CX. URTICACER. 343 
Leaves alternate; achene oblique . . . . . . 2. FLEURYA. 
Leaves destitute of stinging hairs. 
Female flowers, calyx monophyllous, with a con- 
tracted 2—4-toothed mouth, enclosing the ovary. 38. Pouzomsta. 
Male flowers monandrous. 
Male and female together in involucred coat 
Involucre 3-6-parted . . . . . 4 ForsKoHLEa. 
Involucre bell-shaped, toothed at margin . . . 5. DROGUETIA. 
Male and female together in nude glomer ules. . . 6. Dipymopoxa. 
Suborder 2. Celtideze. Trees or shrubs, with watery juice. Stigmas 2, 
filiform. Ovule campylotropous, pendulous from near the top of the cell. 
Male calyx-lobes imbricate. Stigmas 2, deciduous. 
Berry naked . . Shep anenckst- pGAbGs 4+ BEES: 
Male calyx-lobes valvate. Stigmas persistent, Kran 
Berry seated in the persistent calyx . . . 8. SPONTA. 
Male perianth-lobes valvate. ace 2, very long, 
villous. . . . : . . 9, CHHTACHME. 
Suborder 3. Moreze. Trees or Sill? with milky juice. Style simple 
or 2-fid. Ovule erect or pendulous. 
Flowers minute, enclosed in a fleshy receptacle (Fig) . 10. Ficus. 
SuporpEr 1. Urticez. 
Trine 1. Ureres. (Gen. 1-2.) 
1. URTICA, Linn., ex parte. 
Flowers monecious or dicecious, glomerulate.—Male : Calyx 
4-parted, the segments ovate, hispid. Stamens 4; anthers 
oblong-reniform. <A rudimentary pistil—Female : Calyx very 
deeply 4-parted or 4-sepaled; sepals or lobes unequal, the 
outer smaller. Ovary straight, ovoid ; ovule erect, on a short 
basifixed stalk; stigma sessile or subsessile, penicillate-capi- 
tate. Achene ‘compressed, equal-sided, smooth or roughish, 
enclosed in the enlarged calyx.— Wedd. Urtic. p. 56, t. 1 C. 
Herbs, rarely shrubby, mostly covered with stinging hairs. Leaves op- 
posite, toothed or lobed, 5-7-nerved.—The common perennial Nettle (U. 
dioica) is naturalized from Europe, and there are 1 or 2 native species, in 
the Eastern district. 
2. FLEURYA, Gaud. 
Flowers monecious or diccious, in glomerules or forked or 
panicled cymules.—Male: Calyx 4-5-parted; segments ovate 
or lanceolate, glabrous or pubescent. Stamens de -5. <A rudi- 
mentary pistil_—Female: Calyx 4-parted or 4-lobed, the lobes 
mostly unequal, the inner largest. Ovary in growth becoming 
more or less oblique, ovoid; ovule subbasal, oblique, on a 
slender stalk ; stigma sessile, ovate-lanceolate or linear, per- 
sistent and at length reflexed. Achene oblique, ovate or 
roundish, compressed, mostly rough with raised points on each 
