Pouzokia] txvi. urticace^. 993 



abbreviated shoots uith small leaves resembling ioliacoous 

 stipules ; flowers in short axillary or lateral clusters, aiulrogynouH 

 or dia>c'ious, several together, on the upper part of the stem or 

 branches ; male perianth 4-cleft, y'.v in. in diameter ; the lobes 

 ovate, thinly pilose on the back, ciliate ; stamens 4, glabrous, 

 aiound a rudimentary ovary; female perianth 4-cleft, thinly 

 pilose on the back, J,y in. lon<,', investing the ovary ; staminodes 

 ; fruit ovoid, .shinin'r, j'^ in. lonj;. 



PuNOt) ANi)()Nt;o. — By streams in the pra'sidium, near Cazella, 

 fl. and fr. Feb. 1857. No. 6271. In bushy rocky parts of the 

 prasidium, plentiful : female H. Feb. and ]\Iarch 1857. No. 6260. 



A textile plant. On Xo. G260 grew Cimcitta blepharol/'jii.i Welw. 

 herb. no. (IHU, >(iit>' p. 743. 



3. P. golungensis Hiern, sp. n. 



An erect or ascending, slender, annual herb, 2 to 3 ft. liij,'h ; 

 stem ro.^y purple, .simi)le naked and f^dabrescent below, liranched 

 and more or less pilose above ; branches ascendin<r, pilose- 

 pubescent, leafy ; leaves alternate, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate 

 at the apex, sub-truncate rounded or more or less narrowed at the 

 base, submembranous, limp, deep green and with .scattered pallid 

 pilose hairs above, whitish and more or less cottony beneath, 

 trinerved at the base, entire, y to 2 in. long by l to 'l- in. broad ; 

 only one pair of lateral veins in addition to the basal nervfs, in 

 relief on the lower face of the blade, impre.s,sed on the upper face; 

 cy.stoliths punctiform ; petioles pilose, ranging up to ^ in. long ; 

 stipules lanceolate, acuminate-caudate, glumaceous, pilose on the 

 back, ciliate, -^.r to |^ in. long ; flowers dioecious, the female ones 

 greenish, axillary ; perianth j\^ in. long, ovoid-conical, costate, 

 scimewhat hairy outside, closely investing the ovary and young 

 similarly shaped glabrous fruit. 



GiiiAN(;o Ai.To. — In thinly wooded places at the Capopa stream, 

 very .'sparingly ; female fl. and fr. end of May 185(). No. 6277. 



Habit of P. (jKtHcrn.'ii.'i Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 51S. 



4. P. huillensis Hiern, sp. n. 



Apparently a perennial shrubby herb, about 3 ft. high, 

 Ijranched at least above ; branches purplish l)rown, glabrescent ; 

 Itranchlets alternate, somewhat tawny or brown, pubescent, leafy; 

 leaves alternate, ovate or oval, more or less acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded or very obtuse at the base, firmly membranous, deej) 

 green and with scattered pallid adpressed hairs above, paler and 

 more or less whitish-cottony beneath, triplinerved near the base, 

 entire, 1?, to 3 in. long by ',■ to 2 in. broad; lateral veins about 

 two on each side of the midrib in addition to the sub-basal nerves, 

 in relief on the lower face of the blade, impressed on the upper 

 face ; cystoliths punctiform ; petioles hispid-pilo.se, ranging up 

 to nearly an inch long; stipules lanceolate, acuminate-caudate, 

 glumaceou.s, pilose on the back, ciliate, 1 to \ in. long ; flowers 

 dioecious, the male ones clu.stered several together in the axils, 

 subiessile ; male perianth depressedly spheroidal in the bud, 



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