Abstract
WITH reference to the letter on the Stinging Tree of Formosa in NATURE of March 2, it would be interesting if your correspondent would throw light on the exact mechanism by which the sting in Laportea pterostigma and L. crenulata is produced. L. crenulata is locally abundant in some parts of India. The curious point is that the leaves are often glabrous. Moreover, the stinging effects are, apparently, sometimes experienced without actual contact with the plant. I was one day walking through the hot, steaming forests near the Tista River, in British Sikhim, with a friend. The Laportea was abundant, and we carefully avoided it. On our way home my friend was seized with the peculiar stinging sensations of the Laportea in several parts of his body. These lasted several days, and on the night immediately after being stung became so bad that he was unable to get any rest and became feverish.
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