BcBlimeria] CI. UETIOAOEiE 617 



I. B. malabarica, Wedcl.—Syn. B, travancorica, Bedd. Man. 225, t. 27 fig. 2. Subhim- 

 alayaii tract from Sikkim eastwards, ascending to 5,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 Chittagong. Bnrma. "Western Gliats from t lie Konkan son tliwards.—Ceylon. Java. 

 A shrub or small tree, 1. alteimate, glabrous above, usually pubescent beneath, crenatp, 

 blade 4-8, pet. 1-4 in. long. Clusters J-J in. diam. 2. B. sidsefolia, Wedd.— Syn. 

 B. difiisa. Wedd. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, from Nepal eastwards, ascend- 

 ing to 6 ,000 ft. Khasi hills. Burma. Branohlets, 1. on both sides and fl. clusters 

 usually hispid with long hairs, 1. sometimes opposite, fl. clusters often on naked 

 branchletb with a tuft of 1. at the end. Two sp. mentioned by Ivurz are more or less 

 herbaceous ; 3. B. Helferi, Blume. Tenasserim. 4. B. Didymogyne, Wedd. Moulmein. 



B. ri. clusters in usually long and simple spikes. 



(a) L. alternate. 



5. B. rugulosa, Wedd. Yern. Oe7iti, Geiitlii, Hind. ; Dar^ Nep. Subhimalayan tract 

 and outer hills, ascending to 4,000 ft., from the Sutlej eabtwards. A small or middle- 

 sized tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, upperside dark green, -glabrous but rough, under- 

 side velvety, pale, often white, obtusely but distinctly crenulate, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 2-5, pet. ^-1^ in., stipules connate, basal n. prominent, extending to the ti^^of leaf, 

 tert. n. elegantly reticulate and joined by intramarginal veins. Spikes simple, clusters 

 supported by cordate bracts. Wood reddish-brown, even-grained, seasons well and is 

 easy to work. 6. B. nivea, Hook, et Arn. — Syn. Urtica teyiacisshna, Eoxb.; Wight Ic. t. 

 688. The Mhea plant. China cjras'i. Indigeneous and cultivated in China and Japan. 

 Cultivated in Assam and elsewhere. A shrub with herbaceous branches, lomentose 

 with long hairs, 1. broad-ovate, acuminate, dentate, upperside rough, underside usually 

 white, densely matted with appressed hairs. Fl. greenish, monoecious, in axillary 

 unisexual panicles, shorter than leaves, which generally are in pairs, 6 panicles in 

 the lower, ? in the upper axils, style much exserted, hairy. A variety with the leaves 

 green on both surfaces (''i?««ae") is distinguished as B. tenacisshna , Gaud. 



(b) L. as a rule opposite, petioles in one pair unequal. 



7. B. macropliylla, Don. Vern. ^«r« /SicTrw, Dehra Dim ; Z'orm^i, Nep. Subhimalayan 

 tract and outer valleys, ascending to 4,000 ft. from the Jumna eastwards. Singbhuni. 

 — Yunnan. A large shrub or small tree, branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. 

 strigose with short stiif hairs, 1. lanceolate gradually tapering into a narrow point, 

 evenly serrulate, i^igulose and pustular above, blade 6-12, pet. l-l in. long. Fl. 

 monoecious, spikes drooping, as long as or longer than 1., clusters ^-\ in. diam. 8. 

 B. Kurzii, Hook. f. Pegu. Glabrous, excepting the pubescent spikes. L. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, entire, blade 8-7, pet. 1-1 J in. long. Spikes slender, longer than 1. 9. B. 

 Hamiltoniana, Wedd. Yern. >SV*/c/i(»,"Burm. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, 

 ascending to 5,000 ft., from Nepal eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. Pegu and Mar- 

 taban. Glabrous, except the pubescent spikes, 1. membranous, crenulate, lanceolate, 

 blade 4-7, pet. 1-3 in. long. Spikes slender. 10. B. polystachya, Wedd. Outer Hima- 

 laya, 2-7,000 ft., from Kumaon eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. Salween hillsy 

 Martaban 3,000 ft. (D. B. March 1880). — Yunnan. Glabrous, branches stout, 1. broadly 

 ovate, deeply dentate, broad-ovate, blade 4-10, pet. ^-2 in., spikes panicled, shorter 

 than the 1. 



II. B. platsnpliylla, Don. — Syn. B. catidafa, Poiret. Yern. Star, Dehra Dun ; Khakhha^ 

 Garhwal; Kamli, Nepal. Outer Himalaya, ascending to 7,500 ft. Assam. lOiasi 

 hills. Chitta^ong. Burma. Chutia NagiJiar. Orissa. Central Provinces, ^W^estern 

 Peninsula. — Cej'lon, moist region, common. — Malay Arch ijo China Japan. Africa. 

 A large shrub, 1. sometimes alternate, broadly ovate, elliptic or orbicular, acuminate, 

 coarsely toothed, more or less rough, spikes often sparingly branched. An exceedingly 

 variable plant, of which 9 principal varieties are recognized in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 578. 

 Prain, Bengal Plants 964, regards B. scahreUa^ Gaud., with short stout erect fruiting 

 si^ikes as a distinct species. 



Pouzolzia viminea, Wedd. — Syn. P, horhonica, Wight Ic. t. 2100 fig. 44. Yern. Chipali, 

 Nep. Outer Himalaya from Kashmir ^stwards, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam. 

 Khasi hills. Chittagong. Upper Burma. Malay Penins. A large shrub with long 

 slender branches, stunted in dry localities, branchlets, and petioles more or less stri- 

 gose, 1. usually white on the underside. L. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, dentate, blade 

 1-6, pet. J-1 in. long, basal n. 8, the lateral extending to | the length of 1. or further, sec. 

 n. usually ^n'ominent. Fl. monoecious or dioecious, in sessile axillary clusters, ? jjerianth 

 tubular, mouth narrow, 8-5-toothed, stigma filiform, deciduous. 



Pipturus velutinus, Wedd. — Syn, Morus pamculafa, Boxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 6*76. Nicobars 

 Malay Penins. and Archip, New Guinea. A small tree, branchlets, petioles and 

 underside of 1. grey or silvery pubescent, 1. broadly ovate, base often cordate, cren ate^ 

 blade 4-8, pet. 2-4 in. long. Fl. dioecious, in globose heads on simi^le or branched 



