ex VI. UIITICACE.E. ('539 



flaccid form. Leaves opposite, 2-2| in. long, sessile, with cordate base, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, soft, not ciliate ; floral leaves | in. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, with cordate base. 



KoNKAN : Dal z ell \, Law \ Dkccan : 23 miles W. of Kolhapur, irooc?row. Kanara: 

 Law !, Stocks ! 



Var. 3. ramosissima, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. v. 16, part 1, p. 235\ 

 Stems much-branched. Leaves hispid on the margins, sessile, cordate, 

 acuminate. Perianth in fruit usually 3-winged, the middle wing often 

 thicker than the others. PI. B. I. v. 5, p. 5b3. Fouzolzia ramosissima 

 (sp.), Wight, Icon. t. 2095, fig. 17, and P. Dalzellii, t. 2096, fig. 21. 



KoNKAN. 



3. Pouzolzia Bennettiana, Wight, Icon. v. 6 (1853) p. 10 and 

 p. 40, t. 1978. Suffruticose ; stem erect, suberect or prostrate, sparingly 

 branched, 2-3 ft. high, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 3-5 by 1|-1| in., 

 opposite or alternately whorled, sessile or very shortly petiolate, not 

 passing iuto bracts, elliptic- lanceolate, acuminate or caudate, quite 

 entire, more or less pubescent on both surfaces, base rounded or sub- 

 cordate, somewhat oblique, 3-nerved, the 2 lateral nerves running to the 

 tips of the leaves ; stipules persistent. Flowers in dense axillary cymose 

 clusters. Male flowers : Sepals with a transverse dorsal ridge at the 

 flexure, acuminate. Stamens 5. Female elowers : Fruiting perianth 

 ribbed or with 2-4 membranous, reticulately veined wings. Fl. B. I. 

 V.5, p. 585 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 117 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 516.— Flowers : Oct. 



Deccan : Panchgani Gbiit, Cooke ! S. M. Countuy : Badami, Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



4. Pouzolzia integrifoliaj Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 134. Suffruticose, 3-4 ft. high, glabrous or nearly so ; stem com- 

 pressed, grooved. Leaves opposite and alternately whorled, sessile, 2-3^ 

 by g-1 in., triangular-lanceolate, the margins rough with short stout 

 hairs, the upper and lower surfaces more or less pubescent, base broad, 

 truncate, cordate or rounded, subamplexicaul, 3-5-nerved. Flowers in 

 dense axillary clusters, the males numerous, the females few. Male 

 flowers: Sepals ciliate at the flexure. Stamens 3-4. Female flowers : 

 Fruiting perianth ribbed or sometimes 2-3-winged. Achene ovoid acute, 

 brown, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 587 ; Dalz. & (xibs. p. 240. — Flowers : 

 Oct. 



KoNKAN : Law \, Stocks \, Dalzell\ S. M. Country: Belgaum, i?«7cA/e! — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula) apparently endemic. 



11. DEBREGEASIA, Gaud. 

 Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, serrate-crenate, 3-nerved ; 

 stipules connate, intrapetiolar, 2-fid. Flowers monoecious or dioecious, 

 in dense globose paniculate or spicate sessile clusters ; bracts of male 

 clusters scarious. Male flowers : Perianth usually 4 (rarely 3 or 5) 

 -partite ; lobes valvate. Stamens usually 4 (rarely 3 or 5), infiexed in 

 bud. Pistillode glabrous or woolly at the base. Female flowers : 

 Perianth ovoid or obovoid, succulent in fruit, the mouth contracted 

 and minutely toothed. Ovary straight, included; ovule erect; 



