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running from the nose, and a contraction of the jaws. The pain 

 abated somewhat after the lapse of two days, but returned in full 

 force when the hand was put into water, and at last disappeared on 

 the ninth day. A similar circumstance occurred, with precisely the 

 same symptoms, to a workman in the Calcutta Garden. This man 

 described the sensation, when water was applied to the stung part, as 

 if boiling oil was poured over him. (Lindl.) 



18. involucrata, Roxb. {H. B. p. 67; — fl. ind. 3, p. 592; not Sims. 

 B. M. vol. 51, t. 2481.) ^ Malay Islands. In H. C. G. fl. R. S. 

 (Roxb.) 



\9. heterophylla, Roxb. (Ji. ind. 3, p. 586; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 187; not Vahl., which, excluding syn. Rheed., is the same with U. 

 palmata, Forsk. — Rheed. 2, /. 41.) © Concans. Coromandel. Prome. 

 Taong-Dong. Nepal. Fl. small, green, R. S. ; fr. C. S. A very 

 ferocious-looking plant, the least touch of which produces a most 

 acute, though quickly subsiding pain. Bark abounding in fine, white, 

 glossy, silk-like, strong fibres. (Roxb.) 



20. photeinophylla, Cunnigh. b Morton Bay, 1839. 

 B. BoHMERiiSiB, Gaudich. 

 {Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 177.) 

 BoHMERiA, Jacq. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 760, No. 3100.) 



1. salicifolia, D. Don. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 845. — Urtica salicifolia, Roxb. 

 H. B. p. 67.) 5 Moluccas. Foot of the Himalayas, as far as 

 Deyra-Dhoon. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1798, but had not 

 fl. up to 1814. Its aggregated small berries yield an edible fruit. 

 (Royle.) 



2. interrupta, Willd. (excl. syn. Burm. — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 846. — Ur- 

 tica interrupta, L. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 585; — J. Grah. Cat. B.pl. 

 p. 187. — Rheed. 2, t. 40.) oft^ f^^^ Lal-bichhutee. © Bombay. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. small, pale greenish-yellowish, R. S. ; fr. C. 

 S. The hairs of this plant sting like those of the common English 

 nettle. 



Procris, Commers. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 760, No. 3101.) 



I. punctata, Buch. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 846.) % Khassya Mountains. 

 Nepal. Fl. minute, greenish, C. S. 



C. PARIETARIEiE, Gaud. 



(Lindl. I. c.) 

 PouzoLziA, Gaud. (Horsf. pl.jav. rar. 1, p. 64.) 



\. pentandra, Bennett. (Horsf. o. c. p. 66, t. 14. — Urtica pentandra, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 583.— Memorialis ciliaris, Buch.) f^f<lf? Tt<l1 

 Pipiri-sara. %. Fl. very small, greenish, R. S. ; fr. C. S. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore.) Nepal. Assam. Java. 

 2.zeylanica, Bennett. (Horsf. o. c. p. 67. — Urtica alienata, L. ; Roxb. 

 3, p. 582. — Parietaria zeylanica, L.) © Ceylon. Fl. minute, brown- 

 ish, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



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