150 MONOGRAPHIE DES URTICÉES. 



5. Urera SANDWICENSIS. 



U. arboresceus; foliis ellipticis, brevissime acuminatis, basi 

 obtusis acutatisYC;, in diniidio superiore ina?qualiter laxe et obtuse 

 crenulalo-serratis , rarius oninino iutegris , penninerviis, snpra 

 glabralis, subtus in nervis stiniuloso-pilosulis; cyniis dichotomis, 

 lloribus feniiueis in apice ramnloruni laxe glomeratis; stigmate 

 rotundato. 



Urera sandwicensis Wedd., in Jtm. se. nat., sér. 3, XVIII, 177. 



Pr<Tceclenti affinis. Ramitli lignosi, teretiiisculi, vix crassi, exsiccati epider- 

 mide castanea vesliti, glabrati, foliosi. Folia 12-20 cm. loiiga, 5-8 cm. lala, 

 a medio utrinque attenuata, apice acuta v. sîepius abrupte acuminata, acu- 

 mine triangulari vel lanceolato et plerumqiie integro ; nervis primariis 

 utrinsecus i2-i5, apice subdiscretisv.juxta marginem interse anastomosanti- 

 bus, subtus prominulis, jugo inferiore quam sequentes multo breviore; 

 nervis secundariis tenuibus transversim linea recta vel reticulatim inter se 

 connexis; lamina exsiccata cystolithis minimis punctiformibus vix conspicuis 

 inspersa; /;e//o/o gracili, \\-l\ cm. loiigo, stimuloso-pilosulo. Stipulée lan- 

 ceolatae, 2-3 cm. longre, integrne, in nervis sparsim hispidrc. Flores dioici. 

 CyMvE irAscuLyE ex axillis foliatis ortœ, patentes, pedunculo 1-2-centimetrali 

 suffuitnp. 4-5-ies dichotomse, ramis semicenlimefralibiis patentibus sparsim 

 l)revissimeque setulosis, Jloribus in glonieriilos pisiformes terminales con- 

 gestis, perigonio 5-partito, segmentis ovatis glabris. CymjE femink^ longi- 

 uscule pediinculatcT, corymliiformes, petiolos superantes, ramulis divai'icatis 

 liispidis sed demuin glabratis \ Jloribus rectinsculis, breviter pedicellatis, sub- 

 ternis; pcrigontn fructifero fere wqualiter 3-4-dentato v.-denticulato, valde 

 carnoso; achœnio suboblique ovato-rotiindato, ij- if mm. lato, abrupte 

 et obtuse acuminato, compresse, facie utraque tuberculata, perigonio 

 undique vestito. 



IUd. — In insulis sandwicensibus (Gaudichaud). — (v. s. in Ilerb. mus, par., Lessort. cl 

 Hooker.) 



