Q4.9 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
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plus minus cobzrens, sessile v. pedicellatum. Ovulum imo loculo vy. juxta fundum loculi funiculo 
brevi affixum, erectum aut adscendens. Stigma elongato-filiforme, cum summo ovario continuum, 
altero latere papillosum. Achzenium ovario subconforme, perigonio marcescente inclusum eique 
haud raro cohzerens; pericarpio crustaceo, tenui v. nucamentaceo ut plurimum fusco. Albumen 
varium, sed nunquam deficiens. Embryo cotyledonibus ellipticis radicula conica szepius paulo lon- 
gioribus.—Frutices arbuscule v. suffrutices, plerumque sylvicoli, ssepius magis minusve pubentes ; 
foliis oppositis aut alternis, homomorphis eequilateralibusque v. dimorphis et interdum inzequilate- 
ralibus, varie dentatis, rarissime 2-lobis, 3-nervibus, levibus rugosisve, petiolatis ; cystolithis puneti- 
formibus parum conspicuis ; stipulis axillaribus, pleramque liberis y. basi tantum coalitis, rarissime 
in unam integram connatis, vulgo deciduis.—Splitgerbera, Mig. Comm, Phyt. p. 134. 
Besides the following species, there are, in tropical Polynesia,—1. B. australis, Endl. (Procris splendens, 
Iindl. Veg. Kingd. ed. 2. f. 175), from Norfolk Island; and 2. B. stipularis, Weddell (Urtica grandis, 
Hook. et Arn.), from the Hawaiian Islands (Lay and Collie!). 
1. B. platyphylla, Don ect Hamilt. Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 60, non Sieb. et Zuce.; Weddell, 
Urticac. p. 864; monoica y, dioica?; foliis oppositis v. superioribus haud raro alternis, fere isomor- 
phis, ovatis ellipticis rotundatisve, in eodem jugo zqualibus v. ineequimagnis, acuminatis, varie den- 
tatis, planis aut magis minusve rugosis, plerumque hispidis, hirtellis pubescentibusve, rarius tomen- 
tosis, rarissime omnino glabratis; stipulis liberis; spicis 1-sexualibus androgynisve, simplicibus v. 
ramosis fere semper aphyllis, longitude quam maxime varia, erectis patulis pendulisve, glomerulis 
? approximatis v, seepius discretis; perigonio fructifero elliptico obovato v. rotundato, plus minus 
compresso aut inequaliter angulato, seepius obtuse marginato, pilis rectis v. quibusdam uncinatis 
hispido.— Urtica virgata, Forst. Prodr. n. 345; Soland, Prim. Fl, Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 8323; Parkins. 
Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.) t. 98. Behmeria virgata et B. interrupta, Guill, in Ann, Se, Nat. 
ser. 2. vol. vil. p. 182. &. Taitensis, Weddell, 1.c. 200. Nomen vernac. Tahitense, teste Solander, 
“HE Whaidoa” v. * E Whairhoa.”—Common in all the Viti Islands (Seemann! n. 482 et 433; 
Milne!), Also collected in the Society Islands (Banks and Solander! Forster!) and New Caledonia 
(Vieillard !). 
1X, Cypholophus, Weddell, Urticac. p. 433. Flores monoici aut dioici, densissime glomerati 
hracteolisque scariosis suffulti, glomerulis semper 1-sexualibus axillaribus, ? demum amplexicaulibus. 
Fl, g: Perigonium 4.partitum ; segmentis sub apice acuto-mucronatis, in preefloratione valvatis. Sta- 
mina 4, Pistilli rudimentum obovatum, glabrum, basi pilis paucis stipatum. FI, ¢: Perigonium 
tubuloso-ventricosum ; ore contracto 4-dentato. Ovarium inclusum, oblongum, a perigonio discretum, 
sessile. Ovulumsuberectum. Stigma filiforme, cum apice ovarii continuum, valde incuryum, superne 
longinscule pilosum seu fere plumosum. Achzenium obovatum ellipticumve aut lenticulare; peri- 
gonio carhnloso Becte inclusum ; pericarpio crustaceo, pariete superiore seepius admodum incrassato. 
Albumen satis coplosum. Embryo cotyledonibus ellipticis, radicula cylindrica obtusa paulo longio- 
ribus.—Frutices, foliis oppositis, nonnunquam inequilateralibus et subheteromorphis, serratis, sepe 
rugosis, petiolatis ; cystolithis punctiformibus ; stipulis liberis axillari-lateralibus deciduis, 
S C. macrocephalus, Weddell, Urticac. p, 434. tab. xii, 0 (Tab, LXIT.); monoicus y. diol- 
cus ; foliis in eodem Jugo Inzequimagnis seepiusque heteromorphis, oblique ovatis ellipticis, lanceolatis 
oblongisve, plerisque acuminatis, basi rotundatis obtusis aut acutatis, folio msinaee miieane jugi 
seepe subcordato, crenulato-serratis y. serratis, rugosis, supra hispidis demumqgue asperatis aut levi- 
usculis, subtus in nervis molliter pilosis, intervenio haud infrequenter tenuiter canescenti-tomentoso. 
—Behmeria Harveyi, Seem, in Bonplaudia, p. 259, et in tab. nostr. n., LXII, Fleurya (2) rugosis- 

