anthers cordate. 

 Germ none, but a columnar, headed gland in its place. 

 Female on a different plant. Peduncles from the axills of 

 the former leaves, as in the male, generally solitary, once or 

 twice dichotomous, with a larger globular head of small, 

 beautiful, purple, fragrant, pedicelled corollets on each divi- 

 sion. jBracies as in the male. Proper perianth one-leavet], 

 four-parted, segments often unequal. Corol none. Stamina 

 none. Germ superior, oblong, one-celled, containing one 

 ovulum attached to the bottom of the cell. Sti/le short. 

 Stigma lateral, oblong*. Pericarp none, the remaining 

 succulent calyx covering a single, oblong seed, which has, 

 besides an exterior succulent envelope, a middle thin hard 

 one, and an inner membranceous one. Perisperm while the 

 seeds are recent there is a thin succulent one. Embryo in- 

 verse. Cotyledons two, oblong. Radicle cylindric, superior. 



24. U. glohulifer. Roxh. 



Dioecous, shrubby, scandent. Leaves alternate, lono*. 

 petioled, oblong, entire, villous. Panicles axillary ; (jlomer- 

 ules globular, compact, panicled. 



Lal-KMd?/m, the vernacular name in Silhet, where the 

 plants are found indigenous, climbing over trees and bushes. 

 Flowering time February and March. The seeds are ripe 

 VOL. in. 3W 



