URTICACE^. 373 



I to 2 feet. Leaves 4 by 2 to 5 by 2j^ inches, coarsely 

 serrate from apex to base roughened on the upper side 

 by numerous cystoliths. Receptacle ^ to /^ inch ; in 

 fruit J^ to /4 inch, with numerous achenes imbedded 

 in it : bracts with dorsal spurs ; bracteoles minute. In 

 woods, etc. t. 238. Wight Ic. t. 1983. 



Nilgiris : Ootacamund to Neduwattum. Pulneys : above 

 Kodaikanal and down to 5,000 feet. Fyson 1803, 2326. 

 Bourne. 1821. 



Gen. Disi, Temperate and tropical Himalayas from Chamba eastwards, 

 Assam, Sylhet, Khasia, Japan, Malay, Pacific islands and tropical Africa, 



Int. 238: a underside of receptacle showing bracts with dorsal spur ; 

 b female receptacle from above ; c male receptacle ; d female flower with 

 bracteole ; e stalked female flowers mixed with the others [^E. T,8.] 



I do not find the female receptacle without bracts as given in F.B.I. 



Elatostema lineolatum Wight; F.B.L v 565, XXXII 

 6. Stem slender. Leaves narrow with long acumen and 

 three or four shallow teeth in the further half only, 

 the basal half being cuneate entire. Male receptacle /^ 

 to 14- inch, embraced by a number of rounded bracts. 

 Flower embraced at first by two very boat-shaped 

 semicircular bracteoles. Wight Ic. tt. 1984, 2091 f. I. 



Nilgiris : at Neduwattum. Not collected near Ootacamund. 

 Pulneys : in sholas below Kodaikanal and perhaps also near 

 Kodaikanal. Fyson 3931, 3861. Boiir?te 2^1, 1178, 1814, 1822. 



Gen. Dist. Tropical Himalayas, Khasia, South India, Ceylon. 



Elatostema surculosum Wight ; F.B.L v 572, XXXII 

 27. Leaves similar to those of E. lineolatum, but the 

 apex not at all acuminate, and each with opposite it a 

 very small leaf, which is often deflexed. Female recep- 

 tacle small. Male receptacle sessile. Bracts larger, 

 long-horned. Flowers when open exserted on 5^-inch 

 pedicels. Wight Ic. t. 2091 f. 4. 



Pulneys : in sholas. Fyson 396. Bourne 406, 583. 



Gen. Dist. Temperate Himalayasjfrom Simla to Sikkim, Khasia, Naga 

 hills, Nilgiris, Ceylon. 



