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Pilea micro phylla, Liebm. in Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. ser. 5, v. 2 (1851) 

 p. 296. A small usually creeping herb a native of S. America, rapidly 

 becoming naturalized in India, known as The Gunpoivder Plant, o\^ing 

 to the cloud of pollen discharged from the anthers when the plant is 

 shaken, occurs as a Aveed in Bombay and Pooiia. Prain, Beng. PL 

 p. 962. Pilea muscosa, Lindl. Coll. Bot. (1821) t. 4; PI. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 551 ; Trim. P'l. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 108; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 516. PaHetaria microjjhyUa, Liun. 8yst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 p. 1308.— PJowers : Oct. 



Cannabis sativa, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1027. A tall erect annual 

 herb, wild in Central Asia, cultivated in many parts of the Presidency 

 for the intoxicating drugs known as Gdnja, Charas, and Bhang which 

 are obtained from it. The cultivation in India for the fibre the plant 

 produces does not seem to have been attended with satisfactory results. 

 A very full description may be found in Watt's Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 pp. 103-126. Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 487 ; Grab. Cat. p. 187; Dak. & G-ibs. 

 Suppl. p. 79 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 515; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 103. Cannabis indica, Lamk. Encyc. Method. 

 V. 1 (1783) p. 695. 



Conocephalus suaveolens, Blume, Bijdr. (1825) p. 484. A scandent 

 dioecious shrub common in the forests of Chittagong, Silhet, and Eastern 

 Bengal, with alternate elli])tic-ob]ong entire smooth leaves 4-8 by 3-6 in., 

 and.corymbose axillary heads of very fragrant flowers, is grown in gardens. 

 EL B. I. V. 5, p. 545 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 516; 

 Prain, Beng. PL p. 969. Urtica naudifora, Eoxb. Fl. lud. v. 3 (1832) 

 p. 592. 



PelUonia Daveauana, N. E. Brown, in Gard. Chron. (1880) part 2, 

 p. 262. A creeping succulent herb, a native of Cochinchina, suitable 

 for a suspended basket or rock-work. Its leaves are very ornamental, 

 |-2i in. long, roundish-elliptic or elliptic-oblong, either entirely of a 

 dark bronzy olive-green sliglitly tinted with violet, or marked with a 

 broad central irregular band of bright green. Woodr. Gard. in Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 455. 



Pellioma pidchra, N. E. Brown, in Gard. Chron. (1882) part 2, p. 712. 

 A creeping succulent herb with leaves which are blackish along the mid- 

 rib and veins, the interspaces being green, affording a pretty variegation. 

 Suitable for hanging baskets and rock-work. Woodr. Gard. in Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 456. 



Lajportea ScJiomburc/hii, versicolor, Bull. Cat. (1875) p. 7. A handsome 

 ornamental -leaved plant, a native of the South Sea Islands, introduced 

 into London in 1875. Leaves deep green, irregularly mottled with 

 greyish-green, and variegated with patches of creamy white ; petioles 

 tleshy, red-purple, which color is continued along the midrib and 

 nerves. Nicholson, Diet. Gard. v. 2, p. 235 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 516. 



Excluded Species. 



LAFOTiTKA CSENULATA, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 498, A large evergreen 

 shrub 8-10 ft. high with highly irritant stinging hairs and orate or elliptic entire or 



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