CXVI. URTICACEJ'.. 641 



enclosed iu the persistent periauth. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 593 ; Wedd. 

 Monog. Urtic. p. 514, t. 17, figs. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 516. 



Balzell without locality in Herb. Kew. Deccan : Junnar Hill (Poona districts), 

 Kmritkarl Kanaka: Thmmo7i\ ; Karwar, Talbot, 421 — Distrib. India (Temperate 

 Himalaya from the Panjab to Sikkiiu ; W. Peninsula) ; Afghanistan, China, and many 

 temperate and tropical regions, extending to Australia and Chili. 



]3. FORSKOHLEA, Linn. 



Herbs sometimes woody at tbe base. Leaves alternate, toothed, 

 3-nerved, often lioary beneath ; stipules lateral, free. Flowers monoe- 

 cious, aggregated in a tubular or campanulate 8-6-partite androgynous 

 involucre which is densely woolly within, the male flowers numerous on 

 the periphery of the involucre, the female flowers 1-5 iu its centre. 

 MaTvE flowers : Perianth clavate in bud, in flower irregularly split, 

 3-lobed or 3-toothed, 1 lobe inflexed. Stamen 1 . Pistillode 0. Female 

 FLOWEBS : Perianth 0. Ovary straight; ovule erect; stigma filiform, 

 hispid, persistent. Achenes enclosed in the involucre, enveloped in 

 wool, ovate, compressed; testa membranous; albumen scanty or 0; 

 cotyledons broad. — Distrib, India, Arabia, Africa, Spain ; species 5. 



1. Forskohlea tenacissima, Linn. Mant. (1767) p. 72. Suffruti- 

 cose ; stem 6-24 in. long. Leaves |-1| by §-l| in., variable in shape 

 and size, rhombic, elliptic, orbicular or obovate, obtuse, toothed or 

 serrate, softly hairy with hooked hairs above, white-woolly beneath, base 

 cuneate; petioles -i-li in, long; stipules ovate, acute, scarious, ciliate. 

 Flort'ers monoecious, in axillary androgynous membranous involucres, the 

 males at the margin, the females 1-4 in the centre of the involucre; 

 bracts usually 5, foliaceous, lanceolate, hispid above, silky below, 

 reaching nearly i in. long, Male flowers : Perianth unequally 3-lobed. 

 Stamen 1. Female flowers: Perianth 0. Achenes YO"~i ^"' lo^^g? 

 ovoid, compressed, tapering into the fihform stvle. Fi. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 593; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 517.— Flowers : 

 Feb. 



Dalzell without locality in Herb. Kevv. ! Sind : Stocks \ ; Hala range, Vicary ! ; 

 Shahadpur, Woodrowl. — Distrib. India (Western Panjab); Afghanistan, Egypt, 

 Arabia. 



14. STREBLUS, Lour. 



Unarmed shrubs or trees with milky juice. Leaves alternate, 

 penninerved, scabrous ; stipules small, lanceolate. Flowers axillary, 

 usually dioecious, the males in pedunculate heads or spikes ; female 

 flowers pedicellate, bracteate, solitary or 2-4 together. Male flowers : 

 Sepals 4, imbricate. Stamens 4, inflexed in bud. Pistillode dilated 

 at the top. Female flowers : Sepals 4, imbricate, embracing the 

 ovary. Ovary straight, refuse ; ovule pendulous ; stvle central with 

 very long arms. Fruit membranous, straight, subglobose, laxly covered 

 by the persistent perianth. Seed globose; testa membranous; albumenO; 

 embryo globose ; one cotyledon very large, embracing the smaller and 

 tbe ascending radicle. — Distrib, Species 2, Indian and Malayan. 



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