URE U II T 
The Species are, 
1. Urena ( Lob at a ) foliis an'gulads. Lin. Hor't. Cliff. 
34-8. Indian Mallow with angular leaves. Urena Sinica 
Xanthii facie. Hort. Elth. 340. Urena of China havjng 
the appearance of leffer Burdock. 
2. Urena (Jculeata) foliis inferioribus angulatis, fupe- 
rioribus trilobis quinquelobifque acute 1 ferratis. Urena 
with angular lower leaves, and the upper ones divided into 
three or five lobes which are jhar ply fawed. Alcea Indi- 
ca frutefcens foliis ad marginem exafperads, bryonim 
albse divifuris, e Sinu Bengalenfi. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 
5. fig. 3. Indian fhrubby Vervain Mallow from Bengal , 
with leaves having prickles on their edges , and divided 
like thofe of the white Briony. 
3. Urena ( Sinuata ) foliis finuato-multifidis villofis. 
Flor. Zeyl. 257. Urena with finuated hairy leaves having 
many points. Alcea Indica frutefcens, foliis in laci- 
nias varie diffedtis. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 74. fig. 1. Shrub- 
by Indian Vervain Mallow , with leaves varioufly cut. 
The title of Urena was applied to this genus by Dr. 
Dillenius, in the Hortus Elthamenfis, as the charadlers 
of the plants differ from ail the genera of the malva- 
ceous tribe, and this being a name applied to it in the 
Hortus Malabaricus. 
Thefirft fort grows naturally in China, andalfo in Ame- 
rica-, this rifes with an upright ftalk upward of two feet 
high, which become ligneous toward the autumn. It 
fends out a few fide branches which'are taper, ftiff, and 
have a dark green bark; they are garnifhed with round- 
jfh angular leaves about two inches long, and two 
inches and a quarter broad, {landing upon pretty long 
foot-ftalks ; they are of a dark green on their upper 
fide, and are pale on their lower. The flowers come 
out Angle from the wings of the ftalk, fitting dole 
to it ; they are fhaped like thofe of the Mallow, but 
£tre fmall, and of a deep blufli colour ; thefe are fuc- 
ceeded byroundiflh capfules, armed with prickly hairs, 
divided into five cells, each containing one kidney- 
fhaped feed. It flowers from July till winter, and 
the feeds ripen in fucceflion. 
The fecond fort grows naturally on the coaft of Ma- 
labar, from whence I received the feeds : this riles 
with a ligneous ftalk three feet high, dividing into 
four or five branches, which have a grayifh bark ; they 
are garnifhed with leaves of different forms ; thofe on 
the lower part are angular, an inch and a half long, 
and about the fame breadth thofe above are cut feme 
into three, and others have five angular obtufe lobes ; 
they are of a dark green on their upper fide, but pale 
on their under, and are fharply fawed on their edges, 
ftanding upon long foot-ftalks. The flowers come 
out flngly from the wings of the ftalk ; they are fliap- 
ed like thofe of the other, but are larger. The petals 
are narrower at their bafe, and they have deep red 
bottoms. Thefe appear in Auguft and September, 
but unlefs the autumn proves warm, the feeds will 
not ripen in this country. 
The feeds of the third fort came from Malabar ; the 
ftalks of this are hairy, and divide into many branches : 
it rifes about two feet high, and is garniflied with 
oblong leaves, divided into three obtufe lobes to the 
midrib. The lobes are indented in feveral parts ; 
they are of a light green on both fides, and hairy. 
The flowers fit clofe to the ftalks ftngly at the wings ; 
they are fhaped like thofe of the former, but are 
of a pale blufh colour, with a a deep red bottom. 
Thefe appear in Auguft and September, but unlefs 
the feafon proves warm, the feeds do not ripen in 
'England. 
Thefe plants are propagated by feeds, which fliould 
be fown on a hot-bed early in the fpring ; and when 
the plants are fit to remove, they fliould be tranf- 
planted into pots, and plunged into a frefh hot-bed 
to bring them forward, and afterward they muft be 
treated in the fame manner as hath been diredted for 
the tender forts of Hibifcus, to which the reader is 
defired to turn. If the plants are brought forward 
In the fpring, and afterward placed in the ftove, or 
, under a deep frame, they will ripen feeds the firft 
feafon s but if they fhould not, they may be preferved 
through the winter 4 in the ftove, and will ripen their 
feeds the following feafon, after which the plants fieft 
dom continue. 
UR TIC A. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 534. tab. 308. Lim 
Gen. Plant. 935. [fo. called from urere, fiat, to burn, 
becaufe this plant, being touched, burns very much.] 
The Nettle ; in French, Ortie . 
The Characters are, 
It has male and female flowers at remote difiances , fomt- 
times on the fame , and at others on- ftp ar ate plants, file 
male flowers have an empalement conrpofed of flour round- 
ijh concave leaves ; thefe have no cmpalmsnts ; they 
have a pit cher -fhaped nedtariumln the center of the flow- 
er, and four awl- fhaped fpr ending ft amina, terminated 
by fummits with two cells. I' he female flowers have an 
oval permanent empalement with two valves ; they have 
neither petals nor fiamina, but an oval germen without 
any Jlyle , crowned by a hairy ftigma. The germen after- 
ward turns to an oval comprejjed feed, which ripens in the 
empalement . 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth fed! on 
of Linnreus’s twenty- firft dais, .which contains thofe 
plants which- have cliftindt male and female flowers 
on the fame plant, and the male flowers have four 
ftamina. 
The Species are, 
1. Urtica ( Dioica ) foliis oppofitis cordatis, racemis 
geminis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 984. Nettle with heart - 
fhaped leaves which are placed oppofite , and double fpikes 
of flowers. Urtica urens maxima. C. B. P. 232. B'ke 
great eft flinging Nettle. 
2. Urtica (Urens) foliis oppofitis ovalibus. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 984. Nettle with oval leaves which are placed 
oppoflie. Urtica urens minor. C. B. P. 232. Smaller 
flinging Nettle. 
3. Urtica ( Pilulifera ) foliis oppofitis cordatis, amends 
frudtiferis globofis. Lin. Sp. 1395. Nettle with hear t- 
fhaped leaves placed oppofite, and feeds in globular katkins. 
Urtica urens pilulas ferens. f. Diofeoridis, femine lini. 
C. B. P. 232. Stinging Nettle bearing pills and f&edslike 
Flax, commonly called Roman Nettle. 
4. Urtica (fDodartii ) foliis oppofitis ovatis fubinteger- 
rimis, amends ftuddferis globofis. Lin. Sp. 1395. 
Nettle with oval leaves which are almojl entire, placed 
oppofite, and globular feed-bearing katkins. Urtica altera, 
pilulifera, parietarke foliis. Adi. Par. 131. Another 
pill-bearing Nettle with a leaf like Peltitory , commonly 
called Spanijh Marjoram. 
5. Urtica ( Cannabina ) foliis oppofitis trioartitis incifis. 
Hort. Upfal. 282. Nettle with leaves placed oppofite , 
which are cut into three parts. Urtica foliis prof unde 
laciniatis, femine lini. Amman. Ruth. 249. Nettle with 
leaves which are deeply cut, and feeds like Flax. 
6. Urtica ( Cylindrica ) foliis oppofitis oblongis, amends 
cylindricis lolitariis indivifis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 984. 
Nettle with oblong leaves which are 'placed oppofite, and 
Jingle , cylindrical , undivided katkins. Urtica foliis ob- 
longis ferratis nervofis petiolatis. Flor. Virg. 187. 
Nettle with oblong , fawed, veined leaves , growing upon 
foot-ftalks. 
7. Urtica ( Mariana ) foliis oppofitis ovato-lanceolatis 
acuminatis crenatis, amends cylindricis indivifis. Net- 
tle with oval, ftp ear-fto aped, acute-pointed, crenated leaves , 
which are placed oppofite, and cylindrical undivided kat- 
kins. Urtica minor iners Mariana, feminibus ex alis 
foliorum racemofis non ramofis. Pluk. Mant. 190. 
Smaller Nettle of Maryland, with feeds growing in long 
bunches from the wings of the leaves, but not branched. 
8. Urtica ( Canadenfis ) foliis alternis cordato-ovatis, 
amends racemofis diftichis eredcis, Hort. Cliff. 441. 
Nettle with oval heart-fhaped leaves which are placed al- 
ternate, and ere$, branching v double katkins. Urtica 
maxima, racemofa Canadenfis. H. R. Par. Created 
branching Nettle of Canada. 
9. TJrtica (■ Nivea ) foliis alternis orbiculato utrinque 
acuds fubtus tomentofis. Hort. Cliff. 441. Nettle with 
orbicular leaves pointed at both ends, placed oppofite , 
and woolly on their under fide.- Urtica racemifera maxi- 
ma finarum, foliis fubtus argentea lanugine villofis. 
.Pluk, Amalth. 212. Great eft branching China Nettle 
