Urena
(from Uren, the Malabar name). Indian Mallow. ORD. Malvaceae. A small genus (four or five species) of stove herbs or under-shrubs, inhabiting the tropical regions of both hemispheres. Flowers small, sessile or shortly pedunculate, usually clustered; bracteoles five, adnate to the five-cleft or five-toothed calyx; petals five; staminal tube truncate or minutely toothed Leaves often angular or lobed. The species are mostly uninteresting. U. lobata, the only one calling for mention, thrives in any light, rich soil. Propagation may be effected by seeds.
U. lobata (lobed-leaved). fl. pink; bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, equalling the calyx. Summer. l. cordate, five to seven-lobed, the lobes acute or obtuse; petioles usually shorter than the blades. India. A very variable, more or less hairy, annual herb. (B. M. 3043.)