CXXIX. URTICACEiE. 
359 
Hullettia.] 
beneath, and reticulations elevate, 12 pairs; 6 to 9 in. long, 2*5 in. 
wide; petioles *5 to 1*5 in. long. Male flower-heads *25 to *5 in. 
long on peduncles -5 in. long, green fragrant flat-topped, tomentose. 
Female head larger. Fruit oblong or globose, base conic, bright 
orange pubescent, pulpy, sweet, 2 in. across. Seed -5 in. through. 
Hab. In forests, not rare, Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis); Sempang, Semangkok. Pahang, 
Telom. Perak, Bujong Malacca; Hermitage Hill; Gunong Batu 
putih (Wray); Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Gunong Kerbau at 4000 ft. 
altitude (Robinson). Native name : Sunto Bukit. 
17 . FLEURYA, Gaud. 
Herbs with stinging hairs. Leaves alternate thin, toothed tri- 
nerved from base. Flowers small, green clustered in solitary 
axillary spikes or cymes. Males, sepals 4 to 5, ovate-lanceolate. 
Stamens 4 to 5 indexed in bud. Pistillode globose or clubbed. 
Female perianth cupular, 4-lobed, or sepals 4. Ovary oblique; 
style oblique ovoid or linear, at length hooked. Achene oblique 
compressed. Species 8, tropics. 
(1) F. interrupta Gaud. Freyc. Voy. Bot. 497, t. 83; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. v. 548. 
A branching herb, 6 to 18 in. tall. Leaves ovate base broad 
acuminate strongly toothed, sparsely hairy on stem and nerves on 
the back; 1-5 to 5 in. long, 1 to 4 in. wide; petioles slender, 1-5 to 
3 in. long. Spikes 1 to 5 in. long, slender. Flowers in distant 
heads about 2-5 in. through crowded at the end. Achenes -i in. 
long, membranous. Hab. Weed in waste ground, slightly or not 
stinging, Singapore, Tanglin; Gardens; Serangoon; Rochore. 
Malacca (Hullett, Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Sulu (Cantley). 
Kelantan, Kamposa. Tringganu (Yapp). Penang (Wallich, Curtis). 
Distrib. Tropics and sub-tropics, Africa, India, China, Malaya, 
Polynesia. Native name : Jelatang Ayam. 
18 . LAPORTEA, Gaud. 
Trees or shrubs, stinging viciously. Leaves membranous 
usually glabrous, long-petioled; petiole and inflorescence armed 
with stinging hairs. Inflorescence lax; cymes peduncled uni¬ 
sexual, or racemose. Male flowers 4 to 5. Stamens 4 to 5 indexed 
in bud. Pistillode clubbed. Female lobes 4, sub-equal or .one 
smaller. Ovary oblique; style linear papillose on one side. Achene 
ovoid flat, oblique membranous or fleshy, beaked by style. Species 
about 25. Tropical Asia, Australia, Polynesia, Africa and N. 
America. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate; achenes smooth, beak 
moderately long . . . . ■ • ■ (*) L. stimulans 
Leaves oblong-obovate, pale beneath, achenes pustular, 
edge keeled; style very short . . . . (2) L. pustulosa 
