344 ex. URTICACEiE. 



face, sitting in the scarcely enlarged calyx. — Wcdd. JJrtic. p. 

 109. t. 1 A. 



Annuals, mostly with stinging hairs. Leaves alternate, serrate, 3-nervcd. 

 — 3 or 4 species, in Eastern district and Natal. 



Tribe 2. Boehmeeie^. (G-en. 3.) 

 3. POUZOLSIA, Gaud. 



Flowers monoecious, in axillary or spiked glomerules ; the 

 male and female often mixed ; bracts small, scarious. — Male : 

 Calyx 3-5-parted ; segments ovate, shortly acuminate, dorsally 

 convex, valvate in bud. Stamens 3-5. A rudimentary pistil. — 

 Female : Calyx tubular, often ovate, nerved, with a narrowed, 

 2-4-toothed orifice. Ovary enclosed, sessile, apiculate ; ovule 

 erect or ascending ; stigma filiform, deciduous, villous on one 

 side. Achene similar to the ovary, enclosed in the calyx, 

 shining.— JFcf/f/. TTrtic. p. 3S9, t. 13 B. 



Shrubs undershrubs or herbs, chiefly tropical, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, equal- or unequal-sided, mostly entire, 

 rarely toothed, 3-nei'ved, the lateral nerves branched, not reaching the apex 

 of the leaf. — Urtlca p roc ridio ides, E. M., is referred here by VVeddell. 

 There is also a second species from Natal. 



Tribe 3. Forskohlie^. (Gren. 4-G.) 



4. FOHSKOHLEA, Linn. 



Flowers monoecious, the sexes mostly together within 3-6- 

 parted, turbinate, axillary involucres, very woolly within ; 

 rarely the female solitary in a 2-leaved involucre. — Male : 

 Calyx monophyllous, narrow-tubular at base, dilated above, 

 obtusely 3-toothed. Stamen 1. JNTo rudimentary pistil. — 

 Female : Calyx 0. Ovary straight, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 woolly, tapering into a filiform, villous-hispid stigma ; ovule 

 sometimes oblique. Achene straight, compressed, ovate, very 

 densely woolly. — Wedd. JJrtic. p. 532. t. 19 B. 



Herbs or undershrubs, armed with rigid, subpungent hairs. Leaves alter- 

 nate, erenate or toothed, 3-nerved. — 1 Cape species, F. Candida, Liun., with 

 coarsely serrate, rigid, ovate leaves, white beneath. 



5. DEOGUETIA, Glaud. 



Flowers monoecious, both sexes within gamophyllous, bell- 

 shaped or ventricose, axillary or racemose-spicate, few- or 

 many-flowered involucres. — Male: Calyx narrow-tubular at 

 base, woolly externally, dilated above, enclosing the solitary 

 stamen in the bud, at length torn open. No rudimentary 

 pistil. — Female : Calyx 0. Ovary woolly or glabrous ; stigma 



