.] cxxxvi. URTICAOE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 543 



stipules very large, fruit oblonar transversely constricted, anthocarps broad 

 pyramidal trunqate. Bedd. Fl. Sylvat. t. 309 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 

 331. A. pubescens, Moon Cat. 61. 



CEYLON ; in the central and southern districts, ascending to 2000 ft. 



A large tree, 4050 ft. ; hranchlets, peduncles, petioles, stipules and nerves heneath 

 hispidly scabrid. Leaves 6-14 in., more or less scaberulous on both surfaces, on 

 young plants pinnatitid ; nerves about 9 pairs ; petiole f-l i n - stout ; stipules 3-5 in., 

 spathaceous. Flower-heads erect, oblong; peduncles 3 in., stout; bracteoles in both 

 sexes hairy, peltate; male 3-6 in. by ^-f in. diam. ; sepals 2, broad, truncate. Fruit 

 6-8 in. by 3|-4 in. diam.; anthocarps 4-5 angled. Seeds \ in, diani., subglobose. 



ft Fruit globose. 



14. A. lance C folia, Boxb. FL Ind. iii. 527 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate 

 or elliptic-oblong obtusely cuspidate glabrous on both surfaces, stipules 

 small, fruit globose, anthocarps truncate pubescent. Wight Ic. t. 679 ; 

 Trecul in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, viii. 122 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. ii. 289 ; 

 King in Ann. Bot. G-ard. Cole. ined. 



PENANG, Roxburgh. PJERAK, King's Collector. MALACCA, Maingay (Kew 

 Distrib. 1478). 



A tree, 60-80 ft., glabrous except the flower-heads, fruit and stipules ; shoots 

 annulate. Leaves 9-14 in., base narrowed; nerves 8-10 pairs; petiole -1 in.; 

 stipules |-| in., ovate -lanceolate, appressed hairy. Flower-heads on peduncles, 

 23 in. ; male obovoid-cylindric, f 1 in. by ^ in. diam. ; sepals 2, narrow, entire or 

 2-fid ; bracteoles almost funnel-shaped, entire or lobed, ciliate. Fruit about 3 in. 

 diam., pubescent. 



15. A. Chaplasha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 525 ; leaves obovate rounded 

 or oblong tip broad rounded or cuspidate entire serrate or lobulate base 

 narrow obtuse or subcordate scabrid on both surfaces, stipules large, fruit 

 globose, anthocarps hispidulous. Trecul in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, viii. 112 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 682 ; Brand For. Fl. 426 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 432 ; Gamble 

 Man. Ind. Timb. 331 ; Wall. Cat. 4657 ; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 

 ined. 



Transgangetic India, from BENGAL, SIKKIM and ASSAM, to TENASSERIM and the 

 ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 



A lofty deciduous tree, attaining 150ft. ; shoots rough. Leaves 7-12 in., on young 

 shoots 1-2 ft. and often pinnatifid, thinly coriaceous ; nerves 8-10 pairs, appressed 

 Imiry or hispid ; petiole 5-^ in., stout, hispid; stipules 1 in., spathaceous, strigose. 

 Slower-heads globose, lorig-perf uncled, males size of a nutmeg; bracteoles peltate, 

 pubescent ; sepals 2, narrow, 2-fid. Fruit 3-4 in. diain., nodding, globose, not lobed. 

 Seeds % in., oblong. 



SECT. II. Fruit smooth (tips of the anthocarps truncate and flat). 



16. A. Lakoocha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 524; leaves oblong elliptic or 

 subobovate cuspidate softly pubescent beneath base usually rounded, 

 stipules small, fruit globose sublobed smooth or wrinkled glabrous. Trecul 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. Sur. 3, viii. 117; Tkwaites Enwn. 262 (excl. var. 8.) ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 681 ; Brandi* For. FL 426; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 433; Dalz. # 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 244; Bedel. For. Man. 219 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 

 330 ; Wall. Cat. 4665 ; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ined. A. mollis, 

 Watt. Cat. 4661. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, ascending to 4000 ft., from Kumaon eastwards to BURMA, 

 and southwards to TRAVANCORE and MALACCA. 



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