Parit'taria.'] cxxxvi. URTICACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 593 



235 4:i ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1149 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xii. t. 651. P. 

 punctata, Willd. Sp. PL iv. 953. P. tibethana, Blume Mus. Bot. 235 44 . 



WESTERN TIBET ; Balti, and in the Indus and Shayuk Valleys, Thomson. 

 DISTRIB. Affghanistan and westwards to Greece. 



2. P. debilis, Forst. Prodr. 387 ; annual, leaves long-petioled elliptic 

 broadly ovate or ovate-cordate membranous obtuse, bracts linear, lobes of 

 fern, perianth acute, fruit ovoid. Wedd. Monogr. 517, t. 17 ; DC. Prodr. 

 xvi. i. 235 45 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1150. P. micrantha, Ledeb. FL Alt. iv. 

 303 ; Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 22. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from the Panjab to Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 ft. WESTERN 

 TIBET, alt. 10-14,000 ft. The CONCAN and NILGHIRI MTS. DISTRIB. Many temp. 

 and trop. regions extending to Australia and Chili. 



A diffuse flaccid pubescent herb, 6-32 in. Leaves J-l in. Cymes 3-7-fld. ; 

 bracts shortly united. 



44. FORSK.OHLEA, Linn. 



Slender scabrous herbs or undershrubs. Leaves alternate, toothed, 

 triple-nerved; stipules lateral, free. Flowers in axillary androgynous 

 woolly or silky involucres, males many in the periphery of the involucres, 

 fern, solitary in the centre. MALE FL. Perianth clavate, 3-5.-cleft, one 

 lobe inflexed. Stamen 1, inflexed in bud. Pistillode 0. FEM. FL. Perianth 

 ; Ovary straight ; stigma filiform, hispid, persistent ; ovule erect. 

 Aclienes ovoid, compressed, woolly ; albumen scanty or ; cotyledons broad. 

 Species 5, Indian, Oriental, African and Spanish. 



F. t enacissima, Linn. Mant. 72 ; leaves rhombic orbicular or obovate 

 obtuse base cuneate hispid or softly hairy above with hooked hairs woolly 

 beneath, invol. bracts 2-5 lanceolate silkv below hispid above. Wedd. in 

 DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235 55 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1151 ; Wall. Cat. 4666 ; 

 Lamk. III. t. 388. F. latifolia, Retz. Obs. 51. Caidbeja adherens, ForsJc. 

 Fl. &g. Arab. 82. 



WESTERN PANJAB, on the Salt Range, Aitchison. SCINDE, Vicciry. DISTRIB. 

 Westwards to Arabia and N. Africa ; also S.E. Spain. 



Shrubby, stem 6-24 in. Leaves |-1 in., snow-white beneath -, petiole \-^ in. 

 Involucre J in. 



45. DROGTJETIA, Gaud. 



Slender herbs, differing from Forskohlea in the campanulate scabrid 

 involucres, and of which some species have opposite leaves, and others 

 terminal spicate involucres. Species 4, Indian and African. 



D. diffusa, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, i. 211 ; Monogr. 541, 1. 19 A, 

 f. 1-11 ; diffuse, leaves opposite ovate acuminate serrate or toothed hispidly 

 hairy above and on the nerves beneath, involucres axillary 1- or more-fld., 

 achenes. glabrous shining. D. pauciflora, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235 58 . 

 Forskohlea urticoides, Wight Ic. t. 1982. Pouzolzia pauciflora, A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 259. Didymogyne abyssinica, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 1. c. Boehmeria pauciflora, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 201. B. parvifolia, Wedd. 

 Monogr. 359. Urtica pauciflora, Hochst. Plant. 8 chimp. No. 682. TJ. rivu- 

 ' Schlecht. in Plant. Hohenack. No. 1326. 



NILGHIRI HILLS, Wight, &c. DISTRIB. Abyssinia, Java. 



Habit and foliage of Chamabainia cuspidata, Wight. Leaves -! in., very 

 membranous, green when dry, nerves faint, petiole T \j-l in. slender ; stipules small, 



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