576 cxxxvi. URTICACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Boehmeria. 



SILHET, the KHASIA MTS. and CHITTAGONG to TENASSERIM. The WESTERN GHATS, 

 from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, common. DISTRIB. Java. 



An erect shrub or small tree; branches terete, pubescent. Leaves 4-8 in., 

 membranous, sometimes rugose above ; petiole j-3 in. ; stipules small, deciduous. 

 Flower clusters small. Flowers minute, sessile. Achene ovoid, closely invested by 

 the acute perianth. 



2. B. Helferii, Blume Mus. Sot. ii. 201 ; monoecious, leaves opposite 

 subequal broadly ovate-cordate acuminate sharply toothed sparsely hairy 

 above, nerves beneath finely pubescent, clusters axillary confluent unisexual, 

 fern. fl. concealed by the large bracts, perianth tubular 2-toothed. Wedd. 

 in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 204; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 423. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer (Keio Distrib. 4585). 



Branches nearly glabrous. Leaves 3-4 in., membranous, quite smooth, serrate 

 to the base; nerves very slender ;. petiole 1-3 in., very slender. Leaves correctly 

 described by Blume as opposite, but by Mueller (no doubt by lapsus, and followed by 

 Kurz), as alternate. 



3. B. Didymogryne, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 204; herbaceous, 

 monoecious, leaves alternate subequal ovate acuminate coarsely crenate 

 toothed above the middle, sparsely hairy above, base cuneate obtuse or 

 rounded, clusters axillary androgynous, fern. fl. usually adnate in pairs. 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 423. Didymogyne boehmerioides, Weddell mss. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem simple, 1-2 ft., soft, glabrous. Leaves 34 in., very membranous, some- 

 times unequal-sided ; nerves extremely slender ; petiole 2-2 in., slender. A very 

 obscure plant, of which better specimens are wanted. 



4. B. sidaefolia, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, i. 203 ; monoecious, 

 leaves opposite and alternate subequal elliptic or ovate-lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate sharply serrulate hairy on both surfaces, clusters axillary and on 

 leafy branchlets, fruit oblong or lanceolate compressed hispid. B. diffusa, 

 Wedd. Monogr. 356; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 423. B. comosa, Wedd. in DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. i. 205. Urtica viminea, Wall. Cat. 4616 (in part). U. comosa, 

 Ham. mss. 



TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from E. Nepal and Sikkim, ascending 

 to 4000 ft., to Mishmi, Griffith. ASSAM, the GARROW and KHASIA HILLS, PEGU and 

 TENASSEKIM, Wallich, &c. DISTKIB. Java. 



A slender erect or diffuse underslirub, hairy villous or glabrate. Leaves 3-5 in., 

 membranous, smooth or rugulose, serrulate to the base; nerves sometimes strongly 

 reticulate beneath ; petiole \ 2^ in. Flower clusters many, often confluent. Very 

 variable in leaf and pubescence. 



** Flower clusters in simple or paniculately branched spikes. 

 t Leaves alternate. 



B. NIVEA, Hook. 8f Arn. in Bot. Beech. Voy. 214; monoecious, leaves 

 alternate all equal broadly ovate or orbicular acuminate crenate-serrate 

 scabrid above, snow-white except the nerves beneath, stipules free, clusters 

 in axillary panicles, fruit oblong compressed hairy. Wedd. Monoyr. 380, 

 t. 11, f. 10-17 ; DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 206 ; Hook. KewJourn. Sot. iii. (1851) 315, 

 t. 8 ; Brand. For. Fl. 402 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 331 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 ii. 253 ; Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 210. B. tenacissima, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 

 500 ; Blume 1. c. 211, t. 56. B. candicans, Hassk. PI. Jav. Bar. 203. Urtica 



