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4 ; 4 . . . 
2 Flores numerosiores, in eodem receptaculo cum masculis, subsessiles. Calyx 2-phyllus seu 2-yalvis, 
es exterior multo major, paulo supra lineam longa, erecta, obtusa, carinata, coneava, oblonga, apice sub- 
ornicata, Incrassata, emarginata; interior minima, ovata, concava, pellucida. Corolla0. Germen superum, 
Ovatum ; stylum et stigma non potui videre, 
dens. Semen 1, ovatum, acutum, nudum “uaa ae Te ae ae tase 
: ; . um, giaorum, 1 ; . Neraudia, represented by iV, melasto- 
mefolia, Gaud., in the Sandwich Islands (Macrae! Seemann! n. 2260), and WV. sericea, Gaud., in the same 
islands (Captain Cook!). 6. Touchardia, represented by 7. latifolia, Gaud., a native of the Sandwich 
Islands; and 7. Parietaria, represented by P. debilis, Forst., in Norfolk Island (Forster), 
IIT. Pleurya, Gaud, Uran, 497 ; Weddell, Urticac. p, 109. Flores diclini, monoici v. dioici, in 
glomerulos cymulasve dichotomo-scorpioideas paniculatas aut subdistiche racemosas digesti, ¢ et 2 
in eadem v. in distinetis inflorescentiis nascentes, paniculis racemisve in singulis axillis solitariis, 
pedicellis floram marium necnon femineorum articulatis. Fl. 3: Perigonium 4-5-partitum, seg- 
mentis ovatis lanceolatisve, glabris aut pubescentibus vy. sub apice stimuligeris ; alabastro umbilicato. 
Stamina 4 v.5. Pistilli radimentum globosum clavatum v. sublobatum. FI. 9: Perigonium 4- 
partitum v, 4-lobum; segmentis interdum fere equalibus, seepe etiam inzequalibus et tunc interioribus 
(s. lateralibus) qnam exteriores multo majoribus oblique ovatis planiusculisque, exteriorum autem 
altero (scilicet superiore) rotundato subpileato inefmi y. pilo urente calcarato, altero (seu inferiore) 
lanceolato et yix perspicuo. Ovarium initio rectum, dein magis minusve obliquum, ovoideum, Ovu- 
lum juxta loculi fundum adfixum, obliquum, funiculo gracili. Stigma sessile, ovatum, lanceolatum 
v. lineare, persistens et denique uncinatim reflexum, in unica specie basi lacinulis duabus filiformibus 
auctum. Acheenium oblique ovatum rotundatumve, compressum, margine abrupte acutatum inter- 
dumgue anguste membranaceo-alatum, in utraque facie seepissime scrobiculato-concavum tubercula- 
tumque, pedicello obliquissime insidens et perigonio membranaceo parum aucto vestitum. Semen 
endocarpio conforme. Albumen nisi juxta apicem seminis parcissimum. Embryo cotyledonibus 
transverse oblongo-rotundis, basi et apice parum emarginatis; radicula conica.—Herbe annuz, 
stimulis armatse aut fere inermes; foliis alternis, serratis, trinerviis; eystolithis linearibus; stipulis 
axillaribus, profunde 2-fidis ; floribus sepissime ebracteatis, masculis albidis POSEISTE femainiels viren- 
tibus, fructiferorum mox deciduorum pedicellis cylindricis rariusve laterali-compressis.—Schy- 
chowskia, Endl, Aun. Wien. Mus, vol. i. p. 187. t. 43. 
Besides the following, there is only one other species of this genus in tropical Polynesia, viz. F. rude- 
o 
ne ad ‘lica ruderalis, Forst. Prodr. n, 344, et Icon. (ined.) t. 258. U. lucida 
~alis. Goud. (F. paniculata, Gaud. Urlica ruderalis, Forst. Prodr n, 344, et , 
Sel Prim, tL ie Pacif. (ined.) p. 434, et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahiti Plants (ined.), t. 99), from the 
Society Islands (Banks and Solander ! Iorster!). 
1. F. interrupta, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Urania, p. 497 5 Weddell, Urticae. P- 115; stimulosa ; caule 
noununguam inter stimulos pilosulo ; foliis ovatis, acuminatis, bas subcordatis truncatis v. ae cune- 
atis, crenato-serratis serratigve ; floribus monoicis, inflorescentiis androgynis aut unisexualibus? (mas- 
culis femineisque conformibus), quam petioli longioribus BATU brevioribus ; Peete? f a 
formi, 4-dentato, pedicello supra articulationem dilatato; stigmate dimaidio achzenio fere poe Sr 
basi 2-brachiato.—Urtica pilulifera et fatua, Burm. Thes. oye, 231 et 282. t. 100. f. a . 4 an- 
terrupla, Rumph, Amb. vol, vi. t. 20; Linn. Sp: Plant. 1398 j Wight, cs vol. 11. rae 7 O ae 
Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 325 ; Parkins. Drawings of 'Tahit. Plants (ined.) t. me = me cae pth 
Prodr. n. 342? U. Javanica, Blume, Bijdr, 503. U. affinis, Hook. et or Spiers lin’ T hi 
F. spicata, Gaud, le. F. glomerata, Gaud. 1, c. —Nomen vernae. Vitiense, Sa ve eae a si, 
t teste Solander, “ Liaco.”—In waste places, common in all the Vith Islands, principally near 
dwell «places (Seemann! n. 428, Milne!) Also collected in the Society Soest Sian ie i 
lander! Barclay !), Tongan (Captain Cook !), Salomon (Milne!), and New Hebrides Islands (Ander 
son! Barclay !). Diffused over New Guinea, the Indian Archipelago, an eu 
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