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— Herbs, annual or sometimes suffrutescent : hairs stinging : 

 leaves alternate or opposite, inciso-serrated : flowers in panicles or 

 axillary racemes, very rarely capitate. 



(1) U. CEBsriATA. (JRoxl.) 



■Ident. Eoxb. fior. Ind. III. p. 691. 



Mngrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 686. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby, dioecious, erect : leaves alternate, 

 oblong, acute, crenated : spikes axUlary, compound dichotomous : 

 flowers greenish. 



Khasia hills, flowering in the rains. 



(2) TJ. PABTIFLOEA. {Boxh.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 581. 

 Engrav. "Wight 1. c. t. 690. 



Spec. Chae. Dioecious, herbaceous, erect, armed with nu- 

 merous strong, harsh, stinging bristles: leaves opposite, ovate- 

 lanceolate, serrated : stipules undivided : female spikes quatern, 

 compound, glomerate. 



Eohilcund. 



(3) U. PrLCHEEEIMA. (Boxh.') 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 588. 

 Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 683. 



Spec. Chae. Dioecious, shrubby : leaves alternate, lanceo- 

 late, serrated, 3-nerved : veins reticulate, hoary and pitted beneath : 

 spikes axillary, paired, compound, glomerate, recurved: male 

 flowers pentandrous. 



Chittagong. 



(4) U. NiVEA. (Lmn.) 



Ident. Spreng. Syst. III. p. 843. 



Si/n. U. tenacissima, Roxb. I. o. p. 590. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby, erect, branched : leaves alternate, long- 

 petioled, broad cordate, coarsely serrated, hoary beneath : panicles 

 axillary : flowers in round fascicles, male ones on the lower pani- 

 cles, females above. 



Silhet. Assam. 



(5) "U. ACUMINATA. (Roxb.) 



Identg Eoxb. 1. c. p. 592. 



Spec. Chae Subarboreous, hairy : leaves petiol'ed, broad- 



