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CXXIX. URTICACE^E. 
[Pouzolzia. 
uous otherwise resembling Bcehmeria. Species about 50, Asia, 
Africa. 
Shrub; leaves serrate . . . . . . (1) P. viminea 
Herbs; leaves entire. 
Leaves narrow lanceolate alternate . . (2) P. indica 
var. angustifolia 
Leaves small ovate, hairy opposite; dwarf plant . var. microphylla 
Leaves alternate distant ovate, long-petioled . var. alien ata 
Leaves 4 in. long, *75 in. wide, lanceolate, sessile 
or nearly opposite.(3) P. Bennettiana 
(1) P. viminea Wedd. DC. Prod. xvi. i. 228; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
v. 581- 
Shrubby plant 4 to 6 ft. tall; branchlets and petioles pubescent. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, caudate acuminate, serrate 
3-nerved, smooth or scaberulous above, glabrous or strigose pubes¬ 
cent beneath, 3-5 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles -4 in. 
long. Flowers in small axillary clusters -2 in. across, white pubes¬ 
cent. Hab. Mountain forests, Pahang, Frazer Hill (Burkill). 
Selangor, Ginting Peras. Pahang, Telom (Ridley). Perak, Ulu 
Bubong and Goping (Kunstler); Temengoh. Kelantan, Kwala 
Aring (Yapp). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
var. punclata; robust, woody. Leaves coriaceous, bullate 
shining above, quite glabrous. Hab. Kelantan, Chaning (Ridley). 
This variety is the Urtica punctata Ham., Wall. Cat. 4616B. from Goalpara. 
The species appears to be extremely variable in foliage. The common form 
here has comparatively thin leaves not coriaceous nor shining bullate and is 
hardly woody. 
(2) P. indica Gaud. Freyc. Voy. Bot. 503; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
v. 581. 
Herb about 12 to 15 in. tall, branched. Leaves usually alternate 
lanceolate (to ovate) acuminate entire, base shortly narrowed, 
glabrous (or pubescent), 2 in. long, -2 to *25 in. wide (upper ones 
smallest); petioles *i in. long. Flowers in small axillary clusters 
about *15 in. across. Stamens 4. Achenes ribbed, sometimes 
winged. Hab. Common in damp waste ground. 
var. angustifolia. Erect with narrow leaves. Hab. Whole penin¬ 
sula from Singapore to Setul and Lankawi. Distrib. Southern 
Siam. Native names : Balam; Kedudu Paya; Kicha. 
var. microphylla. Procumbent, diffuse, about 6 in. tall, dense 
white hairy. Leaves opposite, small ovate, -5 in. long, *15 in. 
wide. Heads very small, hairy. Fruit ribbed and winged. A 
very distinct looking little plant, which grows with the common 
form but is less common. Hab. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Bukit 
Timah. Malacca (Griffith), Malacca Hill; Sungei Baru. Penang, 
Bagian Jermal (Curtis). Distrib. Java. Native name: Ubai-Ubai. 
Use : As a vegetable. 
var. alienata Roxb, Slender herb creeping at base, a foot or 
more tall, hairy above. Leaves alternate, distant, ovate, base 
