ex. UllTICACE^. 343 



Leaves alternate ; acliene oblique 2. Fleueya, 



Leaves destitute of stinging hairs. 



Female flowers, calyx monophjllous, with a con- 

 tracted 2-4-tootlied mouth, enclosing the ovary . 3. PouzOLSiA. 

 Male flowers monandrous. 



Male and female together in mvolucrcd glomerules. 



Involucre 3-6-parted 4. Forskohlea. 



Involucre bell-shaped, toothed at margin ... 5. Dkoguftia. 

 Male and female together in nude glomerules ... 6. Didymodoxa. 



Suborder 2. Celtidese. Trees or shrubs, with watery juice. Stigmas 2, 

 filiform. Ovule campylotropous, pendulous from near the top of the cell. 

 Male calyx-lobes imbricate. Stigmas 2, deciduous. 



Bei-ry naked 7. Celtis. 



Male calyx-lobes valvate. Stigmas persistent, feathery. 



Berry seated in the persistent calyx 8. Sponia. 



Male perianth-lobes valvate. Styles 2, very long, 



villous 9. Ch^taciime. 



Suborder 3. Vflorese. Trees or shrubs, with milky juice. Style simple 

 or 2-fid. Ovule erect or pendulous. 

 Flowers minute, enclosed in a fleshy receptacle (Fig) . 10. Ficus. 



SuBOiiDER 1. Urticese, 



Tribe 1. Ueeee^. (Gen. 1-2.) 

 1. URTICA, Linn., ea: parte. 



Plowers monoecious or dioecious, glomerulate. — Male : Calyx 

 4-parted, the segments ovate, hispid. Stamens 4 ; anthers 

 oblong-reniform. A rudimentary pistil. — Female : Calyx very 

 deeply 4-parted or 4-sepaled ; sepals or lobes unequal, the 

 outer smaller. Ovary straight, ovoid ; ovule erect, on a short 

 basifixed stalk ; stigma sessile or subsessile, penicillate-capi- 

 tate. Achene compressed, equal-sided, smooth or roughish, 

 enclosed in the enlarged calyx. — Wecld. Urtic. p. 56, t. 1 C. 



Herbs, rarely shrubby, mostly covered with stinging hairs. Leaves op- 

 posite, toothed or lobed, 5-7-nerved. — The common perennial ^Nettle (tT". 

 dioica) is naturalized from Europe, and there are 1 or 2 native species, in 

 the Eastern district. 



2. PLEURYA, Gaud. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious, in glomerules or forked or 

 panicled cymules. — Male : Calyx 4-5-parted ; segments ovate 

 or lanceolate, glabrous or pubescent. Stamens 4-5. A rudi- 

 mentary pistil. — Female : Calyx 4-parted or 4-lobed, the lobes 

 mostly unequal, the inner largest. Ovary in growth becoming 

 more or less oblique, ovoid ; ovule subbasal, oblique, on a 

 slender stalk ; stigma sessile, ovate-lanceolate or linear, per- 

 sistent and at length reliexed. Achene oblique, ovate or 

 roundish, compressed, mostly rough with raised points on each 



