Heilgherries, Iyamallay Hills, August and Sep-
tember.
The form of the wings is peculiai* in this species
and supplies an excellent specific mark.
37. P . Rheedii (R. W. 38), erect, ramous; branches
terete, glabrous: leaves alternate, petioled, broadly
ovate or sub-cordate at the base, acuminate, or simply
acute; slightly pilose on both sides: flowers glomerate,
pentandrous: fruit flattened, imperfectly 4-winged;
beaked: wings abruptly truncated. (Hort. Mai.
11, 30.)
Malabar, Heilgherries. This plant, with the exception
of having the leaves longer petioled, agrees so
well with Rheede’s figure that I feel no hesitation in
quoting it for this plant, and dedicating the species to
the original discoverer. And as regards the length of
the petiols I find they greatly vary, in some being less
than half an inch and in others fully an inch and a
half long.
38. P . scabrida (R. W . 41), erect, ramous, branches
terete somewhat strigose; leaves alternate, much, reduced
in size towards the extremities, lanceolate,
acute at both ends; at first nearly smooth, afterwards
scabrous above, pubescent beneath: flowers pentandrous
: fruit 4-augled or imperfectly winged, prominently
ribbed between the wings.
Heilgherries, flowering August and September. My
specimens gathered in August are still rather too
young, the female inflorescence being imperfectly developed.
It, however, appears a very distinct species.
* * Flowers tetrandrous, leaves alternate.
39. P ? Borbonica (R. W. 44, Urtica Borbonica, H.
B. C.), shrubby, very ramous; upper portions of the
stem compressed: leaves short petioled, ovato-lance-
olate, coarsely serrated, acute, coriaceous: flowers
glomerate, sessile, tetrandrous, fruit oblong oval, ribbed,
not winged.
I only know this plant through a specimen received
from the Calcutta Botanical Garden under the name
quoted above.
40. P . minor (R. W. 43), decumbent, diffuse,
branches slender, filiform: leaves small, lower ones
broadly ovate obtuse, pilose upper ones reduced in
size, ovate obtuse, all sub-sessile: flowers few, axillary,
sessile, tetrandrous: fruit both simply ovate—
somewhat 4-angled, and four-winged, apiculate.
Malabar, near Alleppi, Johnson. I only know this
plant from a specimen communicated by the Rev. Mr.
Johnson of Cottayam.
41. P . angustifolia (R. W. 39), loose, straggling, ’
ascending; branched: leaves sub-sessile, obtuse or
sub-cordate at the base, narrow linear acute, somewhat
strap-like; slightly rough above, sparingly
strigose on the nerves beneath: flowers glomerate,
sessile, tetrandrous: fruit deeply 8-10-furrowed,
apiculate.
Malacca, Griffith. My specimens of this plant are
not very good, but it seems to be a very distinct species
: I infer from their lax slender form, that it is a
plant which seeks support from adjoining plants.
42. P . Indica (R. W. 40, Parietaria Indica ? Lin.),
ascending, slender, l a x : leaves alternate, short petioled,
uniform, reduced in size towards the ends of
the branches, ovate lanceolate, sub-acuminate, pilose:
flowers few, axillary, glomerate, tetrandrous: fruit
ovate, 8-ribbed, apiculate.
China, Dorward. My figure and description of this
plant are taken from a very indifferent specimen communicated
by Dr. Dorward, Madras Medical Service.
I t seems to accord pretty well with the character,
and is well represented in Rumphius’ figure, Herb.
Amb. 6 tab. 12 f. 2. My figure does not, for want of
space, give so good an idea of its lax straggling habit.
In my specimen there springs from the axil of each
of the lower leaves a short floriferous branch;
towards the extremity, the flowers are borne on the
primary shoot as shown in the figure. I am induced
to consider this as the true P . Indica, Lin., partly
on account of its correspondence with his character,
but principally -on account of its agreement with
Rumphius’ figure, which Mr. Bennett states bears an
obvious resemblance to the Linnean specimen.
43. P . suffruticosa (R. W-, Urtica suffruticosa,
Roxb.), suffruticose, lower leaves ovate lanceolate,
upper ones narrow linear lanceolate, sessile, broadish
sub-cordate a t the base, tapering thence to‘the point,
flowers axillary, glomerate, tetrandrous, fruit ovate,
deeply furrowed, hairy. Roxb. FI. Ind. 3, 584, R.
W. Icon., Ho. 694.
Sumatra. This character is taken partly from
Roxburgh’s description, partly from his figure, R. W.
leones, Ho. 694. The plant I have not seen.
44. P . tuberosa (R. W., Urtica tuberosa, Roxb.),
leaves alternate, ovate, acute, hairy: flowers axillary,
glomerate, tetrandrous: fruit ovate, not ribbed.
Circars, in moist soil. Roots tuberous: stems annual,
flaccid, from 1 to 6 feet long, seeking the support
of bushes, or if deprived of support, resting on
the ground. Roxb. FI. Ind. 3, 583, R. W., leones,
Ho. 697.
45. P . vesicaria (R. W., Urtica vesicaria, Roxb.),
shrubby, erect, leaves broadish lanceolate, acute at
both ends, petioled, downy on both sides: flowers
axillary, sessile, glomerate, tetrandrous: fruit ovate,
surrounded at the base by several inflated permanent
vesicles.
Circar Mountains, Roxb. FI. Ind. 3, 587., R. W.,
Icon. 695.
46. P . Zeylanica (Bennett, 45, Pariet. Zeylan.,
Lin., Urtica alienata, Lin., Roxb.), erect, ramous,
brachiate, branches cernuous or, if supported, slender,
flaccid: leaves opposite, long petioled, ovate, acute,
pilose on both sides: flowers axillary, sessile, few,
tetrandrous: fruit ovate, somewhat 4-angled, deeply
8-furrowed or distinctly 4-winged.
Ceylon, Thwaites. This seems to be but a luxuriant
climbing variety of the plant described and
figured by Roxb. (see R. W., Icon. 693), it seems
also, so far as can be judged from description, both
the Urtica alienata, and Parietaria Zeylanica of Lin.
Mr. Bennett, however, keeps them distinct, referring
the Parietaria of the FI. Zeylan. and 1-2 Editions
of the Sp. Plantarum to his first or opposite-leaved
section, and the Urtica alienata or Par. Zeylanica of
the 12th and 13th Editions to his second or alternateleaved
section, though said to be opposite-leaved because
it is described as having, “fructus ooatus toru-
losus snlcis 8 longitudinalibus.” . As however torulose
and winged seed occur in the same axils, I do not
hold that to be a sufficient distinction, and therefore,
guided by a comparison of the descriptions of the
FI. Zeylan. and Mantissa, quote both names as being
synonyms of each other, adopting the older one.
47. P . pilosa (R. W. 36), diffuse, ramous, climbing
or spreading on the ground: leaves ovate, sub-
sessile, acute, pilose; those of the extremities alter