74. URTICACE.®. 
28;i 
rough, female fl. on long common stalks, root creeping. — E. B. 
1872. R. 4804. — St. about a foot high, usually naked below. — 
Woods and thickets. P. IV. V. 
2. M. annua (L.); st. branched, 1. stalked ovate or ovate- 
oblong smooth, female tl. nearly sessile, root fibrous. — E.B.559. 
fl. 4801. St. 20. If). — Height 6 — -12 in. Bright green. Much 
branched. — ambiyua (Bah.) ; 1. lanceolate, fl. whorled male 
and female intermixed. M. ambigua (Linn, fil.) E. B. S. 2816. 
If. 4802. — Waste and cultivated land. jS. Jersey. Isle of Wight. 
Dr. Bromfield. A. VIII. IX. 
Order LXXIV. URTICACE.E. 
Fl. monoecious, dioecious, or perfect. Perianth inferior 4 — 3 
— 6-parted, imbricate, or entire in the female flowers. Stam. in- 
definite, free, inserted at the base of the perianth and opposite to 
its lobes. Ovary free, 1 — 2-celled; ovules solitary. Stigmas 
1 — 2. Fr. not bursting. 
Tribe I. URTICEJE. Ovary 1-celled, seed erect, embryo 
straight. 
1. Parietaria. Fl. polygamous, surrounded by an involucre. 
Perigone bellshaped, 4-parted. Stam. 4. Style filiform. — 
G. F. G. Monochl. 29. 
2. Urtica. Fl. monoecious or chcecious. Males in loose 
racemes; perianth 4-parted; stam. 4. Females in capitate 
racemes ; perigone 2-parted ; stigma sessile. — G. F. G. Mo- 
nochl. 28. 
Tr. II. CANNABINEjE. Ovary 1-celled, ovule pendulous (?), 
embryo curved or spiral. 
3. IIuMULUS. Fl. dioecious. Males with the perianth 5- 
parted; stam. 5. Females with the perigone scalelike, open, 
hidden by the scales of an oval catkin ; stigmas 2, elongated. 
— G. F. G. Monochl. 31. 
Tr. III. ULME.tE. Ovary 2-celled, seed pendulous, embryo 
straight. 
4. Ulmus. Fl. perfect. Perianth beUshaped, 4 — 5-cleft, per- 
sistent. Stam. 5. Styles 2. Caps, compressed, winged all 
ronnd. — G. F. G. Monochl. 34. 
Tribe I. Urticea. 
1. Parietaria Zfnw. Wall Pelletory, 
1. P. erecta (Koch); 1. oblong-oval attenuated at both ends 
