334 



81. URTICACE^. 



[Boekmeria. 



Leaves rugose. Flowers in axillary clusters ... 1. B. malalarica. 

 Leaves long petioled. Flower-clusters in axillary 



panicles 2. B, platyphylla, 



1. B. malabarica. Wedd. Monogr. 355 ; Fl. Br. L 5. 575. B, trman- 

 coricay Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 225. (E. ramiflora, t. 27. f. 2.) 



Sikkim Himalaya ascending to 5000 ft., Chittagong, Tenaserim, West- 

 ern Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Throughout the Konkan 

 and North Kanara in evergreen forests, common on the Siddapur gh^ts. 

 Fl. Nov.^Feb. Fr. H. S. A large shrub or smaU tree. Yields a very 

 strong fibre. 



2. B. platyphylla, Don. Prodr. 60 ; FL Br. I. 5. 578 ; Brandis For. 

 F1.403. SpUtgerbera scabrella, DaXz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 239. Urtica 

 scahrella, Roxb. FL Ind. IIL 581 ; Wight Icones, t. 691. 



Throughout tropical India, Ceylon ascending to 6000 ft. altitude. 

 Throughout the presidency, common in the moist forests near the sea- 

 coast of the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. Apl.-Sept. Fr. B. S. A 

 shrub or small tree. Bark thin, greyish-brown. Wood moderately hard 

 reddish-brown. 



14. VILLEBRUNEA, Gaud. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, 3-5-nerved. Flowers monoicous or 

 dioicous in spicate or panicled clusters. Male fl. Perianth 4-fid^ valvate. 

 Stamens 4. Pistillode woolly. Female fl. Perianth tubular, ventri- 

 cose, aduate to the ovary, mouth toothed. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 

 erect, stigma linear. Fruit a free akene. Albumen scanty. 



V. integrifolia, Gaud. Bot. Bonite Voy. t. 91 ; FL Br. I. 5. 589. 

 Oreocnide acuminata, Kz. For. FL II. 427. 0. sylvatica, Bedd. FL Sylv. 

 225. t. 26. f. 4. Koorg, South Kdnara ghats and Ceylon. Higher 

 ghats of the Konkan, in moist forests. Stocks. This species has not 

 been met with in the Bombay presidency as far as I know. 



15. DEBREGEASIA, Gaud. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, serrate, triple- nerved, often white 

 tomentose beneath. Flowers monoicous or dioicous, males clustered, 

 the females in small heads. Male fl. Perianth 3-4-partite, segments 

 valvate in bud. Stamens 4. Pistillode glabrous or woolly. Female 

 fl. Perianth tubular, dilated below, mouth 4-toothed, adnate to the 

 1-celled ovary, ovule erect; stigma tufted. Fruit a collection of 

 small akenes on a fleshy torus, often yellow. Perianth accrescent. 

 Albumen copious, cotyledons short, broad. 



D. velutina, Gaud. Bot. Bonite Yoy. t. 90; ¥1. Br. L 5. 590 ; D^. 

 longifoUa, Wedd. in DO. Prodr. XVI. I. 235-24 ; Brandis For. FL 405 ; 

 Morocarpus longifoUus Bedd. FL Sylv. 226. t. 26. f. 5. Conocephalus 

 niveus, Wight. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 239. Capsi, hurgul, Vem. Sub- 

 tropical Himalaya from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 3-6000 ft. Assam and 

 the Khasia Hills. The Deccan peninsula from the Konkan to Ceylon,. 



