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1. Pouzolzia indica, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. (18:20) p. 503. A 

 perennial-rooted herb very variable in size and habit, glabrous, hoary, 

 pubescent or hirsute ; stem erect or prostrate, 6-20 in. long, stout or 

 slender. Leaves opposite or alternate, |-1| by |-| in,, ovate or ovate- 

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

 rounded ; nerves 1 pair above the 3 basal ones, sparingly branched ; 

 petioles ^-| in. long; stipules ovate, acuminate, ciliate. Flowers in 

 small axillary androgynous clusters, strigose with simple or hooked 

 hairs. Male tloweks: Sepals 4, dorsally rounded, acute. Stamens 4. 

 Pistillode small, clavate. Female flowers : Perianth tubular, per- 

 sistent, ribbed, 2-fid at the apex, closely investing the achene. Achenes 

 -^ff in. long, broadly ovoid, acute, smooth and shining, white with a 

 dark-colored tip. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 581 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 240; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1980, fig. 1 & t. 2100, fig. 40; Wedd. Monog. Urtic. p. 398 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 115; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 516 ; Prain, Beug. PI. p. 965. Pouzolzia procumbens, Wight, Icon, 

 t. 2099, n. 35. Parietaria indica, Linn. Mant. p. 128 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 187.— Flowers : Sept. 



Common in gardens as a, weed, Dalzcll ^ Gibaon. Deccan: near Dapiiri (Poona 

 d\stru\is), Graham; Khandala, 5^W'« ! ; hills near Junnar, Woodrow. S. M. Country : 

 E^mgh^t, Bitchie, 137U! — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Malay Islands, 

 China. 



2. Pouzolzia pentandra, Benn. PI. Jav. liar. (1838) p. 64, t. 14. 

 A tall ei-ect glabrous perennial-rooted herb 2-3 ft. high ; stem terete 

 below, usually angular above, diffusely branched. Leaves sessile or 

 shortly petiolate, submembranous, the lower opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, strongly 3-nerved, ciliolate ; the upper fioral leaves 

 much smaller, sometimes only \ in long, mostly alternate, linear-oblong, 

 ovate, often cordate, acuminate or cuspidate, exceeding the flower- 

 clusters. Flowers clustered in the floral leaves (bracts) of an erect or 

 nodding terminal spike reaching 18 in. long. Male flowers pedicellate, 

 truncate in bud, with a concave top, ciliate. Perianth usually 5-partite. 

 Stamens 5. Female flowers: Pei'iauth in fruit with 2 or 3 broad 

 lateral membranous wings, forming an almost orbicular fruit 2-lobed at 

 the base and the apex. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 583 : Dalz. & Gibs. p. 240 ; 

 AVight, Icon. t. 2096, n. 20 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p, 516; Priin, Beng. PI. p, 965; Watt, Diet, Econ. Prod, v. 6, part 1, 

 p. 334. — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. 



KoNKAN : Island of K&rdn'yi. Daizell i^- Gihson. Deccan : Kolliapur, Coo-(t ! S. M. 

 Country : Belgaum, lUtchie, 638 ! ; Cheeia Hil! near Belgaum, Ritchie, 1369! Kanaka : 

 Laivl; Kala naddi near Supa, Ritchie, 1368 !— Distrib. India (Tropical Himalaya, 

 Assam, Kbasia Mountains, Bengal, W. Peninsula) ; Afglianistan, Ja\a. 



Var. 1. Stocl-sii, Hook. f. Fl, B. I. v, 5, p. BS'i. Straggling, ramous, 



seeking support and then ascending ( Wiyht) ; stem and branches 



glabrous. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, except the hispid margins ; 

 lov\er floral leaves larger, Pouzolzia Stoclcsii (sp,), Wight, Icon. v. (i, 

 p. 41, n. 18 ; Dak, & Gibs, p, 240. 



Konkan: Stocks\ Deccan: Kheir, Stocks I Kanara ; Dal-ell \ ; near Supa in 

 watercourses, Ritchie, -"^^ ^ ! 



Yah. 2, inter/rifolin, Hook. f. Fl. B. T. v. 5, p. 583, A largo-leaved 



