466 XCI. URTICACE7E 
Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves toothed from base to tip . . . 1. E. sessile. 
Stems 1-8 in. 
Leaves all entire . . . . . . . . 2. E. pusillum. 
Upper leaves toothed towards the tip . . . .8. E. surculosum. 
1. Elatostemma sessile, Forst. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 563. Stems 1-2 
ft., often bent at the joints, prostrate, usually rooting towards the 
base. Leaves sessile or nearly so, ovate-lanceolate, about 6x3 in., 
sides very unequal, coarsely and sharply toothed, tip narrowed into 
a slender, tail-like point. Heads in. diam., sometimes 2 or 3 
together ; the male sessile, the female shortly stalked and without 
involucral bracts. 
Simla, the Glen ; Jnne-September. — -Temperate Himalaya, 4000-8000 ft., 
Assam, Nilghiris. — China, Malay and Pacific islands, tropical Africa. 
2. Elatostemma pusillum, G. B. Clarke ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 568. 
Stems 1-6 in., nearly erect, slender, weak. Leaves few, sessile, 
ovate, ^ in., entire, sometimes with a small, opposite leaf. Heads 
sessile, about y 1 ^ in. diam. 
Simla, on damp rocks in shady places, often growing in moss ; August, 
September. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000-8000 ft. 
3. Elatostemma surculosum, Wight ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 572. 
Stems 2-8 in., tufted, slender, erect. Leaves few, sessile, lanceo- 
late, ^-1 in., the lower ones entire, the upper toothed towards the 
tip, each leaf having a small one opposite to it. Heads sessile, 
about in. diam. 
Simla, on damp rocks; August, September. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000- 
7000 ft., Assam. — Ceylon. 
The Simla plant is the variety elegans of the FI. Br. Ind. 
12. BCEHMERIA. In honour of G. E. Boehmer, a German 
botanist of the eighteenth century, who wrote a ‘ Flora Lipsice,’ 
etc. — Chiefly tropical regions. 
Bcehmeria platyphylla, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 578. A variable 
shrub, all parts covered with a rough or sometimes smooth pu- 
bescence ; stems and branches 4-sided. Leaver stalked, opposite or 
alternate, broadly ovate or orbicular, 3-9 in., roughly wrinkled or 
nearly smooth, base 3 nerved, usually cordate, margins toothed, 
tip acute, sometimes abruptly narrowed into a tail-like point ; 
leaves when opposite often unequal. Mowers small, 1-sexual, 
pearly white, sessile, clustered in axillary, interrupted spikes ; the 
male and female in separate spikes borne on the same or on dif- 
ferent plants. Male. spikes 3-6 in., nearly erect, often branched: 
perianth 4-lobed ; stamens 4. Female spikes 6-12 in., pendulous : 
perianth tubular, mouth small, 4-toothed ; style long, thread-like, 
hairy, persistent. Achene enclosed in the dry perianth. 
