Boehmeria] CI. UETICACE^ 617 



1. B. malabarica, Wedd. — Syn. B. travancorica,'Be&&. Man. 225, t. 27 fig. 2. Subhim- 

 alayan tract from Sikkim eastwards, ascending; to 5,000 ft. Assam. Khasi bills. 

 Chittagong. Burma. Western a hats from the Konkan southwards. — Ceylon. Java. 

 A shrub or small tree, 1. alternate, glabrous above, usually pubescent beneath, crenate. 

 blade 1-8, pet. 1^1 in. long. Clusters J— J in. diam. 2. B. sidaefolia, Wedd. — Syn. 

 B. diffusa. Wedd. Subhimalayan tract and outer bills, from Nepal eastwards, ascend- 

 ing to 6 ,000 ft. Khasi bills. Burma. Branchlets, 1. on both sides and rl. clusters 

 usually his]. id with long hairs, 1. sometimes opposite, h\ clusters often on naked 

 branchlets with a tuft of 1. at the end. Two sp. mentioned by Kurz are more or less- 

 herbaceous: 3. B. Helferi, Blume. Tenasserim. 4. B. Didymogyne, Wedd. Movrlmein. 



B. Fl. clusters in usually long and simple spikes. 



a L. alternate. 



5. B. rugailosa, Wedd. Vern. Qenli, Genthi, Hind.; Dar, Nep. Subhimalayan tract 

 and outer hills, ascending to 4,000 ft., from the Sutlej eastwards. A small or middle- 

 sized tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, upperside dark green, -glabrous but rough, under- 

 side velvety, pale, often white, obtusely but distinctly crenulate, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 2-5, pet. A-H in., stipules connate, basal n. prominent, extending to thetipof leaf. 

 tert. n. elegant ly reticulate and joined by intramarginal veins. Spikes simple, clusters 



supported by cordate bracts. \V 1 reddish-brown, even-grained, seasons well and is 



easy to work. 6. B. nivea, Hook, et Am. — Syn. Urtica tenacissima, B,oxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 

 OSS. Tin 1 Ultra plant . I 'liina tjraxs. Indigeneous and cultivated in China and Japan. 

 Cultivated in Assam and elsewhere. A shrub with herbaceous branches, tomentose 

 with long hairs, 1. broad-ovate, acuminate, dentate, upperside rough, underside usually 

 white, densely matted with appressed hairs. Fl. greenish, monoecious, in axillary 

 unisexual panicles, shorter than leaves, which generally are in pairs, i panicles in 

 tie- lower, y in the upper axils, style much exserted, hairy. A variety with the leaves 

 green on both surfaces ["Sarnie") is distinguished as B. tenacissima, Gaud. 



I' L. as a rule opposite, petioles in one pair unequal. 



7. B. macrophylla, Don. Vern. Bora Sidru, Dehra Dun ; Kamli,Nep. Subhimalayan 

 tract and outer valleys, ascending to l.niin ft. from the Jumna eastwards. Singbhum. 

 — Yunnan. A large shrub or small tree, branchlets. petioles and underside of 1. 

 strigose with short stilt hairs, I. lanceolate gradually tapering into a narrow po 

 evenly serrulate, rugulose and pustular above, blade 6-12, pet. A-l in. long. Fl. 

 monoecious, spikes drooping, as long as or longer than I., clusters f|-J in. diam. S. 

 B. Kurzii, Hook. I. Pegu. Glabrous, excepting the pubescent -pikes. L. elliptic- 



lani late, .utile, blade 3-7, pet. 1-1 A in. long. Spikes -lender, longer than 1. 9. B. 



Hamiltoniana, Wedd. Vein. Satcha, Burin. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, 

 ascending to 5,000 ft., from NTepal eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. Pegu and Mar- 

 taban. Glabrous, except tie- pubescent spikes, 1. membranous, crenulate, lane.-,, late. 

 blade |-7 |.i. i :; in. long. Spikes slender. 10. B. polystachya, Wedd. Outer Hima- 

 laya, 2-7,000 ft., from Kumaon eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. Salween hills. 



Martaban :;. I ft. D. I!. March 1880).— Yunnan. Glabrous, branches -tout. 1. broadly 



ovate, deeply dentate. In Injii-, blade l in. pet. '. •> in., spikes panicled, shorter 



than the I. 



11- B. platyphylla, I >■ »n . S\ n. /.'.<■««./«/«, Pnhvt. Vein. >',',.,•. I i.-hra Dun : Khaksha, 

 Kamli, .Nepal. Outer Himalaya, ascending to 7,500 it. Assam. K 



hills. Chittagong. Bur Chutia Nagpur. Orissa. Central Provinces, Western 



Peninsula Ceylon, moist region, common. Malaj Archip China Japan. Africa. 

 A large shrub, I. sometimes alternate, broadlj ovate, elliptii or orbicular, acuminate, 

 coarsely toothed, more or less rough, spikes often sparingly branched. An exceedingly 

 . of which '.> principal varieties are recognized in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 678. 

 Pi Bi Plants 964, regards B. scabrella, Gaud., with Bhort stout erect Era 



spike- as a distinct species. 



Pouzolzla viminea, Wed.l. Syn. P. borbonica, Wight Ic. t. 2100 fig. 44. Vern. Chipt 

 N'P Outer Himala Kasbmii eastwards, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam. 

 I- isi hills. Chittagong. Upper Burma. Blalaj Penins. A large shrub with long 

 -lei i branches, stunted in dry localities, branchlets, and petioles more or less stri- 

 gose, I ' ' -uolly whit i the underside. I ■■ dentate, blade 



i 6 pet. 1 I in. long, basal n. 8, the lateral extending to j the length of 1. or further, 

 a. usually prominent. Fl. monoecious or dioecious, in sessile axillary clusters, , perianl h 

 tubular, mouth narrow, :'• 5 toothed, stigma aliform, deciduous, 



Pipturus velutinus, Wedd. Syn. .!/.•,■;<> paniculala, Roxb.; Wight [c.t.676. Nicob 

 Malaj Penins, and Archip. New Guinea. A small tree, branchlets, petiole- and 

 underside of I. grey or silvery pubescent, I. bro e, base often cordate, crenate, 



blade I 8, pet. 'J 1 in. lone. |.-|. dioecious, in globose leads on simple or branched 



