Debregcasia"]. oxxxvi. URTICACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 591 



from the Concan to Cape Comorin, ascending to 7000 ft. in the Nilghiris. CEYLON ; 

 alt. 1-2000 It., Walker, &c. DISTRIB. Java. 



A tall shrub; branches and petioles pubescent tomentose or villous. Leaves 

 4-7 in., base rounded, smooth or scabrid above, lacunose or pitted between the nerves 

 beneath ; petiole |-1 in. Fruit in. diam., yellow ; receptacle fleshy, studded with 

 the minute achenes. 



2. D. hypoleuca, Wedd. Monogr. '463, t. 15, A, f. 10, 11; branches 

 and leaves beneath clothed with snow-white wool, leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate serrulate scabrid above, heads conglobate 

 sessile, male sepals 4 shorter than the bracteoles. D. bicolor, Wedd, in 

 DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235 25 ; Brand. For. Fl. 405 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1148. 

 Urtica bicolor, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 589 ; Wall. Cat. 4613. Bcehmeria salici- 

 t'olia, Don Prodr. 60. B. hypoleuca, SocJist. in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 264. Missiessya hypoleuca, Wedd. in Ann. So. Nat. Ser. 4, i. 195. Moro- 

 carpus salicifolius, Blume Mus. Bot. 157. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from 'Kashmir and the SALT RANGE, alt. 

 3-5000 ft., to Kumaon. DISTRIB. Affghanistan, Abyssinia. 



A large shrub. Leaves 3-6 in. very white, pitted or not between the nerves 

 beneath ; petiole $-% in- Fruit yellow, as in D. velutina, to which it is closely 

 allied. 



** Leaves broad. 



3. D, dentata, Hook. f. ; ' t branchlets pubescent or scabrid, leaves 

 long-petioled orbicular- ovate cuspidate toothed scabrid above, ashy- 

 tomentose beneath, base cuneate or rounded, fern, heads in short sessile 

 lax dichotomous cymes with slender divaricate branches. D. velutina, var. 

 8, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235 24 . 



CHITTAGONG, J. D. H. fy T. T., Clarice. 



A twiggy bush, 10 ft. ; branches sometimes 'tubercled. Leaves 4-8 in. long and 

 nearly as broad, membranous ; petiole 3-5 in., slender. Cymes ^-f in. broad. Very 

 different from D. velutina in the broad leaves, long petioles, and much larger cymes 

 with filiform branches. 



4. D. squamata, King in Serb. Calcutt. ; branches pubescent and 

 softly spiculose, leaves long-petioled orbicular-ovate cuspidate toothed, 

 softly pubescent on both surfaces, ashy-white beneath, base rounded or 

 cordate, fern, heads in short sessile dichotomous cymes with slender divari- 

 cate branches. 



PERAK ; at Larut, King's Collector. 



Branches stout, terete, rough with flattened spreading (soft ?) prickles. Leaves 

 4-6 by 3-3| hi., membranous ; petiole 2-5 in., pubescent. Cymes |-1 in. diam., 

 branches tomentose. Possibly a form of D. dentata. 



5. D. Wallichiana, Wedd. Monogr. 464, t. 14 (excl. the Ceylon 

 plant} ; branches and petioles glabrous or sparsely cottony, leaves long- 

 petioled broadly elliptic-ovate cuspidate entire or sinuate-serrate, base 

 rounded or cordate, above glabrous, beneath white with closely appressed 

 tomentum, fern, heads in long-peduncled dichotonious cymes with slender 

 divaricate "Branches, male sepals 4 longer than the bracteoles. D. leuco- 

 phylla, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235 25 . Morocarpus Wallichianus, Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 428. Missiessya Wallichiana, Wedd. in Ann. So. Nat. Ser. 4, i. 

 195. Urtica leucophylla, Wall. Cat. 4067. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2-4000 ft., J. D. H. t Clarke. KHASIA MTS., alt. 

 4000 ft., Griffith, &c. PEGU, Kurz. TENASSERIM, Parish. 



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