578 MONOECIA TETRANDRIA. 



URTICA. Gen.pL 1054. 

 MASC. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. o. Neciarium central?, 



cyathiforme. 

 FEM. Cal. 2-valvis. Cor. o. Sem. i, nitidum. 



ursns I. 



URTICA foliis oppofitis ovallbus. Sp. pi. 1396. 

 {Ger. em. 707. /. g. Moris, hiji. f. 11. /. 25. /. 

 4. ordinis medii. Pet. herb, t, i.f. 10.) 



Leflfer ilinging Nettle. Jnglis. 



In wafte places, on dunghills, &;c. ©. VI- VIII. 



The flings or prickles of this are very numerous 

 and inflammatory : the leaves of a roundifh oval 

 figure, and light green colour : the male and 

 female flowers grow in different parts of the 

 fame plant, in crowded oblong green cluflers, 

 ereft, nearly felTile, in the al^ of the leaves. 



dioka 2. URTICA foliis oppofitis cordatis, racemis geminis. 



Sp.pl. 1396. {Ger. em. 706:/ 2. Moris, hiji. J, 



II. /. 25./. I. ordinis medii. Pet. herb, t.i.f. g, 



mas. Blackwell. t. 12. mas.) 

 Common flinging Nettle, jinglis. 

 Feanntag, Deantag. Gaulis. 

 In wafte places, and under hedges, if. VII. 

 The male and female flowers grow on difllncfc 



plants ; the cluflers branched, and generally in 



pairs. 

 The Acuki, or flings of the nettle, have a fmall 



bladder at their bafe, full of a burning corrofive 



liquor J 



