III.] 



URTICACE^. 



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Observe the tenacity of the liber of the bark, from 

 which the so-called "grass-cloth" is prepared, and for the 

 sake of which it is cultivated in Bengal : the stamens 



Fig. 159. Longitudinal section of fhiii 

 of Nettle [Urtica). 



V\G. 160. Section of seed of same, 

 showing the large embryo, with a 

 superior radicle and but little albu- 



opposite to the leaves of the perianth, with elastic filaments : 

 the stinging hairs of the herbage of several Indian species 

 (not species of Boehmeria). 



Fig. 161. LeafofPeepul 

 {Ftcus religiosa). 



Fig. 162. Leaf of India- 

 rubber Fig \F, elastica). 



Fig. 163. Leaf of Banya' 

 Fig (F. benghalensis) 



This large and very important Family embraces genera 

 so diverse in the form of their inflorescence, that it is 

 necessary to employ two or three Sub-types. 



