^78 MOiNOECIA TETRANDRIA. 



'ursns I. 



URTICA. Gen.pL 1054. 

 xMASC. CczL 4-phyllus. Cor. o. Neclarium centrale, 



cyachiforme. 

 FEM. Cal. 2-vaIvis. Cor. o. Sem. i, nitidum. 



URTICA foliis oppofitis ovalibus. Sp. pi. 1396. 

 {Ger. em. 707. /. 3. Moris, hijl. f. 11. /. 25. /. 

 4. or dims medii. Pet. herb. t. i.f. 10.) 



Lcfltrr (tinging Nettle. Anglis. 



In wafie places, on dunghills, &c. ©• VI-VIII. 



The flings or prickles of this are very numerous 

 and inflammatory : the leaves of a roundifh oval 

 figure, and light green colour: the male and 

 female flowers grow in different parts of the 

 fame plant, in crowded oblong green cluflers, 

 ereft, nearly felTile, in the aU of the leaves. 



dioka 2. URTICA foliis oppofitis cordatis, racemis geminis. 



Sp.pl. I2g6. {Ger. ej}j. yoS.f 2. Moris, hiji. J, 



II. /. 2^' f' J- ordinis medii. Pet. herb. t. \.f. 9. 



mas. Blackwell. t. 12. mas.) 

 Comimon flinging Nettle. Anglis. 

 Feanntag, Deantag. Gaulis. 

 In wafle places, and under hedges. %, VII. 

 The male and female flowers grow on difllndl 



plants ; the ciufters branched, and generally in 



pairs. 

 The Aculei, or flings of the nettle, have a fmali 



bladder ac their bafe, full of a burning corrofive 



liquor : 



