Urtica. monoecia tetrandria. 583 



sile, several female willi one or two male ones, both sorts are 

 very small. JMule cafifx to the base four-cleft. Female ur- 

 ceolate, from eight to ten-ribbed. Seed ovate, acute. Calyx 

 smooth, shining-, of a chesnut colour, with a white b :se. 



5. U. iuberosa. R. 



Root tuberous. Leaves alternate, oblong, three-nerved, 

 hairy. Flowers axillary, sessile; seed much pointed. 



Herba memoria. Ruiujih. Ainh. vi. t. V2.J\ 2. 



Is exceedingly like old plants of U. aliennta ; and young 

 plants of this are very like Parieleria officinalis. 



Telinq. Pilb'-dumpa. 



A native of the banks of water courses, hedges, &c. where 

 it meets with a good soil, and shady situation. It flowers 

 during the wet and cold seasons. 



Root perennial, tuberous, spindle-formed, perpendicular. 

 Stems or branches several, annual, from one to six feet long, 

 flaccid, resting on the grounti, or bushes ; striated, a little hairy. 

 Leaves spreading, petioled ; on the lower part of the primi- 

 tive stem opposite, larger, and much broader in proportion, 

 than on the branches, where tliey are alternate, pointed, en- 

 tire, three-nerved and hairy, from one to three inches long, 

 and broad in proportion. Flowers axillary, sessile, crowd- 

 ed. Male ixm\ female mixed, very small. Male. JVcctanj 

 a pedicelled gland in the centre ; the rest as in the genus. 

 Female. Calt/x one-leaved, gibbous, mouth contracted, and 

 slightly notched. Sfjjle long, hairy. Sfigma acute. Seed 

 ovate, acute. 



The roots are esculent, and nutritious; the natives eat them 

 raw, boiled, or roasted. 



6. U. pentandra. Roxb. 



Perennial, difiuse. Leaves opposite, and alternate, sub- 

 sessile, linear, small, three-nerved. Flowers axillary, pen- 

 tandrous ; the male ones peduncled ; the female ones sessile, 

 with calyx winged. 



