494 MONOGRAPHIE DES URTICÉES. 



a:foliis ovatis, acuminatis, serratis, supra sa^pius asperulis, subtus 

 subtiliter pubescentibus demumque glabratis. 



Boehmeria uliginosa Moritz, mscr. 

 Phenax uliginosus Wedd., l.c. 



p lomentosus : foliis rotuudato -ovatis, baud acuminatis, crenulalo- 

 serratis, supra vix bispidis, subtus breviter puliescenti-tomen- 

 losis; floribus masculis tetrandris, lllamentis pilosis. 



Phenax tomentosusWedd., l.c; Bl., l.c, 170. 



Frutex; /■«/««/« obtuse angulatis, superiie pubescentibus, iiifenie pube- 

 rulis, epidermide pallide castanea vel Uvida. Folia (in var. a paulo majora), 

 3-10 cm. longa, i-G cm. lata, seiisini acuuiinata vel absque acumine, ima 

 basi excepta toto margine serrata ; nervis basilaribus a costa et margine 

 a'quidistantibus, in margine juxta parteni quartam superiorem Umbi desi- 

 nentibns, venulis reticulatis, intervenio subtus foveolato; lamina exsiccata 

 rigidula, supra fusco-viridi, subtus pallida ; />e^('o/o gracili, i-3-centimetrali, 

 subtiliter pubescente. Stipulée ovato-lanceolatœ, circiter 3-millimetrales, 

 extus pubescentes, ciliatœ. Glomeruli pisi majoris uiagnitudine, androgyni; 

 Jlorihus fernintis sa-pe paucissiniis ; bracteis ovatis, acutiusculis, inasqualiter 

 ciliatis; floribus masculis breviter pedicellatis, perigonio campanulato vel 

 subinfundibuliformi, 4-lobo, lobis longe acuminatis extus in nervo medio 

 acumineque fere millimetrali ])ilosis; filamentis staminum (s;vpe superne 

 pilosis) inferne cum basi pistilli rudimentarii (fere linearis lanatique) in 

 columnam teretem circiter semimillimelralem coalitis; achœniis oblique 

 ovato-ellipticis, s. dimidiato-rotundatis, \-\ mm. longis, margine minutis- 

 sime verruculosis, glaberrimis, stylo circiter quadriiplo brevioribus. 



IUb. — In locis apricis et ad fonles provinci.T Bogota Novo-Gianatensiuni , altit. 1900 metr. 

 (Linden, exsicc, n. 810) el ditionis Caracas Venezuela^ loco dicto Tobar (Moritz, exsicc, 

 n. 1893). 



3. Phenax uallot^folius. 



P. monoicus v. diolcus; ramulis pubescenti-tonientosis , basi 

 demum glabratis-, foliis ovatis, acuminatis, basi rotundalis sa^piusve 



