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CXXIX. urticaceje. [Laportea. 
(1) L. stimulans Miq. Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch. 103; Weddell , 
Monog. Urt. 134. 
Tree about 20 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous lanceolate acuminate, 
base narrowed; nerves 10 pairs; 8 to 11 in. long, 3 in. wide; 
petioles 3 in. long. Panicles axillary, about 5 in. long sprinkled 
with stinging hairs lax; flowers usually scattered; in males, flowers 
crowded. Achene broadly ovate, flattened when dry, slightly 
punctate; stigma incurved persistent. Hah. Selangor, Batu 
Caves. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Payong and Bukit Kandong 
(Cantley). Perak, Kinta and Ulu Kerling (Kunstler); Ipoh 
(Curtis). Kelantan, Kwala Lebir (Gimlette). Penang, Wang 
Seraya; Waterfall (Curtis). Kedah, Gunong Geriang. Distrih. 
Siam, Java, Borneo. Native names: Jelatang Api; Jelatang 
Bulan. 
King suggests this is L. microstigma Wedd., and some of the specimens 
do resemble Weddell’s figure and description, others are identical with Miquel’s 
stimulans. I think the species is only one, however. 
(2) L. pustulosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 194. 
Tree 30 to 35 ft. high. Leaves oblong-obovate acuminate, base 
rounded glabrous, pale beneath; nerves about 12 pairs fine; midrib 
with a few hairs beneath, many at base; 4*5 to 5-5 in. long, 3 in. 
wide; petioles 1*25 in. long, strongly armed with stinging hairs. 
Cymes 4 to 5 in. long (the peduncle 2 in.) with stinging hairs. 
Sepals in fruit ovate acute, -05 in. long. Fruit ovoid with a distinct 
ridge all round; disc papillose flat, *15 in. long; style short, hooked, 
•05 in. long. Hah. Perak (Scortechini). Native name: “The 
dreaded Pulutus of the Malays " (Scortechini). 
This is very distinct in its short style and pustular fruits. 
19 . PILEA, Lindl. 
Herbs rarely slightly woody. Leaves opposite equal or unequal, 
3-nerved. Stipules connate. Flowers minute in axillary branched 
cymes peduncled. Males; sepals 2 to 4 free or connate often 
gibbous on back. Stamens 2 to 4. Pistillode conic. Females, 
sepals 3 (rarely 4) very small and unequal dorsal longest. Ovary 
straight; stigma sessile. Achene ovoid compressed. Species 
about 60, tropics generally. 
Half shrubby. 
•Petioles -5 in. long 
Petioles 1-5 in. long 
Succulent herbs. 
Leaves 1-5 in. long 
Leaves -i to -3 in. long 
(1) P. fruticosa 
(2) P. Griffithii 
(3) P. calcarea 
(4) P. muscosa 
(1) P. fruticosa Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 558. 
Glabrous shrubby plant 2 to 3 ft. tall, branched. Leaves in 
equal pairs fleshy, elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, edge serrate 
3-nerved, 3 to 4 in. long; 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. 
