Urticau i KTII \< I .! 



ungli simple carpel, the foramen 



when the i bryo is necessaril) uv 



(In the second edition "t this work tl n of the 



some accident) Nettleworte will tJien b< easily 1. A H 



which ha*, and from Ant 



What diffi cist between th. m and 1 1 1« - An 



onally, in part, hermaphrodite, although il 

 numb ; Bohitelj unisexual, and, on thi- account, they mi 



entirely conterminous with Chenopoda in the hyp will, 



and t<> differ not only in their habitually diclin 

 their eml 1 in albumen and l 



Independently of the resemblana - boi 

 to other Ordera in the Urtical Alliance, we musl no( »ht of thi 



affinity to the hypogynoue Buckwheats, some of which at 

 alluded to at p. 258, and will I" further noticed h< 



'I'll. tre widely dispersed over i irt of thi world; the 



most northern regions, and in tl 

 dry walls, where there i • nutriment I ! 



-t. Many follow the steps of man, flourishing on ru 



All the m ire important of the old I from tins 



. the qualitii - oi the f< « thai n main are of little inten ity in 



the limpid juice is their chief chart mplified in the comma 



Netties, Urtica dioica, urens, and pilulifera, which are, howevi 

 ('•■r in instant with Bome of the E. Indian ["our thus 



I..- thi • gathering Urtica crenulata in the Botanic Garden at < 



'• One of ti - slightly touched the fir I my left hand : :it thi 



I only pero ived a Blight pricking, to which I paid no attention. This w - 

 the morning. The pain continued to increase ; in an liour it had become inl 

 • one was rubbing my fingers with a hot iron. Neverthi 

 markable appearance ; neither BweOing, m>r pustule, n»r inflammation. 

 pain rapidly spread along the arm, mpit 1 was thi I with 



frequent sneezing, and with a copious running at the m I had caught a i 



cold in tin- head. About noon I experiei oful contraction ol tl f the 



jaws, which made me fear an attack of tetanus. 1 then went hoping that i 



would alleviate my Buffering ;but it <\\>\ not abate ; on the contrary, it contini 



the whole of the following night ; hut 1 lost th ntt I the jaws about - 



in thi- evening. The next morning the pain began to leave me, ami 1 fell i 

 conti: iffer for two. days ; and the pain returned in full force who:: I 



hand into water. I did not finally lose it tor nine days." \ similar circ 

 occurred, with precisely the same symptoms, to a workman in tin- Calcutta G 

 This man described th.- sensation, when water was applied to tin- stung part, 

 boiling oil was poured over him. Anothei ; by tin 



botanist u l . stimulans), but it- violent. I 



passed in virulence bj calli d I •aoun Setan, U. urentissima, 



in Timor : the effects of which i, by the natives, to last for a yi 



cause death. In some species the acrid fluid i- bo abundant that it i- 

 discharged from the whole surface of the li f. According to Endl 

 of Netui juice i- owing to the pr arbonate ol ammi 



Boshmeria eaudata I advantageously in Brazil in 1 



rhoidal complaints, and in th -.mi.- country an ex1 

 a ren lysuria. The b nacity ol" the ti 



has been successfully manufactured from them; tin- - 

 even expected, at one time, to ho equal in Btrength to Hemp its If. 

 called Caloose in Sumatra, yields an extremely tough c 



_-in_; with nettles has ho t n employed u 

 verj young and tender are commonly used a- an ingredient it 



mtry, who consider that they purify the bl 

 aiv esculent ami nutritious ; tin.' natives eat th« m i 

 herbage and seeds of Urtica membranacea, an I :_■ ■ 

 gogue and aphrodisiac. Several Paj ally 1*. ( 



some reputation a- refrigerants and diun 



m pofishing mirrora A decoction of Urtica dioica tnilk 



without giving it an\ unpleasant flavour; the whok 

 diuretic —Burnett. 



