964 BENGAL PLANTS. [Boehmeria. 
sistent. Fruit a crustaceous achene, at first closely covered by 
the perianth, ultimately free. Seed with a thinly membranous 
testa ; albumen copious or scanty ; cotyledons ovate. 
Flower clusters axillary ; leaves all alternate malabarica. 
Flower clusters in simple or paniculate spikes :— 
“ean all alternate, scabrid above, snow-white except the nerves 
raves mostly opposite, ae tomentose, scaberulous or gab 
th surfaces, green beneath rella. 
1925. BorHMEeRIA MaLaBaRIcA Wedd.; F. B. I. v. 575; E. D. 
B. 574. 
Chittagong. 
An erect shrub or small tree. 
1926. a ae oe Nivea Hook. & Arn.; F. B. I. v. 576; E. D. 
576. Urtica age F. I. iii. 590 
y Bengal, cultivat 
A shrub with Nieves shoots. Beng. Kankhtra. 
The Rhea plant. 
1927. BokHMERIA SCABRELLA Gaud. B. platyphylla Don vat. 
rippin hl B. I. v. 578; E. D. B. 612. Urtica scabrella 
Boi; it. 588: 
teen: Chota Nagpur; N. Bengal. 
A shrub. 
861. Pouzolzia Gaud. 
Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs; leaves alternate, or the lower; 
rarely all, opposite, usually entire, 3-nerved at base, smaller 
upwards, with the uppermost often reduced to bracts; stipules 
1-sexual or androgynous clusters, sessile in axils of leaves oF 
bracts, individual florets pedicelled ; bracteoles small. ¢ Sepals 
connate in a 4-5-partite or -lobed, rarely 3-partite cage lobes 
valvate, with concave or abruptly inflexed tips and transversely 
licate backs. Stamens 4 or 5, rarely 8. Pistillode clavate OF 
oblong. ¢ Sepals connate in a tubular perianth, often beaked; 
mouth contracted, 2-4-toothed. Ovary included; ovule erect; 
stigma filiform, jointed to apex of ovary, soon deciduous. Fruit @ 
small achene with brittle, shining pericarp, enclosed in but usually 
free from the marcescent perianth. Seed with membranous testa; 
albumen very scanty or 0; cotyledons ovate, 
