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~ TRIBE eve.— Flowers unisexual, in cymes clusters or rarely in shane 
Stamens reete in "the bud. A" undivided. Ovule erect. Embryo straight or 
nearly so. Trees shrubs or herb. 
. Susrrise 1. Procrideze.—Plants not stinging. Female perianth deeply lobed. 
Fä densely crowded on a flat or concave receptacle with 
involucre of several sii  pcasrs ufted. Leaves — or 
rarely alternate . . 10. ErATOSTEMMA. 
Susrrize 2. Boehmeriese.— Plants not stinging. Female qv en ug 
and minutely toothed, enclosing or adnate to the ovary, or rarely minut. 
Shrubs or trees. Flower-clusters in axillary spikes or rarely soli- 
ile. 
Stigma linear, persistent UP ee Gram niea hanna 
Stigma linear, Pure “pas 2 MB. KITURI 
Herl axillary sessile solitary cymés or clusters. 
prio linear, doi bue Male perianth-lobes or segments con- 
cave o pae ptly inflected at the top. Leaves entire. Bracts 
y sm 13. Povzorsia. 
Mgr or tufted. Male yerianthesegments nearly flat. Leaves 
e 
Bracts united at the base into an involucre . . 14. PARIETARIA. 
"im linear. Male perianth os 1 ane ile outer lobe. Stamen 
l. Leaves toothed. T ilo brac . » «15. AUSTRALINA. 
Supreme 3. Urerese.—Plants more or less armed with stinging hairs. Female 
perianth lobed, 2 piae usually larger than the 2 others 
- Herbs with o posite leaves. Stigma tufted 16. UnrtcA. 
Trees or sh Ns with alternate Min Stigma linear . . . . 17. Larorrea. 
Trips I. CErpTIDExX.—Flowers in axillary or lateral cymes often 
polygamous, the i aphrodite or female pA sometimes upik 
i i 2 
laments short, erec slightly ineurved in the les 
ways deeply divided into 2 equal branches. Ovule pendulous or € 
rally attached ne s abryo curved, the c coty said o 
1. CELTIS, Linn. 
(Solenostigma, Endl.) 
Flowers pol ous, in axillary or lateral c apre — in both 
sets of 4 or b segme nts imbri isaisa di bud. 8 s in the male 
and hermaphrodite flowers as many as hate erem i exceeding 
the perianth, but. slightly incurved in the bud. Disk hairy, with a 
rudimentary - pistil in the males. Ovary in the fem ale and hermaphro- 
TP erbe inserted on a hairy disk. ancora rum distinct styles) 
cumbent on or embracing the ascending radicle.—Trees or shrubs. 
Leaves alternate, more or less J-nerved, entire in the postal species, 
dentate in some others. - Stipule es small and iduous 
