94 Urticacece. [Ftcus. 



ovate, scarious ; recepts. solitary, axillary, spherical to 

 narrowly pyriform, ^-i in. long, umbilicus prominent, open, 

 young hispid scabrid or warted, ripe smooth ; ped. i-i in. ; 

 bracts basal or high up on the ped., minute, triangular ; 

 perianth of all fl. 3-4-cleft ; male fl., stam. i ; ov. of gall fl. 

 ovoid, smooth, style lateral ; achene subglobose, perianth 

 hyaline, viscid, tubercled, style long, lateral, stigma cylindric. 



Low country in damp places ; said to be common. Fl. (.'') Fr. yellow. 



India and Malaya. 



The foliage is extremely variable in form on the same plant. 



17. r. asperrlma, J^oxd. Fl. Ind. iii. 554 (1832). Sewana- 

 m^diya, 5*. 



F. politoria, Moon, Cat. 74 (non Lam.). Thw. Enum. 266. King, 

 Fie. 80. C. P. 2229. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 522. Wight, Ic. t. 633. King, Fie. t. 100. 



A shrub or small tree ; young parts scabrid ; 1. crowded 

 towards the tips of the branchlets, oval ovate obovate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate or caudate, serrate toothed or 

 crenate in upper part, scabrid and hispid on both surfaces, 

 base obtuse or rounded, strongly reticulate beneath with cross 

 venules, veins 3-5 pairs, strong beneath, basal pair prominent; 

 petiole \-2 in,, stout ; stip. minute ; recepts. solitary, peduncled, 

 globose, \-\ in. diam., top depressed, oval bracts erect, basal o, 

 ped. minutely bracteate ; male fl., sep. 4-5, linear-lanceolate, 

 scabrid, stam. i ; gall-fl., sep. of male, ov. ovate-lanceolate, 

 style thick, stigma dilated ; fert. fem. fl., sep. 6-7, linear- 

 lanceolate, smooth ; achene elongate obovoid, minutely tu- 

 bercled, style lateral, stigma obovate. 



Moist region up to 3000 ft. ; common. Fl. (?) Fr. orange-yellow, or 

 pale yellow with orange spots. 



Also in Peninsular India. 



The young leaves are sometimes deeply incised. This is the 

 'Furniture-leaf' of the Enghsh, and is generally in use for polishing, 

 as sand-paper in Europe. 



18. r. hispida, L. f. Siippl. PL 442 (1781). Kota-dimbula, 5. 



F. oppositifolia., Willd., Moon, Cat. 74. CovcUia oppositi/o/ia, Gasp., 

 Thw. Enum. 266. King, Fie. 116. C. P. 2230. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 522. Wight, Ic. t. 638, and [F. dcemomiin) 641. King, 

 Fie. tt. 154, 155. 



A hispidly pubescent shrub or small tree ; 1. opp., 4-12 in., 

 oval ovate ovate-oblong or subobovate, apiculate, cuspidate or 

 caudate, entire or toothed above the middle, base rounded 

 cuneate or cordate, veins 3-5 pairs, strong beneath and re- 

 ticulate with cross venules, basal pair strong ; petiole \-\\ in. 

 (3-3 i on young shoots), densely hispid ; stip. binate, or 

 4-whorlcd on leafy branches, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent ; 



