Boehmeria. | URTICACE:. 963 
Ovary straight ; ovule erect; stigma penicillate. Fruit a minute, 
ellipsoid or fusiform, usually ribbed achene, subtended by the very 
minute perianth. Seed with amembranous testa; albumen usually 
0; cotyledons ovate or semi-cylindric 
Leaves small, short, sharply serrate nearly throughout, tips rounded ; 
male receptacles sessile reptans 
Leaves large, tips risa or wae — 
Male receptacles sessile or subsessile 
Leaves serrate from beyond ‘bi middle fOrwardssicicccseieses rupestre. 
Leaves quite ent sesquifolium 
Male receptacles eden leaves crenate or serrate :— 
Peduncles stout; stems tomentose upwards ..276c208 i. p See 
Peduncles slander, short; stems quite glabrous ..Clarkei. 
1920. Exatostema rEptans Hook. f.; F. B. I. v. 567. 
Chittagon 
A herb wits slender, creeping stems, rooting throughout 
their length. 
1921. Exarostema rupEsTRE Wedd.; F. B. I. v. 564. 
Chittagon 
A herb with stout, rigid, erect stems. 
1922. EvarosteMa sEsquirotium Hassk.; F. B. I. v. 564. 
Chittagon 
A bra rinebiny undershrub or shrub, 2-6 feet high. 
1923. reetero papiLLosum Wedd. ; F. B. I. v. 569. 
Chittag 
A bake ah stout, erect stems. 
1924. Exarostema CxarKel Hook. f.; F. B. I. v. 569. 
E. Bengal, Mymensingh. 
A herb with creeping base, erect above. 
860. Boehmeria Jacq. 
hrubs or small trees; leaves alternate or opposite, toothed, 
base 3-nerved ; stipules free or rarely connate, deciduous. Flowers 
moncecious or dicecious, both sexes in axillary or spiked, racemed 
or panicled clusters; bracts small, scarious. ¢g Sepals 5-5, sacrigat 
nate in a valvately lobed or partite calyx. Stamens 3-5, inflexed 
in bud. Pistillede clavate or globose. ¢ Sepals connate in a 
tubular, 2-4-toothed calyx, sometimes angled or winged or ventri- 
cose in fruit. Ovary included; ovule erect; stigma filiform, per- 
