1975. FLEURYA INTERRUPTA (R. W., Urtica in- 
terrupta, var. lariflora, Lin., scarcely of Roxburgh). 
Herbaceous, erect, bristly all over, the young branches 
and under surface of the leaves, especially on the 
nerves, pubescent : leaves long petioled, cordato-ovate, 
acute or acuminate, coarsely serrate, somewhat tri- 
ple-nerved: peduncles axillary, solitary, about as long, 
or sometimes longer than the leaves, bearing at un- 
equal distances small lateral panicles: panicles either 
contracted and sub-capitate, or more fully developed 
and loose: male calyx 4-parted: stamens 4: female 
4-cleft embracing the base of the ovary, afterwards 
open: style filiform; stigma acute: achenium ovate 
compressed, winged round the margin, tuberculate 
on the disks, which in the dried seed are depressed. 
Paulghaut, &c. This plant is of frequent occur- 
rence all over the Peninsula and, if Roxburgh's plant, 
figured No. 692, be the same, which I now begin to 
doubt, it extends far into Bengal. The form repre- 
sented, assuming it to be the same species as 692, is 
so very distinct in the character of its inflorescence 
as to entitle it to a place here, were it merely to show 
how much the development of organs may be modi- 
fied by circumstances. 
presented as undoubtedly Linnæus', differing in the 
development of the small lateral panicles, a point in 
which it also differs from the figures of both Rheede 
and Burmann. 
1976 Y 9. GIRARDINIA LESCHENAULTIANA (De- 
caisne), leaves broad cordate, 7-lobed, lobes oblong, 
acute, coarsely serrated, serratures entire or dentate 
upwards, clothed on both sides with fine whitish 
down: above armed with thinly scattered prickles, 
beneath thickly beset with them: stipules lanceolate 
acute, scariose, brown. 
Frequent in the woods all over the higher range 
of the Hills. This is, I believe, the Urtica acerifolia 
of Zenker. 
The bark yields a fine and strong flax, which the 
indigenous inhabitants obtain by first boiling the 
whole plant, to deprive it of its vifulently stinging 
properties, and then peeling the stalks. I am not 
acquainted with the after processes, but the textile 
material so obtained, when nicely prepared, is of 
„great delicacy and strength. Until of late all the 
species of this genus, which certainly greatly resem- 
ble each other, were confounded under the name of 
Urtica heterophylla. I suspect it is now split into 
too many species. 
1977. SPLITGERBERA MACROSTACHYA (R. W.), suf- 
fruticose, erect, pilose all over: leaves long petioled, 
opposite, cordato-ovate, acute, 3-nerved, serrated: 
spikes axillary, filiform, interrupted, three or four 
times the length of the leaves: male fascicles 6-8- 
flowered ; female 10-12 or more, male calyx 4-part- 
ed, lobes 2-toothed; stamens 4, with a rudimentary 
ovary: female calyx tubular, ventricose, contracted, 
4-toothed at the apex, enclosing the ovary; style 
long filiform ; stigma simple, acute, villous: seed oval, 
erect, enclosed within the calyx, exalbuminous, radicle 
superior. ; 
Coimbatore district, Neilgherries, Courtallum, &e., 
usually in moist soil seeking the shade and protection 
of bushes and trees. Of this genus I have several 
undescribed species from different parts of the Penin- 
sula and Ceylon. Roxburgh’s Urtica scabrilla, No. 
691 of this work, belongs to this genus. 
I consider the plant here re- 
1978. Povzorzia BENNETTIANA (R. W.), fruticose, 
erect, sparingly branched ; stem and upper surface of 
the leaves somewhat rough: leaves usually ternate, 
uniform, short petioled, 3-nerved, ovato-lanceolate, 
slightly unequal-sided, rounded or subcordate at the 
base, taperingly acuminate, softly pubescent or sub- 
tomentose beneath, pilose above: flowers axillary, 
aggregated, male and female mixed: male pentan- 
drous, fruit ovate and ribbed in the lower axils, wing- 
ed towards the extremities of the older branches. 
Neilgherries, frequent among bushes in moist soil. 
When supported, 4 to 6 feet high. See monograph 
at the end of the volume. 
1979-1. Pouzozzra INTEGRIFOLIA (Dalzel), leaves 
opposite, sessile, sub-cordate, broadest at the base, 
thence tapering to the point, sub-acuminate, united at 
the base by a broad stipule; sparingly pilose on both 
sides, roughish above: flowers axillary, sub-sessile ; 
males tetrandrous or rarely triandrous: fruit 2-3, 
winged: wings ciliate. 
Mountains of Malabar, flowering September. I 
am indebted to Mr. Dalzel for my specimens of this 
plant. 
1979-2. Pouzorzia cymosa (R. W.), shrubby, 
ramous, erect or seeking the support of bushes : leaves 
sub-sessile, opposite, many-nerved, pubescent on both 
sides: male inflorescence cymose; cymes axillary, 
paired: flowers pentandrous: fruit axillary, sessile, 
one or two between the male peduncles, ovate, ribbed, 
wingless. 
Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries, flowering during 
the autumnal months; usually among bushes whose 
support it seeks, and then attains to the height of 3 
or 4 feet. 
1980-1. Pouzozzra INDICA (R. W., Parietaria In- 
dica ? Lin.), ascending, lax ; leaves triple-nerved, al- 
ternate, short petioled, uniform, but reduced in size 
towards the ends of the branches, ovato-lanceolate 
sub-acuminate, pilose : flowers few, axillary, glome- 
rate, tetandrous; fruit ovate, S-ribbed, apiculate. 
The figure and character of this plant is taken from 
an indifferent specimen gathered in China by Mr. 
Dorward of the Madras Medical Establishment. As 
it agrees pretty well with Rumpheus' figure, vol. 6, 
tab. 12, f. 2, I have been induced to consider it iden- 
tical witii the Linnæan species. 
1980-2. Povzorzià AURICULATA (R. W.), erect, 
ramous, branches terete, hoary towards the extremi- 
ties : leaves triple-nerved, alternate, longish petioled, 
lanceolate, acute at both ends; roughish above, pube- 
scent beneath: flowers sessile, glomerate, pentan- 
drous: fruit 4-winged ; wings enlarging from the base 
upwards, sub-orbicular, auricle-like. 
Neilgherries, Iyamallay Hills, near Coimbatore, 
flowering August and September. 
1980-3. Pouzorzia rostrata (R. W.), erect, ra- 
mous ; stems glabrous : leaves longish petioled, triple- 
nerved, alternate, membranous, glabrous on both 
sides; flowers glomerate, sessile, pentandrous : fruit 
4-winged, ending in a prominent hairy beak. Wings 
rather small and coriaceous. 
Malabar, a very distinct species. 
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