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, (1) Q-. HETEEOPnTLIA. (J)ah.) 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 238. 



Syn. Frtica heterophylla, Willd. — G-. Leschenaultiana 

 Decaisne. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1976.— Eheede Mai. II. t. 41. 



Spec. Char. Leaves broad-cordate, 7-lobed: lobes oblong, 

 acute, coarsely serrated, clothed on both sides with fine whitish 

 down, armed above with thin scattered prickles, thickly clothed 

 beneath with the same: male and female flowers in distinct, 

 glomerate, peduncled spikes : flowers small, green. 



Common on the slopes of the Ghauts. Coromandel. Concans. 

 Flowering in the rainy season. The least touch of any part of 

 this plant produces intense pain. 



GENUS III. SPLITG-BRBEEA. 



Tetrandria IHonogynia. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chab. Flowers monoecious, arranged in fascicled spikes : 

 common involucre 4-leaved, unequal : stamen-bearing flowers on 

 the lower part of the stem : fascicles 4 — 6-flowered : perianth 

 4parted: leaflets equal, valvate:, stamens opposite the sepals: 

 filaments petaloid, subulate, at first infleied, afterwards spreading : 

 anthers 2-celled : female flowers above the males : perianth ovate, 

 almost adnate to the ovary : limb free, usually 3-toothed : ovary 

 1-celled : style eylindric, passing into a long, villous stigma. — 

 Undershrub : leaves opposite or tern, oval, entire or 2-lobed, 

 membranaceous, erenate at the margin : spikes axillary, shorter 

 than the leaf. 



(1) S. SCABEEIiLA. (Bah.) 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 239. 



Syn. Urtica scabreUa, Soaib.flor. Ind. III. p. 581. 



Ungrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 691. 



Sped. Chae. Shrubty, spreading : leaves large, opposite, cor- 

 date, serrate, harsh, 8-nerved : spikes axillary, erect, eylindric : 

 male flowers crowded, short and in the lower axils : females gene- 

 rally solitary : flowers small, greenish. 



Concan hills. Chittagong. Silhet. Assam. Flowering in 

 August and September. 



