By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 349 



Urtica, (Linn.) Nettle. 

 Linn. CI. xxi. Ord. iv. 

 Name. From uro, (Lat.) to. burn, in allusion to its stinging or 

 smarting properties. 



1. U. urens, (Linn.) burning or small Nettle. Engl. Bot. 1. 1236. 

 Locality. Waste ground, gardens, and about dung-hills. A. 



Fl. June, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



In all the Districts, but not common. Leaves ovate or elliptical, 

 deeply and regularly toothed, more tender than in the next species. 

 Mowers, male and female intermixed, in small, loose, almost sessile, 

 axillary clusters. It is of a brighter green than the other British 

 nettles, and is also more glabrous, having scarcely any hairs except 

 the stinging ones. 



2. U. dioica, (Linn.) dioecious or great Nettle. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1750. 



Locality. Waste places, under walls and hedge-banks, frequent. 

 P. Fl. June, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Common in all the Districts. Whole plant of a dark green, and 

 more or less downy. Lower leaves cordate-ovate, the upper ones 

 more or less lanceolate, coarsely toothed. Flowers usually dioecious, 

 both the males and females clustered in axillary branched, spreading 

 spikes usually about the length of the leaves. 



Humulus, (Linn.) Hop. 

 Linn. CI. xxii., Ord. iv. 



Name. From humus, (Lat.) the ground, which if not supported, 

 it creeps along. Or, perhaps, it may be a corruption of ulmus, the 

 elm tree, because it grows in similar situations. The English 

 name Hop is said to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon hoppan, 

 signifying to climb. 



1. H. Lupulus, (Linn.) common Hop. This is the only known 

 species. Engl. Bot. t. 427. 



Locality. In damp woods and thickets, and in hedge rows. P. 

 Fl. July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Recorded in all the Districts, and possibly truly wild in Wilts. 

 Well known by its long twining stems, broadly heart-shaped 

 leaves, deeply 3-or-5-lobed, and sharply toothed. Flowers dioecious, 



