202 Urticaceae Endl. 



in superioribus pistilligeri staminigeris perpaucis tantum in- 

 termixtis; flores staminigeri : hracteae minutissimae ad pedi- 

 cellorum basin ovatae, acutae, hyalinae; pedicelli erecti, 0,1 

 poU. longi, teretes albidi, sub apice articulati, basi persistente, 

 apice cum flore deflorato deciduo, pariter ac calyx pilis acu- 

 tis et subclavatis minutis puberulo - hispidi *) ; flores erecti 

 albidi; a/«^«^^r« depresso-globosa, apice sub-5-loba et 5-sul- 

 cata, lobo quoque in juventute pilo erecto, globoso aut clavato 

 terminato; calyx cupulifbrmis in praefloratione valvatus 5- 

 fidus; laciniae concavae, erectae primo antheras foventes, 

 oblongae acutiusculae, dorso pilo glanduloso solitario termina- 

 tae**), dein in momento ejectionis polHnis patentes, polline 

 dein effbeto, erecto-conniventes albidae, pedicelli longitudine; 

 stamina 5, laciniis calycis opposita; filamenta primo inflexa 

 dein elastice resilientia, supra calycis lacinias reflexa, trans- 

 verse striata, crassiuscula, albida, postremo erecto-conniven- 

 tia; antherae terminales biloculatae, candidae, primo inver- 

 sae, didymae, ovatae, utrinque bilobae, dein rejectae; loculi 

 oppositi, oblongo-ovati, utrinque obtusi, longitudinaliter de- 

 silientes, hyalini, transverse striati, e cellulis transversahbus 

 longis; antherae effoetae in filamentis erecto-conniventibus 

 erectae coroUam candidam fingentes, cucullatae; pistilli rudi- 

 mentum subglobosum ; flores pistilligeri plurimi, minimi, um- 

 bellatim congesti, basi brevissime bracteolati; hracteae hyah- 

 nae acutae; pedicelli primo brevissimi, dein sensim lon- 

 giores erecti, sub apice articulati et geniculati, apice pa- 

 tentissimo; calyx dorso ad basin pihs 2 — 4 patentissimis 

 subclavatis, hyaHnis subcalcaratus, 4-partitus; laciniae binae 

 exteriores angustiores hneares concavae, subfalcatae, summa 

 brevior; binae interiores laterales germini multo majores sub- 

 rotundae planae, margine membranaceae, omnes persistentes 

 vegetae; germen rectum breve attenuatum; stigma crassum, 

 longum, plumosum, pihs crebris densis divergentibus acutis; 



*) cf. Schkl. Grndz. cd. II. tom. I p. 267. fig. 83. 

 ^*) 1. c. p. 268 fig. 87, 6. 



