Bcehmeria 



URTICACE^ 



83 



Shrub or small tree, 6-16 ft. high. Leaves 15-25 cm. 1., stalks very 

 unequal in length, the longer sometimes half as long as the limb. Female 

 perianth 2-4-toothed ; fruiting perianth 2-2-5 mm. 1. 



4. B. eylindriea Sic. Prodr. 34 (1788); monoecious; stem 

 generally simple, sometimes branched ; leaves opposite on stem, 

 alternate on branches, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base 

 rounded or subcordate, stalked, grossly serrate, young leaves 

 slightly pubescent on upper surface, at length glabrate, under- 

 neath puberulous on nerves ; flower-clusters sessile on an inter- 

 rupted spike, spikes simple, erect, generally with leaves at apex ; 

 fruiting perianth obovate-roundish, compressed, with thick 

 margin, puberulous above. — Wedcl. Monogr. 362, /. 11, /. 18-23 

 & in DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 202 ; Griseb. loc. cit. ; TJrh. loc. cit. 

 fig. G. B. littoralis Sic. loc. cit. B, eylindriea var. littoralis Wedd. 

 loc. cit. Urtica racemosa humilior iners Shane Cat. 38 & Hist. i. 

 124, t. 82, f. 2. Urtica eylindriea L. Sp. PI 984 (1753). (Fig. 20.) 



Wright ! Sioartz ! near Ferry, St. Catherine, McNab ! Moneague, Prioi- ! 

 March ; New Market to Darliston, Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 9889. — Bermuda, 

 Cuba, Porto Rico, Trinidad, continental America. 



Plant herbaceous or suffrutescent, erect, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 5-18 cm. 

 1., 2*5-7 cm. br. Female perianth 4-toothed; fruiting perianth about 

 1 ■ 5 mm. 1. 



6. PHENAX Wedd. 



Shrubs or suffrutescent herbs. Leaves alternate, stalked, 

 crenate or serrate, 3-5-nerved ; stipules free. Flowers monoecious 



Fig. 21.— Phenax hirtus Wedd. 



A, Portion of shoot with axillary 



flower-clusters. 



B, Cluster. 



C, A flower-spike with one male 



(m) and one female (/) flower. 



D, Male flower opened. 



E, Female flower. 



(or sometimes dioecious), in dense axillary sessile clusters with 

 ferrugino-scarious broad bracts ; male flowers shortly stalked, 

 female subsessile. Male flowers : perianth campanulate, divided 

 above the middle into 4 (3 or 5) lobes. Stamens 4 (3-5). Ovary 



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