CXXXVlli. 



URTICA DIOICA. 



Common Nettle. 



Class XXI. Moncecia. — Order III. Tetrandria. 

 Nat. Ord. Urtice*:. 



Gen. Char. Male flowers : — Perianth single, of four 

 leaves, containing the cup-shaped rudiment of a ger- 

 men. Fertile flowers: — Perianth single, of two leaves. 

 Pericarp one-seeded, shining. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, acuminate, cordate at the 

 base. Clusters of flowers much branched, in pairs, 

 mostly dioecious. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek. . . . aKecXnfn. 



r Urtica urens maxima. Bauh. Pin. 232. 



I Urtica urens. Ger. Em. 706. 

 J Urtica racemifera major perennis. RuiiSyn. 139. 

 Latm . . . . ^ jj rt j ca ma j or vulgaris, et media sylvestris. Park. Theatr. 440. 



I Urtica dioica. Lin. Sp. PI. 1390. Eng. Fl. iv. p. 135. Eny. 



I BoL t. 1750. 

 French. . . Ortie ; Grande Ortie ; Ortie dioique. 

 Italian. . . Ortica maggiore. 

 Spanish . . Ortiga mayor. 



Port Ortiga major. 



German . . Nessel ; Brennessel ; Grosse Brennessel. 



Dutch Groote Netelen ; Groote Brandenetel. 



Danish. . . Stor Broendenelde. 

 Swedish . . Broennaetsla ; Raszla. 

 Polish .... Pokrzy wa. 

 Buss Kropeiwa Schikowka. 



Description. — The root is perennial, creeping, ligneous, and 

 fibrous. The stems are erect, somewhat branched, quadran- 

 gular, hispid with rigid, articulated pungent hairs, and from 



