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fRIANDRlA TRICfYNlA. Ilouttuynia, 



1. U. pentaphi/Ua. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. i. 492. 



Annual, diffuse. heaves verticelled cuneate-lanceolar ; Jlozcen 

 panicled. 



Hind, and Beng. Khel-papara. 



Teling. Veri Shadrasi. 



A common weed in gardens throughout India. 



2. M. triphylla. Lour. Cochinck. 79- 



Annual, diffuse ; branches angular, smooth, heaves sub-vertlcill- 

 ed, lanceolate, unequal. Panicles of long dichotomous racemes of 

 alternate flowers ; seeds dotted. 



Beng. Jwl-papara. 



Alsine mullitlgra. Pluk. Phyt. %\.t. 259. f. 2. good. 



Mullugo stricta. Linn. Si/st. 129- is probably the same plant, if 

 eo, the specific name is a very improper one. Is also a weed ui gur- 

 dens all over India. 



S. M. verticiUata. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. i. 492. 



Annual, diffuse, dichotomous, smooth. Leaves sub-verticelled,ses-. 

 eile, 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. 



HOUTTUYNIA. 



Spathe four-leaved. Spadix oblong, covered with naked flowers. 

 Capsule one-celled, many-seeded. 



1. H. cordata. Thunb.Jap. 12. et. 234. ^ 26. Sir. J. E. Smith iu 

 Rees's Cyclop, in loco. 



Polypara cochinchinensis. Lour. Cochinch. ed. Willd. \.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 ripe seed from August to the end of February. The Hon. 



