Pouzolzia:\ Urticacca:. 115 



Stems rooting and ascending, more or less pubescent ; 1. 

 |— 2 in., ovate, acute, sparsely hairy, base rounded or cuneate, 

 veins 2-3 pairs above the basal ; petiole \-\ in., slender ; stip. 

 4 at each node, brown when dry ; male fl. in upper axils, sep. 

 mucronate, hairy ; fem. in dense clusters ; bracteoles small, 

 lanceolate ; perianth hirsute. 



Upper montane zone above 6000 ft.; rare. Nuwara Eliya (Ferguson) ; 

 summit of Pedurutalagala. Fl. December ; greenish. 



Himalaya, Khasia, and Nilgiri Mts. 



This plant is found at actually the highest possible elevation in Ceylon, 

 growing abundantly among the stones of the Trigonometrical Mound on 

 the top of Pedurutalagala. 



25. POUZOXiZIA, Gaudich. 

 Erect or prostrate herbs, or undershrubs ; 1. alt., quite 

 entire, 3-veined at the base, dotted with cistoliths ; stip. free ; 

 fl. monoecious, in axillary bracteate often androgynous clusters 

 or terminal spikes, small, green ; male fl. : — sep. 3-5, ovate, 

 acuminate, valvate ; stam. 3-5, fil. inflexed in bud ; pistillode 

 various ; fem. fl. : — perianth tubular, persistent, including the 

 ov., ovule erect, stigma filiform, articulate on the achene which 

 is ovoid, closely embraced by the coriaceous ribbed or winged 

 perianth, pericarp crustaceous, shining. — Sp. about 50; 13 in 

 FL B. Ind. 



Sep. of male fl. dorsally rounded. 



Stamens 4 i. P. indica. 



Stamens 5 2. P. auriculata. 



Sep. of male fl. sharply inflexed above the middle. 



Fl. in a terminal bracteate spike . . . 3. P. Walkeriana. 



Fl. in axillary clusters or cymes. 

 Stam. 5 4. P. Bennettiana. 



Stam. 1-3 5. P. PARVIFOLIA. 



I. P. indica, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 503 (1826). 



Pnrictaria indica, L., Moon, Cat. 72. Thw. Enum. 260. Wedd. in 

 DC. Prod. xvi. I. 220. P. proaunbens, Wight, Ic. vi. 42. C. P. 2188. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 581. Wight, Ic. t. 1980, f. i ; t. 2100, f. 40; t. 2099, f. 35 

 {P. procitnibens). 



A perennial-rooted herb, very variable in size and habit, 

 glabrous, hoary, pubescent or hirsute; stem erect or prostrate, 

 6-24 in. long, stout or slender; 1. ^-3 in., opp. or alt., ovate 

 to lanceolate, obtuse acute or acuminate, quite entire, base 

 acute or rounded, veins usually only one pair above the basal; 

 petiole \-\ in. ; .stip. ovate, acuminate, ciliate ; fl. in small 

 axillary androgynous clusters, strigose with simple or hooked 

 hairs; malefl.: — sep. 4, acute; stam. 4; fr. perianth ventricose, 

 ribbed ; achene ovoid, shining. 



