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Pouzolzia wightii Benn ; RB.I. v 584, XXXVI 7. Stem 

 two to three feet. Leaves subsessile lanceolate with 

 rounded base : lower 3 to 4 inches ; upper slightly smaller 

 and becoming smaller upwards gradually, those near the 

 top of the flowering region J4 inch only and in proportion 

 broader. 



In cool shady places : several varieties occur. 



* P. wightii proper : stem and leaves pubescent : male 

 sepals hairy at the bend. 



■^ ■" z^^r laBvif olia : leaves harshly tomentose or scabrid, white 

 below : male sepals hairy only at the tips. Fyson 643. Bourne 

 2964.* 



■X- * * ^^j, wallichiana : leaves not white below : male sepals 

 glabrous. Wight Ic. t. 2096/. 23. Fyson 419. 



Geji. Dist. Western Ghats and Ceylon. 



P. scabra Wight; F.BJ. v 584, XXXVI 8. Similar to 

 P. wightii but leaves more scabrid, often broader : bracts 

 smaller and more distant. Wight Ic. t. 2097 /. 29. 



Near Kodaikanal. Fyson 420. Bourne 11 79. 



P. caudata Benn ; F.BJ. v 585, XXXVI 9. Similar to 

 P. wightii : bracts all small : whole plant glabrous. 

 Near Kodaikanal. Fyson 11 17. 



Pouzolzia bcnncttiana Wights Herb. Wight Prop!; 

 F.B.I. V 585, XXXVI 10. 



A shrub growing in the open on banks with leaves 

 of the flowering part as large as the lower, and dense 

 axillary bunches of small red flowers. Stem at the base 

 as thick as the little finger, four to five feet high, with 

 long-spreading decussate branches, red or brownish in 

 colour, and smooth except for a few large lenticels. 

 Leafy branches more or less pubescent, with short erect 

 hairs ; almost hirsute in some forms. Stipules ^ inch, 

 brown, scarious. Leaves opposite or in threes, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, three-nerved, with numerous horizontal 

 connecting veins. Flowers in bunches at the nodes, 



