Urtica. monoecia iiiTRANDRiA. 589 



14. IJ.Jrulescens. TImnb. Juss. 70. 



Shrubby. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, lanceolate, 

 cuspidate, three-nerveil, witli the interior margins serrulate, 

 boary underneath, harsh above. Heads axillary, pechincled. 



Boehnxei InJ'rnctescens. Willd. iv. 343. 



A native of the mountains north oC Bengal, and Oude, as 

 well as of Japan. 



15. U. htcolor. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, lanceolate, ser- 

 rate, three-nerved, scabrous above, hoary underneath. Heads 

 axillary, sessile. 



A native of the mountains of Bareilly. 



16. U. Sphaerocephala. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong-, toward the 

 apex serrulate, strongly marked with three equal nerves, 

 scabrous above, hoary, except the veins and nerves, under- 

 neath. Heads axillary, ped uncled, spherical, crowded with 

 male and female flowers mixed. 



17. U. paniculata. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves alternate, cordate, serrate, acute, three- 

 nerved, reticulated, rough above, and soft with white down- 

 underneath. Stipules in opposite pairs, ensiform. Panicles 

 axillary, short and crowded. 



A native of the Moluccas; with the foliage of U. decu- 

 mana, but a very different inflorescence. The calyx of the fe- 

 male flowers in that is three or four-leaved ; in this a five- 

 toothed cup. 



18. U. lineata. R. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong, entire, smooth, marked 

 with parallel simple veins. Stipules solitary, spathiform. 

 Panicles axillary, the length of the petioles, dichotomous. 

 Female calyx unequally four- parted. 



