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Herniaria lucida aquatica, &c. Slo. Cat. 50. & K. tab. 93. f. 2. 









The little reclining Nettle, with very fmall leaves. 





URTICA 5. Hit mili or, reclinata, fere Jimp lex ; fo Holt's minimis dijlichis. 



The {mailer reclining Nettle, 



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very fmall leaves. 



Both tbefe plants are like each other, and feem to be only variations of the 

 iame fpecies. They are very different in appearance from all the other forts of nettle j 

 but the parts of the flowers, which are very fmall, feem to place them in the fame 

 clafs. The following is a defcription of the bloffoms, as nearly as I could make it out. 



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Flores, alii mafculini fe minims intermixti. 



Mas. 





Periantium Nullum. 



Corolla, c Tetrapetala y fetalis cochlears oblongis. 



Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, petalisfere tccla: anthers Jul rotund fa» 



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Nil Hits 





Femin 



Corolla Nulla 



Piftillum. Germen oblongum, ftylus brevijji. 



ftigma ciliatum 



They grow chiefly in cool gravelly places j but neither of them rifes above 

 twelve or fourteen inches in height. The difpofition of the leaves and branches 





ly the fame 



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growth, while the other rifes almoft with a fimple ft 



f the fpecies feems to divide a good deal 



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URTICA 6. EreBa, foliis ovato-acuminatis trinerviis nitidis, racemis com 



preffis. 

 Urtica Iners racemofa, Sec. Slo. Cat. 38. & H. t. 83. f. 2; 



The larger Dead- Nettle, with fm 



eaves and bunched flo^ 



URTICA 7. Fruticulofa, glabra ; foliis fubrotun do 



-Jerratis 



The erect Nettle, with fmootl 



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Thef 

 height of 



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 feet 



chiefly in cool 

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d fhady pi 



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and wide fpreading bunches of flowers, 



It is common' in all the cooler gravelly banks of the higher hills. The other g 



The firfl: fort has large oval leaves, 

 difpofed at the top of the branches: 





pright; it is of a more delicate make, firm and 

 fmaller roundifli leaves: I have met with it at Mangeneel 



d adorned with 





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URTICA 8. Arborefcens j foliis ovatis % hirtis, pruriginofis, oppofii 



The Nettle Tree, with itching hairy leaves. 





This plant grows commonly to the height of eight or ten feet, and is pretty fre- 

 quent in the woods about St. Mar f s and Portland. 



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URTICA 9. Fr utefc ens - y foliis amplioribus ovatis, fnuato-dentatis; nervis, 



petiolis & caulibus aculeatis. 



The, large prickly Nettle. 



I met with this plant in Blue-mountain Valley, but could not obferve it in any 



other part of the ifland : it was not at that time perfect enough to bear either flowers 



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