Debregeasia?^ UrticaceCB. ■ I 1 9 



L. linear- or oblongc-lanceolate 2. D. velutina. 



L. orbicular, cuspidate 2. D. ZEYLANICA. 



1. D. velutina, Gaud, in Bot. Voy. Bojiite^ t. 90 (1844-6). Gas- 

 dul, 5. 



(jrtica verrucosa., Moon, Cat. 62. Morocarpus longifolius., Bl., Thw. 

 Enum. 261. D. longifolia, Wedd. in DC. 1. c. 235-^. C. P. 2194. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 590. Wight, Ic. t. 1959 {Conocephalus niveiis). 



A tall shrub or small tree; branches and petioles pubes- 

 cent or tomentose; 1. 4-7 in., oblong or linear-lanceolate, 

 finely acuminate, serrulate,'rugulose, base cuneate or rounded, 

 upper surface rugose smooth or scabrid, under white- or ashy- 

 pubescent, finely reticulate, pitted between the venules, veins 

 3 from the apex of the petiole, very long, and 2-3 pairs from 

 the midrib above; petiole \-\ in.; heads of fr. \ in. diam., 

 in shortly ped. dichotomous cymes, with divaricate branches ; 

 fr. perianth stipitate, obovoid or pyriform. 



Low country in moist region up to 3000 ft.; common. Fl. March, 

 April. Fr. bright orange-yellow. 



S. India, E. Bengal, Burma, Java. 



The bark gives a strong fibre, much like that of Rhea {Boehmeria 

 nivea); and this is often called 'Wild Rhea' here. 



2. D. zeylanica, Hk. f. in Fl. B. Ind. v. 592 (1SS8). 



D. Wallichiana, Wedd. Mon. Urt. 464 (part). Morocarpus Walli- 

 chianus., Thw. Enum. 262. C. P. 2201. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 592. 



A small tree, 1 5-20 ft, with stout pubescent branchlets as 

 thick as the little finger ; 1. orbicular, 3-4 in. diam., cuspidate, 

 quite entire, base rounded or cordate, glabrous above, softly 

 white tomentose beneath, veins 3-4 pairs above the long basal 

 pair which are strongly penniveined towards the margin of 

 the 1. ; petiole 2-4 in., subfurfuraceously pubescent ; heads of 

 fr. \ in. diam., on stoutly peduncled dichotomously branched 

 cymes. 



Moist region in the low country to 2000 ft.; rather rare. Kukulkorale ; 

 Ambagamuwa; Hantane. Fl. March, April. 



Endemic. 



A handsome plant ; the inflorescence orange, and the under surface 

 of the large leaves snow-white. 



Dr. Trimen follows me in keeping this distinct from the Khasia and 

 Burma D. Wallichiana, but observes that ' the characters separating the 

 two are but trifling.' These characters are : the orbicular leaves, shorter 

 stouter petioles and peduncles, and much larger fruiting heads of the 

 Ceylon plant. 



Parietaria reclinata, Moon, Cat. PI. Ceyl. 72, is not taken up in any 

 more recent work. The widely distributed (in the old and new worlds) 

 P. debilis, Forst., which occurs in the Nilgiri Mts. and elsewhere in India 

 has not been collected in Ceylon. 



