PLATE €CCCLIV. 2 
URTICA BRAC Od EE WA: 
Berry-bearing Nettle. 
CLASS XXII. ORDER IV. 
MONQG:CIA TETRANDRIA. Chives and Pointals separate. Four Chives. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
* Masculi flores. * Male flowers. 
Catyx, Perianthium tetraphyllum. EmpacemeEnt four-leaved. : ae 
Coroiia oiulla. ectarium in centro floris Biossom none. - Honey-cup is formed in the 
cyathiforme, centre of the flower, like a small cup. 
Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, subulata, longi- Cuives. Filaments four, awl-shaped, and the — 
tudine calycis, : length of the cup. ; 
* Feminei flores vel in eadem vel distincta planta, || * Female flowers in the same, or in separate plants, 
Catyx. Perianthium bivalve, persistens, Empatemenr. Cup two-valved, and remaining. 
Corotta nulla, Bossom none. 
Pistintum. Germen ovatum, Stylus nullus, Pointat. Seed-bud ovate. Shaft none, Sum- 
Stigma villosum, mit hairy. : 
Pertcanrrum nullum. SeED-vEss#L none, 
unieum. 
SEED one. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Urtica baecifera, foliis alternis, cordatis, den- BERRY-BEARING NetTLe with leaves alternate, 
tatis, aculeis tectis: calyces foeminei, bac- heart-sh ed, and covered with 
cati, alternatim in ramos longos divarica- prickles ; empalement female, having ber- 
tos positi, dependentes, late rubri, et acu- ries, and alternately situated upon long 
ci . ‘ s 
Jeis tecti: caulis aculeis magnis tectus 8 branches, hangin , of a 
ae bright red colour, and covered with prickles: 
stem covered with large prickles, 
ee 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
i, A flower magnified. 
= 2. The same with the summit detached, magnified. 
Tuts plant is mo 
Nettle, 
of an open enemy, however insidiou 
Gia like the Hedge Nettle, unheeded stings. In the Hortus Scheenbrunnensis of Jacquin it 1S 
deseri hyp red, and also in the Icones of Plumier, p. 259, tab. 260, who gives it the —— 
“ai 4 Bl rescens ; and there is but little doubt of its forming a tree-like appearance in the Antil- 
es and Blue Mountain Valley of Jamaica, where it is indigenous. e figure represents the uppe 
; bo : large specimen, communicated by A. B. Lambert, esq. with whom it flowered in the summer 
