298 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. : 
£20. “emt 4 “5 Sige — igi rig ata acuminate, cor- 
rsely and acutely se ; flowers often dicecious, in 
csterea Paicciste spikes longer than ist e petio tioles. 
Droicous Urrica. Nettle. Stinging-nettle. 
Fr. Gra cine ene Germ. Die Brennessel. Span. Ortiga. 
Root pere Stem 2-3 feet Ta rage 4-angled, branching, very hispid. Leaves 
2or 3-5 ate in fen 
petioles ha’ inch to 2 inches lon, ng, hirsute ; stipules linear- 
lanceolate. Flowers mall, in ora mio clusters, on slender axillary bra nching hispid 
ikes. 
wi. 5 yom, waste places, &c. : introduccd. Native of Europe and Asia. Fl. June- 
Aug. Fr. Aug. -Sept. 
2. U. u'rens, L. Leaves — or ovate, coarsely and deeply serrate 
with spreading teeth ; flowers in simple capitate clusters, on ee 
shorter = ta the a slender petioles. 
_ Bis. 181. 7 gst small Pineiae nettle (Urtica urens). 188. a bee 
