586 cxxxvi. URTICAGE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) \Pouzoki. 



VAB. tomentosa ; stem erect and leaves beneath villously tomentose, leaves 

 2-2$ in. sessile rather coriaceous ovare or lanceolate acuminate, male sepals hirsute 

 above the flexure. P. tomentosa, Wight Ic. t. 2094, f. 11. Memorialis hirta y. tomen- 

 tosa, Wedd. 1. c. Nilghiri Hills. 



VAB. macrophylla ; stem stout and leaves beneath tomentose or villous, leaves 

 large 5-8 by 1-1 in. petioled flaccid 3-5 -nerved lanceolate from an acute rounded 

 or cordate base scaberulous above, male sepals villous above the flexure. Wight has 

 named this Bennettiana in his Herb., but it is very different-looking from his other 

 specimens so named, though clearly only a form of these. 



VAR. Gardneri; sparsely pubescent, shrubby, prostrate or decumbent with dark- 

 brown ascending branches and leaves above, leaves 2-5 in. opposite petioled ovate or 

 oblong acute or acuminate base acute or rounded, stipules large acuminate brown, male 

 sepals hispid above the flexure. P. Gardner!, Wight Ic. t. 2092, f. 3. P. Gardner! 

 & obscura, Blume Mus. Sot. ii. 240, 241.-^Ceylon, Central Province, alt. 4-6000 ft. 

 Nilghiri Hills, Wight (Kew. Distrib. 2695). Wight describes the stem as erect 

 and somewhat ramous, but in the numerous specimens they are obviously prostrate or 

 decumbent- His Nilghiri specimens are unnamed. Thwaites mentions a form with 

 leaves not exceeding 4 in. and closely resembling P. triandra. In habit, foliage, 

 colour, and the large stipules Gardneri is by far the most distinct form of Bennettiana, 

 though both Weddell and Thwaites refer it to that species. 



VAR. oralifolia ; stem prostrate slender glabrous branched from the base, leaves 

 1^2 in. opposite membranous shortly petioled elliptic-ovate acuminate scaberulous 

 above smooth beneath, stipules short broad, male perianth glabrous or nearly so. 

 P. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 2092, f. 3. Alpine jungles, Wight. Belgaum, on Cheeta 

 hill, Ritchie. This closely resembles forms of P. hirta. 



VAE. quadrialata ; stem woody stout prostrate or decumbent, branches ascending 

 and leaves beneath tomentose, leaves 1-3 in. opposite shortly petioled ovate to 

 lanceolate acuminate softly pubescent above young silky, male sepals tomentose or 

 villous above the flexure. P. quadrialata, Wight Ic. t. 2094, f. 12. Nilghiri Hills, 

 fcchmidt, and Herb. Wight. This form is omitted by Wight in the text of his Icones. 

 The specimen so named in his Herbarium was probably received (like that in the 

 Hookerian Herbarium, of which it is the counterpart) from the Rev. Mr. Schmidt. 



VAR. mysorensis; stem slender 4-angled glabrous, leaves 3-6 in. opposite flaccid 

 rather long-petioled elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acuminate base rounded or acute 

 glabrous on both surfaces, male fl. quite glabrous, fruit costate. V. mysorensis, 

 Wight Ic. t. 2092, f. 4 (excl. magnified le'aves). Memorialis mysorensis, Wedd. 

 Monogr. 428. M. hirta, var. mysorensis, DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, 235 7 . CANARA, on the 

 Bababooden Hills, Law, Stocks. The flaccid habit is that of P. Wightii var. longifolia. 

 Wight describes and figures the leaves as hairy, but the figure represents perfectly 

 glabrous 3-nerved leaves of the natural size, and magnified portions of leaves with 

 hairy surface and 4 nerves in each, and which as the portions do not extend to the 

 midrib would indicate a 9-nerved leaf. I find traces of hairs in the very young 

 leaves, and cilia in the margin of some mature ones. I suspect it is only a form 

 growing in moist places. 



11. P. hirta, Hassle. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 80 ; suberect or decumbent, 

 stem glabrous pubescent or hispidulous, leaves 1-6 in. opposite sessile or 

 shortly petioled lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate from a rounded or cordate 

 base 3-5-nerved rarely ovate or shortly oblong and scaberulous above, sepals 

 5 ciliate at the flexure or glabrous, stamens 5, fruit lanceolate black 

 costate, or perianth with 2-3 thick opaque nerveless wings. Blume Mus. 

 Hot. ii. 239. P. hispida & quinquenervis, Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. C6. P. 

 qninquenervis, Benth. Fl. Austral, vi. 187. Memorials quinquenervis, 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. 4601 ; Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 235 s ; Benth. FL 

 HongJc. 322. M. hispida (a only) & quinquenervis, Wedd. Monogr. 426, 

 429. M. hispida, Herb. Ham. Hyrtanandra hirta, Miquel PL Jungh. 26 ; 

 FL Ind. Bat. i. ii. 261. Urtica hirta, Blume Bijd. 495. 



