y G. King.] cxxxvi. URTICACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 533 



A small spreading tree, shoots and petioles rusty-pubescent. Leaves 3-4 in., 

 olive-green, base broad, rounded or notched, 3-nerved ; petiole f-1 in. ; stipules in., 

 broadly ovate, villous. Recepts J in. diam., top flattened, base constricted, (ripe) 

 yellow, nearly smooth, young softly pubescent ; peduncle in., and basal bracts 

 rusty-pubescent. The colour of dry leaves is characteristic. 



101. P. silhetensis, Miq. Ann. Mus. iii. 223, 291 ; leaves membra- 

 nous ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate acute or acuminate entire subglabrous 

 above granulate and sparsely hispid beneath, nerves 3-4 pairs, recepts 

 axillary solitary or in pairs subsessile ovoid or subglobose sparsely hairy. 

 F. umbonata, Wall. Cat. 4548 ; Miq. in L. J. B. vii. 437. 



ASSAM, SILHET and the KHASIA HILLS, ascending to 4000 ft., Wallich, &c. 



A shrub, shoots tomentose. Leaves 2^-4, in. ; margins sometimes subundulate 

 when dry ; base acute or subacute, 3-nerved ; petiole f- in., hairy ; stipules as long, 

 lanceolate, glabrous. Recepts % in. diam., (ripe) reddish, young much umbonate ; 

 oral bracts many, basal 3, minute. Sepals of all fl. 3, lanceolate. Stamens 2-4. 

 Gall ovary globose or obovoid, smooth ; style short, lateral. Achene obovoid, flat- 

 tened, granulate ; margins thickened ; style long, lateral, .deflexed, hairy. Probably 

 a form of F. erecta of smaller size and with sessile receptacles. 



102. F. pyriformis, Hook, fy Am. Sot. Seech. Voy. 216; leaves 

 oblong- to linear-lanceolate obtusely acuminate entire smooth or scaberulous 

 above glabrous pubescent or hispid beneath, nerves 5-10 pairs, recepts 

 axillary solitary peduncled pyriform umbonate. Miq. in L. J. B. vii.' 437, 

 t. 6, f. A ; Ann. iii. 281, 294; Benth. Fl. Honglc. 328. F. Mfflettii, Miq. in 

 L. J. B. vii. 438 ; Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. xi. 336. F. Abelii, Miq. 

 Ann. 1. c. 281, 295. F. subpyriformis, Miq. Ann. I c. 229, 294 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. ii. 456. F. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 4553. F. ichnopoda, Miq. Ann. 

 1. c. 229, 294 ; Kurz I. c. 



ASSAM, the KHASIA MTS., BURMA and PEBAK. DISTEIB. China. 



A shrub, young parts pubescent. Leaves lf-4 in., minutely reticulate, base 

 acute, 3-nerved ; petiole -f in. ; stipules as long, subulate, glabrous. Recepts 

 -f in. diam., stipitate, puberulous or subhispid ; basal bracts 3, triangular, those 

 with fern. fl. smallest. Male fl. many; sepals 3. Gall 'sepals 4; ovary globose, 

 smooth; style short, lateral ; stigma dilated, tubular. Achene reniform, granulate; 

 style subterminal, long, slender. The following forms are connected by intermediates. 



F. pyriformis, H. & A. ; leaves lanceolate glabrous asperulous punctulate beneath 

 (China). F. Abelii, Miq. ; leaves of type but hispid beneath, receptacles hispidulous 

 (China). F. subpyriformis, Miq. ; leaves linear-lanceolate pubescent beneath, nerves 

 about 10 pairs, recepts and peduncles pubescent (India). F. ichnopoda, Miq. ; leaves 

 of subpyriformis but glabrous, receptacles long-peduncled glabrous (India). 



103. F. chartacea, Wall. Cat. 4580 ; leaves membranous glabrous 

 lanceolate or ovate- or ob-lanceolate acuminate or cuspidate entire, nerves 

 3-5 pairs, receptacles in axillary pairs clustered subsessile globose smooth. 

 F. Lamponga, var. chartacea, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 451. F. torulosa, Wall. Cat. 

 4550. 



BURMA, Wallich. PEEAK, common on the coast, Kunstler. 



A shrub, shoots appressed-pubescent. Leaves 2-4 in., narrowed to the cuneate 

 3-uerved base, scaberulous beneath ; petiole ^-1 in., slender ; stipules \-% in., 

 lanceolate, convolute, glabrous. Recepts % in., (ripe) yellow, young umbonate ; basal 

 bracts 3, minute ; peduncle 0-^ in., glabrous. Male fl. sessile ;' sepals 3, spathulate. 

 Gall fl. pedicelled; sepals 4, linear-lanceolate; ovary subglobose, smooth; style 

 short, lateral, stigma tubular.' Fern. fl. pedicelled ; sepals of gall. fl. ; achene ovoid, 

 rugose ; margin thickened ; style subterminal, stigma cylindric. Near silhetensis, 

 but leaves quite glabrous, not punctulate, and recepts subsessile. Possibly a local 

 lorin of F. erecta. F. torulosa is a more obovate-leaved form. 



