300 . z TRIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. . / Houttuynia. 
1. M. pentaphylla. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. i. 499. 
Annual, diffuse. Leaves verticelled cuneate-lanceolar ; flowers ' 
panicled. — 
Hind. and Beng. Khet-papara. 
Teling. Veri Shadrasi. - 
À common weed in gardens throughout India. 
9. M. triphylla. Lour: Cini 79. 
Annual, diffuse ; branches angular, smooth. Leaves sub-verticill- 
ed, lanceolate, anak Panicles of long dichotomous racemes of 
alternate flowers ; seeds dotted. : 
Beng. Jul-papara. 
Alsine multiflora. Pluk. Phyt.21. t. 259. f. 29. good. 
Mallugo stricta. Linn. Syst. 129. is probably the same plant, if 
so, the specific name is a very improper one. Is also a weed in gar- 
deus all over India. 2 
5. M. arias, Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. i i 492. .: 
' Annual, diffuse, dichotomous, smooth. Leaves sub-verticelled, ses- - 
sile, cuneiform peduncles inserted amongst the leaves, one-flowered. 
. Seed furrowed along the back. 
Obs. Found over most parts of India, and a common weed in our — 
gardens during the dry season chiefly. 
| - HO UTTUYNIA. 
| Spathe four-leaved. Spadix oblong, covered with naked flowers. e 
Capsule one-celled, many-seeded. 
$ 
-1. H. cordata. Thunb. ER 12. et. 034. t 26. Sir. J. E. Smith in 3 
Rees’s Cyclop. in loco. 
Polypara cochinchinensis. Lour. Cachan ed. Willd. i. p. 78. 
A native of the valley of Nepala, where it grows in very great - 
abundance, blossoming during the hot and rainy seasons, and pro- 
. ducing Bee seed from Augur to the end of February. "The m i 
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