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. XCI. URTICACEiE 
Stems 1-8 in. 
Leaves all entire .... 
Upper leaves toothed towards the tip 
Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves toothed from base to tip 
1. E. sessile. 
2. E. pusillum. 
3. 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 6 X 3 in., 
sides very unequal, coarsely and sharply toothed, tip narrowed 
into a slender, tail-like point. Heads J— | in. diam., sometimes 
2 or 3 together ; the male sessile, the female shortly stalked and 
without involucral bracts. 
Simla, the Glen; June-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-8000 ft., 
Assam, Nilghiris. — China, Malay and Pacific islands, tropical Africa. 
2. Elatostemma pusillum, G. B. Clarice ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 568. 
Stems 1-6 in., nearly erect, slender, weak. Leaves few, sessile, 
ovate, J in., entire, sometimes with a small, opposite leaf. Heads 
sessile, about 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, J-l 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. R. Boehmer, a German 
botanist of the eighteenth century, who wrote a ‘ Flora Lipsice * 
etc. — Chiefly tropical regions. 
Boehmeria platyphylla, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 578. A variable 
shrub, all parts covered with a rough or sometimes smooth pubes- 
cence ; stems and branches 4-sided. Leaves 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. Flowers small, 1 -sexual, 
nearly 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. 
