Conoccphalus.] 78. URTICACEyE. 197 



C. concolor, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. :P1. 239 ; FI. Br. I. 5. 54G. Kon- 

 kan at tlu; Phoonda j^hat. Dalz. This may not be a Conoccjjhalus ; it 

 is given as a doubtful species in the Fl. Br. I. Dalzell does not say it is 

 a climber. 



LAPORTEA, Gaud. 



Shrubs or trees with stinuinr-- hairs. Leaves alternate, entire or 

 toothed ; stipules opposite, tree or connate. Flowers mon- or 

 difocious, in axillary panicles, flowers and fruit often reHexed. 

 Male fl. Sepals 4-5. Stamens 4-5, inflexed in bud. Pistillode clavate. 

 Female il. Sepals 4 or 0. Ov^ary oblique ; style linear, ovule erect. 

 Aclienc flattened. Albumen 0. 



L. crenulata, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 498 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 550 ; 



Brandis For, Fl. 404 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 306. Konkan, Stocks, does not 

 seem to have been met with by any suljsequent collector. 



BOEHMERIA, Jacq. 

 Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite and alternate, toothed, 

 3-nerved. Flowers dioicous or monoicous in axillary, sessile or 

 panicled clusters, usuall}' unisexual. Male fi. Perianth 4-lobed, 

 segments valvate. Stamens 4. Pistillode clavate. Female fl. Peri- 

 anth tubular, compressed or ventricose, with a narrow, 2-4-toothed 

 mouth. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 1, erect. Akene dry. Seeds albu- 

 minous. 



Leaves rugose. Flowers in axillary clusters ... B. malaharica. 

 Leaves long petioled. Flower-clusters in axil- 

 larj panicles B. flatypltylla. 



B. malabariea, Wcdd. Monogr. 355 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 575 ; B. travancorica, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 225 {B. ramijiora, t. 27, f. 2). Throughout the Konkan 

 and North Kanara in evergreen forests, common on the Siddapur ghats. 

 F. Nov., Feb. Fr. H. S. 



B. platyphylla, Don Prod. GO ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 578 ; Brandis For. Fl. 403 ; 

 S])Ut(jcrhera scabrella, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 239. Throughout the 

 presidency, common in the moist forests near the sea-coast of the Konkan 

 and North Kdnara. Fl. ApL, Sept. Fr. R.S. 



VILLEBRUNEA, Gaid. 

 Trees. Leaves alternate 3-5-nerved. Flowers mono- or dioicous in 

 spicfite or panicled clusters. Male fl. Perianth 4-fid, valvate. Sta- 

 mens 4. Pistillode woolly. Female fl. Perianth tubular, ventricose, 

 adnate to the ovary, mouth toothed. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule erect, 

 stigma linear. Fruit a free akene. Albumen scanty. 



V. integrifolia, Gaud. Bot. Bonite Voy. t. 91 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 589. 

 Oreocnide (icwninata, Kz. For. Fl. II. 427. 0. syhatica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 225. t. 2G. f. 4. Higher ghdts of the Konkan, in moist forests. Stocks. 



DEBREGEASIA, Gaud. 

 Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, trinerved, often white tomen- 

 tose beneath. Flowers mono- or dioicous, males clustered, the 



