Urtica. monoecia riirRANDUiA. 587 



This is the most ferocious looking plant I have seen, and 

 it acts up to its appearance ; the least touch of any part pro- 

 duces most acute pain, but fortunately of short duration. The 

 bark abounds in fine, M'hite, glossy, silk-like, strong fibres. 



11. U. vescicaria. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves alternate, broad-lanceolate, three- 

 nerved, entire, downy. Flowers axillary, crowded, sessile. 

 Female cab/x with an inflated swelling round the base. 



A shrubby species, a native of the Circar mountains. 

 Flowerinff and seed time the wet season. 



Stejiis or branches several, perennial, somewhat shrubby, 

 from four to six feet high, erect, round, somewhat winding. 

 Bark of the woody parts smooth, ash-coloured, that of the 

 young shoots hairy. Leaves alternate, spreading, petioled, 

 broad-lanceolate, entire, downy, three-nerved; from two to 

 three inches long, and about one broad. Stipules semi-lan- 

 ceolate, caducous. Flowers axillary, sessile, crowded ; male 

 and female mixed. Male calyx four-parted. JVectarial 

 glands ovate, small. Female calyx as in U. tuberosa, round 

 its base on the outside are, from five to six or seven small, 

 obovate, inflated, permanent vescicles. Style, stigma and 

 seedf as in tuberosa. 



12. U. decumana. Rumph. Anib. vi. t. 20. f. 1. 



Shrubby. Leaves alternate, cordate, serrate, rugose, brist- 

 ly. Female spikes composed of alternate, bifarious ramifi- 

 cations. 



Mai. Daun Gattal. 



Introduced from the Moluccas, into the garden at Calcut- 

 ta iu 1802. In April 1803 one plant blossomed. It had 

 only a short ligneous stem, covered with smooth, ash-colour- 

 ed bark, and some few short, young, round, bristly branches 

 arising therefrom. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, serrate, very rugose, 

 both sides armed with clear, sharp, stinging bristlets, about 



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