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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Urtica parviflora, 



Berain, shisliona. 

 Urticacejb. 

 F. B. I. V. 548. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-12.000 ft. 

 Simla (CoUett). 



Petals none. 



medium size, root perennial, stem annual, slender 

 but little branched, with blunt angles, covered with sting- 

 ing hairs ; leaves 2-4 by 1-2| in., ovate or lanceolate, 

 long-pointed, wrinkled, teeth small, irregularly jagged, 

 stalk |-2 in. long, stipules united, ovate-oblong ; flowers 

 minute, green, in slender spreading axillary and terminal 

 branching pyramidal clusters, male and females on the 

 same plant and like those of the last species. 



Urtica dioica, 

 The EngUsh Nettle, 



Bichua. 

 Urticace^. 

 F. B. L V. 548. 

 Salt Range. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Hattu 

 (CoUett). 



like the last, but often stouter, stem grooved, teeth 

 large, regular, stipules ununited, male and female flowers 

 on separate plants. 



Pilea peploides, 

 Urticace^. 

 F. B. I. v. 554. 



Upper Himalaya, 

 Lahul. 



small, stem and branches 3-5 in., tufted, succulent, 

 smooth ; leaves |-f in. long, round, ovate, tip rounded, 

 margin toothed above the middle, or entire, 3-nerved, 

 base wedge-shaped, stalk |-| in, long, stipules minute ; 

 flowers minute, green, sessile in clusters on the slender 

 branches of stalked spreading axillary racemes 2-4 in. 

 long, male and female flowers on the same plant, male 

 sepals 4, stamens 4, anthers white, female sepals 3, un- 

 equal, stigma of a tuft of hairs ; carpel nearly round, minute, 

 smooth. 



Pilea umbrosa, 



Urticace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 556. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-9,000 ft. 

 Simla, in shady 

 places (Collett). 



large, hairy, leaves 3-5 by 2-3| in., ovate, broadly 

 toothed, base wedge-shaped, tip tail-hke, sharp-pointed, 

 stalk 1-3 in., stipules nearly persistent, large, flowers 

 as in the last species, but dorsal female sepal much the 

 longest ; achenes minute, 3^ in., pale, with a raised intra- 

 marginal ridge. 



