Llatostema.} cxxxvi. URTICACE.SJ. (J. D. Hooker.) 571 



species, dark green when dry except the rufous nerves beneath ; nerves strong 1 , 

 spreading, lower margin at tlie base produced below the npper and more or less 

 auricled \ cystoliths numerous in the Mishmi specimen, very obscure in the 

 others. Male receptacles solitary or binate, f in. diam. ; peduncle 0- in., very stout ; 

 invol. bracts glabrous, confluent below, horns fleshy laterally compressed, flowers 

 shortly pedicelled. The Khasia specimen is named E. papillosum by Weddell in 

 Herb. Hook. 



23. E. Treutleri, Hook. f. ; stem tall stout erect fleshy glabrons, 

 leaves 4-6 in. petioled rather fleshy obliquely oblong acuminate, 

 serratures few small above the middle only, base not auricled, nerves few 

 broad quite glabrous beneath, cystoliths very obscure, fern, recepts large 

 sessile and stoutly peduncled, invol. bracts confluent in a fleshy disk tips 

 of two large and produced into long horns, of the rest very short ovate 

 acute. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5000 ft., Dr. Treutler. 



Stem probably when fre*h as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves quite opaque when 

 dry, dark green, quite entire except in the upper third ; nerves 2 pairs above the basal, 

 very broad compared with those of decipiens, &c. ; petiole J~ in., stout ; stipules 

 of uppermost leaves i-| in., of lower in. -Fern, recepts i-1 in. diam. ; the fleshy 

 disk has a narrow rim from the margin of which the long horns proceed, whilst the 

 very numerous smaller bracts are inserted just within the rim ; bracteoles linear, 

 fimbriate. Achene young, very shortly pedicelled, fusiform, striate. A remarkable 

 species, of which 1 have but one specimen. 



24. E. sikkimense, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Sot. xv. 125 ; stem 

 erect rusty-puberulous above, leaves 4-8 in. sessile or shortly petioled 

 membranous obliquely or falcately oblong or obovate elliptic caudate 

 acuminate very unequal-sided coarsely serrate above the middle, base 

 cuneate or acute, nerves glabrous beneath, male and fern, recepts long- 

 peduncled, invol. bracts confluent 2 outer produced into long spreading 

 spurs. 



SIKKIM- HIMALAYA ; on wet rocks, alt. 4500-8000 ft., J. D. H., Clarice, Treutler, 

 &c. 



Stem 1-3 ft., simple, erect from a creeping base, succulent, stout or slender. 

 Leaves variable, from 4 by 2 in. to 8 by 2-| in., the larger usually very falcate with the 

 upper margin convex, dark olive-green when dry, base always acute and nearly equal, 

 teeth very large ; nerves slender, quite glabrous beneath, lateral 6-8 pairs ; stipules 

 4-! in., linear, tip rounded or acute. Recepts pink, monoecious with the males above 

 or dioecious ; peduncles 1-4 in., stout or slender ; male ^-1 in. diam., with the flowers 

 in two masses, one to each bract ; spurs of bracts laterally flattened, - in., stout or 

 slender; bracteoles of male oblong, ciliate ; flowers small; sepals rounded, outer gibbous 

 at the back ; fern, recepts smaller ; bracteoles spathulate, fhnbriate. Achenes very 

 minute, fusiform, ribbed. Treu tier's specimens from low elevations are more succu- 

 lent, and hence approach P. decipiens, and I should not be surprised if these proved 

 forms of one variable species. 



25. E. nasutum. Hook. f. ; stem glabrous widely creeping at the 

 base, leaves 2-3 in. sessile membranous broadly falcately ovate acuminate 

 coarsely sharply serrate from above the auricled lower base to the tip and 

 half-way down the upper margin, nerves glabrous beneath, male recepts 

 peduncled, one or two outer invol. bracts with thick obtuse spreading 

 horns, fern, sessile. E. nigrescens, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Sot. xv. 

 125 (not ofMiquel). 



SIZKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5-7000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke, Kurz. 



