i787v <^^^- Febr. Mart 6i 
FLORES minutiffimi, conferti, dioici. MA- 
SCULl - - - - FEMINEL CaL biual- 
vis. ValvuU ovatae. Germen oblongum, 
Stylus nuilus. Stigma villofum, 
Habitat in faxofis ad ripas fluviornm, velin 
fubhumidis Hifpaniolse. 0. Vernalis. 
TJRTICA (repens^ folHs oppojitis ovalihui^ 
racemidis psduncidatis j axillaribus , monoicis , 
catik Jtmplici repente, Tab* L I' ig. I. 
Herbacea, repens, Spithamea, iners, 
RADICES filiformes, numerofe, breves^^ 
undique ex cauie exfertae fub petiolis» 
CAULIS fimplex, terrae adpreffus, repens^ 
teres, fubfucculentus, hirfutiufculus, folio- 
lus. 
FOLIA oppofita, petiolata eiliptico-fubro- 
tunda, bafi vix anguftiora, fed obtufa, fer- 
rata, ferraturis ovatis obtuds; trinervia, 
venofa, fupra glabra, inferne fubhirfuto 
fcabriufcula. Paioli mediocreSj teretes, 
hirfutiulculi. Pedmicidi axiliares, folitarii 
vel gemini, longitudine petiolormn, eredi 
Racemuli in formam capituli congefti. 
FLORES monoici, MARES pauciores, 
pedicellati in ter feminas, minuti. CaL 
4 - partitus. Cor, yiulla, Filamenta 4 ca- 
lyce longiora. Anthera fubrotundae di- 
dymse, 2- valves. FEMINEI numerofi, mi- 
nutiffimi. C^/. univalvas, magnitudine pi- 
ftilli, dimidiatus, ovatus. Qermsn obion- 
gum. 
