112 Urticacece. \Procris. 



pubescent; 1. U—3 in., uniformly increasing in size upwards, 

 orbicular to oblong, obtuse to caudate-acuminate, entire 

 crenate serrate or pinnatifid, each with a small subopposite 

 usually deflexed leaflet, membranous coriaceous or almost 

 fleshy, sometimes imbricating upwards and the small ones 

 downwards, veins few, faint, base obtuse acute or subauricled 

 on one side, cystoliths numerous ; stip. minute, ovate ; male 

 recepts. \-\ in. diam., ped. longer or shorter than the 1., 

 rarely o ; bracts free, broad, membranous, outer often dorsally 

 spurred ; bracteoles linear, tips hairy; male fl. few, sep. 4, ovate; 

 fem. recept. smaller, bracteoles linear-spathulate, ciliate, sep. 3, 

 minute, ovate ; achene narrow, ribbed. 



Var. /3, rig-idlusculum, Thw. ex Hk. f. iti Fl. B, Ind. C. P. 2182. 



Glabrous, stem 4-8 in., 1. \ in., many, uniform, cuneately 

 oblong or lanceolate, obtusely crenate or serrate towards the 

 tip, base acute, recepts. minute, 2-3-fid., male sessile, bracts 

 few, acute. 



Wet rocks and banks in shady places in montane zone to 6000 ft.; 

 common. Var. /3, Adam's Peak. Fl. Sept. Oct.; yellow-green. 

 Himalaya, Khasia, and Nilgiri Mts. 



22. FROCRZS, Juss. 

 Succulent herbs or undershrubs, often epiphytic ; 1. disti- 

 chous, alt., usually of two forms, the larger on one side of the 

 stem, oblique, penniveined, with a much smaller bract-like on 

 the opp. side, cystoliths minute ; stip. axillary ; fl. mono- or 

 dioecious, males solitary, in ebracteate clusters, fem. sessile, 

 densely crowded in ebracteate minute peduncled heads ; male 

 fl.: — sep. 5, obovate; stam. 5, fil. inflexed in bud; pistillode 

 globose ; fem. fl. very minute, perianth short, cupular ; ov. 

 ovoid, stigma penicillate, ovule erect ; achene ovoid or oval, 

 striolate, endosperm scanty or o, cotyledons oval. — Sp. 8 or 9 ; 

 2 in Fl. B. hid. 



P. laevig-ata, BL Bijd. 508 (1825). 



Thw. Enum. 260. Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi. 192. C. P. 2180. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 575. Hook, Ic. PI. t. 1295. 



A glabrous succulent suffruticose epiphyte, 2-5 ft. high ; 

 stem as thick as the thumb below; larger 1. 6-10 in., obliquely 

 oblanceolate, acuminate or subcordate, entire or crenate- 

 serrate above the middle, base narrowed into a short 

 petiole, veins 5-8 pairs, very oblique, small 1. if present 

 \ in., ovate, reflexed ; stip. small, triangular ; infl. on the 



