Sarcochlamys.] URTICACE. 965 
Lobes of the male perianth convex or gibbous on the bac 
preret opposite or pedi neryes 1 pair above the Ain sparingly 
anched ; stamens 4, rarely 5 :— 
pone mostly eae. base cuneate indica 
Leaves mostly opposite, base rounded ............ indica var. alienata. 
Leaves all alternate, nerves many, branching ; stamens always 5 
auriculata, 
Lobes of the male perianth abruptly inflexed about the middle, trans- 
versely folded at the flexure, hence the buds truncate; leaves with 3 
simple primary nerves running nearly or quite to leaf-apex :— 
Stem terminating in a bracteate spike pentandra 
Stem not running out into a bracteate spike hirta 
1928, Pouzoria mprca Gaud. ; F.B. I. v. 581. Urtica suffruti- 
cosa F, I, iii, 584. 
In most of the Pte ee 
A perennial her 
1928/2. Var. ALIENATA ria F, B. I. v. 581. Urtica alienata 
. ii. 682. 
In all the provinces. 
A perennial herb. 
1929. Pouzonzia aurtcuLatTa Wight; F. B. I. v. 582. 
Chota Nagpur. 
A tall Ete ete al 
1930, poponets PEN ra Benn.; F, B. I. v. 583; E, D. 
P. 1214, Urtioa entra F. I. iii, 583. 
Orissa; Chota Na 
A tall, stout annual, pr feet high. Hind, Piparisari. 
1931, on HIRTA Hassk.; F. B. I. v. 586. 
Chota ur. 
A BE, decumbent, or suberect herb. 
2. Sarcochlamys Gaud. 
hrub; leaves alternate, petioled, narrow, toothed, finely 
rugose, 3-nerved at base, white beneath ; stipules connate at base, 
intrapetiolar. Flowers dicecious, clustered, male clusters in rather 
slender, more or less interrupted, female clusters in stouter, cylin- 
dric, almost continuous axill. pikes; bracteoles minute. 
te i i 
dD o% 
what concave. Stamens 5. Pistillode small. % Sepals connate 
in an ovoid, campanulate perianth, with constricted, unequally 
