URTICA. 



Panicles' axillary, racemofe ; their common ftalks longer 

 than the footllalks, or even the leaves.— Native of Java. 

 Communicated by Thouin to the younger Lmnzus. We 

 cannot find any account of this fpecies, which is very dil- 

 tinft, and among the moft handfome and confpicuous. 

 The kav^s are three inches long, and half as broad ; their 

 bafe not heart-fhaped ; their points fmaller than in the laft ; 

 their ferratures finer and (harper. Flowers in large axillary 

 panicles, whofe branches are alternate, racemofe, and 

 tufted ; the male ones thrict as large as in the foregoing, 

 and their common ftalk ftout, longer than the adjoimng leal 

 with its footftalk ; the female panicle is lower down, rather 

 ftiorter than the leaf, with much fmaller flowers. 



7. U. crajjifolia. Thick-leaved Nettle. Willd. n. 7 — 

 " Leaves oppofite, ovate-oblong, acute, three-ribbed, fer- 



rated, thickifh ; reticulated and pale beneath. Corymbs ,.,.„, „ „ u ~ n s y 



llalked, forked, longer than the leaves. Flowers tufted."— hair^' beneath. Flo-wer-Jtalh axillary, Hender, longer than 

 Suppofed to be a native of South America. Willdenow the footftalks. 

 faw only an imperfeft garden fpecimen, with the above 

 „,m<> TheyZm is flirubby. Z£■a^•fx ftalked, an inch and 

 " " clothed on both fides with 



fmaller, hardly three inches long, tliicker, and reticulated 

 beneath ; they .ire nearly fmooth to the touch, though 

 covered with clofe deprelfed bridles, efpecially the upper 

 furface. The yZoo'frj are very minute, copioufly panicled. 

 Calyx of the female ones white, with an extremely narrow 

 reddith border. Sivarti.. 



12. U.laxa. Spreading Nettle. Swartz Ind. Occ.-288. 

 Willd. n. 12. — Leaves oppofite, ovate; pointed, ferrated. 

 Stem lax. Flowers dioecious; the male in round heads; 

 female in cylindrical clufters. — Native of bufhy (hady places, 

 on the banks of rivers, in Hifpaniola, flowering in the 

 fpring. The Jlems are from three to five feet high, fmooth, 

 pale, roundifh, branched ; the branches loofely fpreading 

 and zigzag. Leaves two or three inches in length, and 

 nearly half as broad, flirongly ferrated, with three principal 

 ribs, and two fmall lateral ones, roughifli ; pale and a little 



U. d'lffufa. Recumbent Nettle. Swartz Ind. Occ. 



Willd. n. 13 Leaves oppofite, ovate, acute, fer- 



hifpid. Stipulas revolute. Stem procumbent. 



Clufters panicled, longer than the leaves Native of ftony 



mountains in Jamaica. The_/?fm is flirubby at the bafe. 



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290. 

 rated. 



with a few fcattered harmlefs briftlcs. Footjlalks half as 

 long as the leaves. Stipulas intrafoliaceous, fmall, cloven, 

 reflexed. Clujlers axillar)', oppofite, panicled, twice the 



a half long, veiny, rather flethy, 



fliort hairs, which on the under one are fo copious, as to 



give a whitiih hue to that furface. Foot/lalis haU zn mch ^ ^. . ^ - ^ , r , , 



long Corymbs axillan', on long ^alks, reaching beyond procumbent, fending forth numerous fmooth, forked, round 



the leaves. Flowers in roundifh heads. branches, lying on the ground in every direftion, to the ex- 



8. U. pranJifolia. Great-leaved Nettle. Linn. Sp. PI. tent of two feet, but afcending at their leafy extremities. 



l7o6. Willd. n. 8. Ait. n. 4. ( U. iners racemofa fyl- Z,mwj about_ an inch long, three-ribbed, Jhining, clothed 

 yatica, folio nervofo ; Sloane Jam. v. i. 124. t. 83. f. 2.) 

 —Leaves oppofite, ovate, pointed, copioufly ferrated. 



Stipulas elliptical, entire, glaucous. Corjmbs much ,,.-(/ ^ . - .. -. . -. 



branched, axillary, longer than the footftalks — Native of length of the leaves. Flowers monoecious, very minute. 

 Jamaica, 'in ftiady woods. Stem from eighteen inches to 14. U. betuUfolia. Birch-leaved Nettle. Swartz Ind. 



four feet hicrh. Leaves from five inches to a foot or more Occ. 291. Willd. n. 14. — Leaves oppofite, nearly orbi- 



in leno-th, three-ribbed, ftalked ; roughifh above ; fmooth cular, fomcwhat heart-fliaped, ferrated. Stipulas oblong, 



and gTaucous beneath. Stipulas in pairs within the foot- Clufters compound. Stem nearly proftrate, with long run- 



ftalks, permanent, broadly ovate, or fomewhat heart-fliaped, ners — Gathered by Dr. Swartz, in ftony fliady places, near 



fmooth, glaucous and purplifti. Flowers brownifli, minute, fprings, on the hiUs of Hifpaniola, flowering in May and 



very numerous, tufted. J""^- R""' perenmal, creeping, thread-fliaped. Stems 



L U. macrophylla. Doubly -ferrated Japan Nettle, herbaceous, a foot high, lax, fcarcely branched, round, 



Thiinb. Jap. 69. Willd. n. 9. — " Leaves oppofite, leafy, fmooth, throwing out very long, flender, brittle 



roundifh, doubly ferrated. Flowers panicled." — Found runners from the bottom. Leaves cm long fmooth ftalk-, 



near Nagafaki, and in Kofido, in Japan, flowering in Sep- three-ribbed, veiny, fmooth, near an inch broad, deeply 



tember and Oaober. The ftem is fquare, furrowed, pur- ferrated ; thofe of the runners nearly feffile. Stipulas 



tember and Oftober. The Jlem is fqi 

 plifti, and like the reft of the plant finely dowfly. Leaves 

 ftalked, by no means heart-ftiaped, three-ribbed, acute, four 

 inches wide, rough with hairs, with deep-cut ferratures, 

 which are feparately ferrated, Footjlalks ftiorter than die 

 leaves. Panicles axillary. Thunb. 



10. U. verticillata. Whorled Nettle. Vahl Symb. v. i. 

 76. Willd. n. 10. (U. iners; Forflc. ^gypt.-Arab. 

 j6o.) " Leaves oppofite, ovate, ferrated. Flowers axil- 

 lary, crowded, feflile."— Native of hills in Arabia Fehx. 

 Perennial. Stems herbaceous, a foot high, branched, 

 fquare, flender, moft hairy upwards. Leaves ftalked, an 

 inch long, bluntly ferrated, fomewhat hairy ; entire at the 

 bafe; paler beneath. Footjlalks flender, hairy, the length 

 of the leaves. Flowers fomewhat whorled, hair)-. Vahl. 



11. U. reticulata. Net -leaved Nettle. Swartz Ind. 



Occ. 286. Willd. n. 11. Ait. n. 5 Leaves oppofite, 



elliptic -oblong, acute ; ferrated towards the point ; reti- 

 culated beneath. Stipulas ovate, entire. Clufters panicled, 

 about the length of the footftalks.— Native of ftony moun- 

 tainous places, in the interior of Jamaica, according to Dr. 

 Swartz, from whom we have a fpecimen. The root is pe- 

 rennial, with many long tough fibres. This fpecies m many 

 points approaches U. granSfolia, n. 8, but xhe fern is more 

 ftirubby, and rather taller, though the leaves are very much 



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whitifh, undivided, obtufe, ereft. Flowers extremely mi- 

 nute, whitifti, witli reddifh ftalks. 



15. U. rufa. Rufty Nettle. Swartz Ind. Occ. 292. 

 Willd. n. 15. Ait. n. 6. — Leaves oppofite, elHptical, 

 acute, ferrated, triple-ribbed ; their veins hairy. Stipulas 

 roundifh, permanent. Clufters fliglitly branched. Stem 

 fhrubby, fhaggy with rufty hairs — Native of ftony moun- 

 tainous places, in the fouth part of Jamaica, flowering m 

 fpring. The Jlem is a foot high ; woody, fimple, naked 

 and fmooth in the lower part ; bufhy above, leafy, and 

 clothed with long, denfe, rufty down. Leaves three quar- 

 ters of an inch long, neatly ferrated ; their ftalks half as 

 long. Stipulas whitifh, clafping the ilem above the foot- 

 ftalks. Clujlers on long, hairy, axillary ftalks. Flowers 

 minute ; the male ones largeft, intermixed with the female. 

 Thefe laft five Weft Indian fpecies are all deftitute of ftings, 

 as well as grandifolia, n. 8, to which they are more or lefs 

 akin, though far inferior in fize. 



16. U. urens. Small Stinging Nettle. Linn. Sp. PI. 



1396. Willd. n. 16. Fl. Brit. n. 2. Engl. Bot. t. 1236. 



Purfli n. 2. Curt. Lond. fafc. 6. t. 7c. Fl. Dan. t. 739. 



BuUiard t. 230. (U. minor; Ger. Em. 707. 

 Hift. 108. Brunf. Herb. v. 1. 154. U. tertia 

 Valgr. v. 2. 471.) — Leaves oppofite, elliptical, 



Fuchf. 

 ; Matth. 

 ftrongiy 

 ferrated. 



