. Plants of New Zealand. s). Tree, sometimes 30-40 ft. in height. If a slit be cut in the bark of thistree, a thick, sweet, milky juice will flow from it. Leaves J in. long, oblong,toothed. Male flowers in catkins, long; female in short spikes orclusters, whitish green. Drupe, red. Both islands. The Milk-tree of thesettlers. Fl. Genus Urtica. Herbs or shrubs, with stinging hairs. Leaves, opposite ; flowers in axillaryclusters or spikes. Calyx of male flowers 4-partite, stamens 4. Calyx of femaleflowers 2 or unequally 4-partite; stigma tufted. Ovary, ovoid. Ovule, erec
. Plants of New Zealand. s). Tree, sometimes 30-40 ft. in height. If a slit be cut in the bark of thistree, a thick, sweet, milky juice will flow from it. Leaves J in. long, oblong,toothed. Male flowers in catkins, long; female in short spikes orclusters, whitish green. Drupe, red. Both islands. The Milk-tree of thesettlers. Fl. Genus Urtica. Herbs or shrubs, with stinging hairs. Leaves, opposite ; flowers in axillaryclusters or spikes. Calyx of male flowers 4-partite, stamens 4. Calyx of femaleflowers 2 or unequally 4-partite; stigma tufted. Ovary, ovoid. Ovule, a small dry nut. About 30 species, natives of tropical and temx^erateregions. 4 sp. Uptica fepox (The Fierce Nettle). A taU shrub ; stem woody ; stinging hairs rigid, i in. long. Leaves2 in. - 5 in. long, variable in shape, coarsely serrate teeth ending in a hard also covered with stinging hairs. Flowers in racemes. Both Maori name Onga-ongn. THE NETTLE FAMILY 137. Fig 39. Paratrophis uiicrophyllus (about nat. size ) 138 PLANTS OP NEW ZEALAND The stinging sensation produced by this jslant will sometimes hist for threeor four days. Genus Parietaria Weak herbs, rarely small shrubs. Leaves entire, opposite, often in axillary cymes. Male flowers with 4-partite perianth. Stamens, flowers tubular ; perianth, 4-partite. Ovary ovoid ; ovule erect. Nutminute. A small but widely distributed genus ; found in waste places. ThePellitory is a well-known English plant of the genus. (Ancient Latin namereferring to the growth of some species on walls). 1 sp. Parietaria debilis. (The Weak-stemmed Parietaria). Slender annual. Stem, 6 in. long. Leaves, J in. long, ovate,acute. Female flowers in dense clusters. Both islands, common. Genus Elatostema. Succulent herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves unequal-sided, bronzed or brown-red. Flowers often inconspicuous, surrounded by fleshy involucres. ]\Iale
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