TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Urtica. 199 



Lu&nu. lU~Walc.-Ger. 261-i 7 /. dan. 521-Curt. 233- 

 Woodv. U2-Pet. 8. 1-Fucbs. 277^7- B. ii. 976. 2-Gars. 

 ±M~Lmic. u 137. l-Cam. eplt. $±S-H.ox. v. 30. row 3. 

 1-Mattb. 1113-ZW. 102-Lob.obs. 13«); it. i. 258. 1- 

 Ger. em. 33l~Park. 437~Black<w. 156-Trag. 193. 



•SVm* reddish. j?/<wx. greenish white. Anthers if touched 

 when ripe with the point of a needle, burst, and throw out their 

 pollen with considerable force. 



Common Pellitorj of the Wall. On old walls and amongst 

 rubbish. P # May— Sept * 



URTTCA. Flowers male and female apart : calyx 



4 -leaved : bloss. none. 

 Male^ nectary in the centre ; glass-shaped. 

 Fern. Cal. 2, opposite leafits very small : summit 



hairy : seed I, egg-shaped, shining. 



( 1 ) Male and Female fiowers on distinct plants. 

 U. Leaves opposite, heart-shaped : bunches in pairs. dioi'ca. 



Wood*. U6-FI. dan. 7^6-Blaciiv. 12-Fuchs. IVf-J. B. 

 iii. 445. 1-Trag. 2. l-Ger. 570. 2 and A-Gars. 637- 

 Lome. i. 108. 2-Matth. 1126-ZW. 151. 2-Lob. obs. 281. 

 1 ; ic. i. 521. 2-Ger. em. 706. 2-Park. 441. 3-H. ox. xi. 

 25, row 2. l-Pet. 1.9. 



Common Nettle. Ditch banks, and amongst rubbish. 



P. July.t 



* This plant was formerly in repute as a medicine, but it does not 

 seem to possess any remarkable qualities. — It is asserted that the leaves 

 strewed in granaries destroy the Corn Weevil. — It contains, I have been 

 informed, a considerable quantity of nitre, and that in making an extract 

 from it, the mass has taken fire. The Nltraria also contains the same 

 salt, and is said not to flourish unless Nitre is mixed with the soil in 

 ^hich it grows. Dr. Stokes. 



+ The stings are very curious microscopic objects : They consist of 

 an exceedingly fine pointed, tapering, hollow substance, with a perfora- 

 tion at the point, and a bag at the base. When the sting is pressed upon, 

 " readily punctures the skin, and the same pressure forces up an acri- 

 monious fluid from the bag, which instantly squirts into the wound, and 

 Produces an effect that most have experienced. —The stalks may be dressed 

 jfo Flax or Hemp, for making Cloth, or Paper.— The plant has formerly 

 been used as an astringent, but is now disregarded. — A leaf put upon the 

 f ? n gue, and then pressed against the roof of the mouth, is pretty effica- 

 c *ous in stopping a bleeding at the nose. — Paralytic limbs have been re- 

 covered by stinging them with Nettles.— The young shoots are gathered . 

 early in the spring to boil in broth or gruel. Cows eat the leaves when 



^ey are a little withered. The leaves are cut to pieces to mix with the 



food 





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