Urtica. | URTICACER. 635 
2. U. australis, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 68.—Stems 1-8 ft. high, 
erect or decumbent at the base, stout, succulent, glabrous or 
sparingly clothed with short white hairs ; stinging hairs few, weak, 
chiefly clustered at the nodes. Leaves opposite, the upper some- 
times ternate; blade 3-6in. long or even more, broadly ovate- 
or orbicular-cordate, acute, coarsely toothed or crenate, rather 
fleshy, 5—7-nerved, glabrous or sparsely pubescent or setose ; petiole 
stout, 1-4 in. long ; stipules interpetiolar, large, bifid. Racemes or 
panicles simple or branched, axillary, longer or shorter than the 
petioles, the lower male and the upper female, but both sexes occa- 
sionally mixed in the same panicle. Male perianth about ; in. 
diam., glabrous or nearly so; female rather smaller. Nut ovoid, 
compressed, smooth, rather shorter than the persistent perianth. a 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 225; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 251. 
Nortu Istanp: ‘‘Southern extreme, Bidwill’’ (Handbook). CHaTHAM 
Istanps: H. H. Travers! Cox and Cockayne! Stmnwart Istanp: Not seen 
on the main island, but not uncommon on Dog Island and other small islands 
in Foveaux Strait, Kirk! AntrpopEs IsLanp: Kirk! AUCKLAND ISLANDS: 
Sir J. D. Hooker, Kirk ! December—March. 
Remarkable for its stout succulent habit and large leaves. Although 
reported from the North Island in the Handbook, on the authority of 
Bidwill, of late years no New Zealand botanist has met with it on any part 
of the mainland of either the North or South Island. 
3. U. Aucklandica, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 68.—A rigid herb, 
everywhere pubescent with short greyish-white hairs. Stems stout, 
erect, angled, about 1 ft. high; stinging hairs few, chiefly clustered 
at the thickened nodes. Leaves opposite, spreading, 2-3 in. long, 
14-24 in. broad, broadly ovate, acute, usually cordate at the base, 
rather coriaceous, many-nerved, coarsely serrate or dentate ; petioles 
stout, 4-lin. long; stipules rather large, interpetiolar, 2-fid or 
2-partite. Male flowers alone seen, in short axillary spikes. 
Perianth-segments 4, rounded, concave, setose on the back. Sta- 
mens 4; filaments short.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 252. 
AUCKLAND Is~Anps: Near the sea-beach at the margin of woods, rare, Sir 
J. D. Hooker. 
I have seen no specimens of this, and the above description has been com- 
piled from that given in the ‘‘ Flora Antarctica.’’ It appears to be very close to 
U. australis, differing chiefly in the smaller size and more rigid habit, and in the 
dense greyish-white pubescence. 
4. U. incisa, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 224. — Stems slender, 
erect or decumbent at the base, much or sparingly branched or 
simple, sparsely clothed with weak stinging hairs but otherwise 
glabrous, 1-2 it. high, rarely more. Leaves on long slender petioles, 
very variable in size and shape; blade 1-91 in, long, broadly 
ovate-deltoid to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, cordate or truncate 
or cuneate at the base, deeply and acutely toothed, membranous ; 
