Pouzolzia.] cxxxvi. URTICACEA;. (J. D. Hooker.) 581 



SECT. I. POUZOLZIA proper. Lobes or segments of the male perianth 

 convex or gibbous at the back. 



ives toothed or serrate, base 3- nerved, nerves branching. 



. ^imirea, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 228 ; Brand. For. FL 405 ; 

 P. borbonica, Wight Ic. t. 2100, f. 44. P. ovalis, 



Miq. PL > :ud Fl. Ind. Sat. i. ii. 259 ^ Wedd. Monogr. 410. 



Boehmeria. vtrnineu, li"tt/t. mss.; Blume Mus. Sot. ii. 202. B. sanguinea, 

 Hassk. Jlort. Bogor. 1367. B. ovalis, Miq. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. ii. 100. p B. 

 frondosa, Don Prodr. 59. Urtica viminea, Wall. Gat. 4616 (in part}. U. 

 sanguiuea, Blume Bijd. 501. U. Chiple, punctata & paivifolia, Ham. mss. 

 Margarocarpns vimineus, Wedd. in Ann. Sc.Nat. Ser. 4, i. 203. Leptocnide 

 borbonica, Blume Mus. Bot. I. c. 294. 



TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from the Sutlej eastwards, ascending to 

 7000 ft. in Sikkini; and from ASSAM to TENASSERIM and PERAK. DISTBIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



Shrubby or subarboreous ; branchlets and petioles pubescent or strigose. Leaves 

 |-5 in., alternate, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, above smooth or scaberulous, 

 beneath strigose or pubescent with a grey or white tomentum ; petiole -2 in. 

 Floivers in axillary clusters, pubescent or hoary, stamens 4. Fruit angled and 

 obscurely margined. In Weddel's var. fulgens, the leaves are often snow-white 

 beneath. 



** Leaves quite entire, lateral nerves more or less branched. 



'. indica, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 503; leaves opposite or 

 "late, nerves one pair above the 3 basal sparingly 



brand' a :2-tid beak. Wedd. Monogr. 398, t. 13 B, and in DC. 



Prodr. xvi. i. :22<> ; Jhmi. PI Jav. Ear. 67 ; Wight Ic. t. 1980, f. 1, 2100, 

 f. 40 ; Dak. ft Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 240. P. suffruticosa, Wight Ic. vi 43, 

 and P. procumbens, t. 2099, No. 35. P. parva, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 234. 

 Parietaria indica, Linn. Mant. 128. Urtica triplinervis & glomerata, 

 Wall. Gat. 4617, 4619. U. suffruticosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 583; Wall. 

 Cat. 4618 ; Wight Ic. 694. 



Throughout TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL INDIA, from the Indus (at Iskardo, alt. 

 8000 ft., Clarice), eastward to Burma, and southward to Malacca and CEYLON. 

 DISTRIB. Malay Islands, China. 



A perennial rooted herb ; erect or prostrate, hoary pubescent hirsute or glabrate ; 

 stem stout or slender. Leaves |-1 rarely 2-4 in., membranous, obtuse acute or acu- 

 minate, base usually very acute ; petiole f-1 in. Flowers in axillary clusters, strigose 

 with simple or hooked hairs; stamens 4 rarely 5. Fruit subequally ribbed, winged 

 or not. Of the following varieties P. angustifolia is the only well-marked one. 



VAR. angustifolia, Wedd. in DC. 1. c. 221 ; tall, leaves mostly alternate, 

 ; -:-nv!y lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. P. angustifolia, Wight Ic. t. 2100, f. 39. 

 P. '/"luferatu, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. and Wedd. Monogr. 401. Malacca and 



- u-iif-nata, Wedd. 1. c. ; leaves mostly opposite long-petioled ovate base 

 ronm:< (i. P. alienata, Grand. I. c. P. zeylanica, Benn. I. c. 67 ; Wight Ic. t. 2101, 

 f. 45. P. tonuis & heterophylla, Blume if us. Bot. ii. 233, 237. Boehmeria aiienata, 

 Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 341. B. nana, Don Prodr. 60. Urtica alienata, Linn. Syst. Ed. 

 13, 709 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 582 ; Wight Ic. t. 693. U. nana, Ham. mss. Parie- 

 taria zeylanica, Linn. Fl. Zeyl. n. 371, and Sp. PI. 1492. Common in India. 



VAR. tetraptera, Wedd. 1. c. 222 ; leaves larger mostly alternate hairy on both 

 surfaces, petiole short, fruit usually with 4 wings produced upwards. P. tetraptera, 

 minor, pilosa, Johnsouiana & pvramidata, Wight Ic. t. 2100, fs. 42, 43, 46, 47, 48. 

 P. trichophora, Hohenack. Herb. Ind. Or. No. 179. Common in the Deccan. 



