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CXXIX. URTICACEjE. 
[Elatostema. 
(3) E. molle Wedd. Monog. 298; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 564. 
Stem angled branched. Leaves lanceolate long acuminate, base 
very unequal cuneate serrate, reticulate beneath; nerves (and 
stem) yellow hairy beneath, 3 to 3-5 in. long, *75 to 1 in. across; 
petioles very short or none. Male heads sessile, -5 in. across, white. 
Involucral bracts broad scarious puberulous. Hab. On rocks in 
streams, Pahang, Tahan River (leaves very narrow, *4 in. across). 
Perak, Thaiping Hills; Gunong Inas at Sira Rimau (Yapp). 
Penang Hill (Phillips, Wallich). Distrib. Assam, Khasya. 
(4) E. acuminatum Brngn. Du Perr. Voy. Bot. 211; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. v. 566. 
Slender branched glabrous herb, 7 to 12 in. tall. Leaves thin 
sub-sessile oblique oblanceolate caudate coarsely toothed, except 
the lowest third, base acute, 4 in. long, -75 in. wide; heads sessile, 
•I in. across, involucral bracts minute. Hab. Mountain streams, 
Pahang, Telom. Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, Ginting Peras; 
Semangkok Pass; Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Perak, Bujong Malacca; 
Thaiping Hills (Curtis). Distrib. Khasya, Tenasserim, Ceylon, 
Java. 
(5) E. insequilobum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 86, p. 307. 
Herb glabrous with a long creeping stem succulent ascending 
1 ft. tall. Leaves alternate inaequilaterally lanceolate, long 
acuminate, base very unequally bilobed, one lobe rounded, edge 
crenate, serrate, trinerved, 4*5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide or less; petioles 
•1 in. long or less. Male plant unknown. Female heads -12 in. 
through on slender filiform axillary peduncles *2 in. long. Flowers 
numerous shortly pedicelled. Sepals 3, linear caudate with a 
broader base. Achene ellipsoid strongly tubercled. Hab. Damp 
forests and on rocky stream edges, Selangor, Ginting Sempah 
(Ridley). Distrib. Tonkin. 
22. PROCRIS, Juss. 
Succulent glabrous (rarely pubescent) shrubby plants. Leaves 
alternate, toothed or entire, fleshy. Male flowers in axillary 
branched cymes. Perianth 5- rarely 4-lobed, stamens 5 to 4. 
Females in sessile heads, sessile on a receptacle; perianth cup¬ 
shaped, very small. Stigma sessile penicillate. Achene ovoid 
striate. Species about 6, Asia, Africa, Polynesia. 
Leaves narrow entire or minutely obscurely-toothed; 
1 in. wide, nerves invisible , . . . (1) P. laevigata 
Leaves over 1 in. broad; nerves conspicuous . . (2) P. latifolia 
(1) P. laevigata Bl. Bijdr. 508. P. frutescens Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
v. 575 ( noi of Blume ). 
Fleshy shrub over 12 in. tall. Leaves oblanceolate cuspidate 
nearly entire, base narrowed very unequal, 3 in. long, 1 in. wide; 
nerves nearly or quite invisible; petioles •! in. long. Male cymes 
lax. Females solitary sessile, *2 in. across. Hab. On rocks at 1000 to 
