1. Abistolochia.] 61. ABISTOLOCHIACEM. 



1. A. indica L. Gad, 8. 



A glabrous shrub with a woody rootstock, slender sulcata 

 branches, menibranoas, panduriform leaves (L. variable from 

 linear to obovate -oblong, F.B.I.) , and greenish flowers 

 usually 2 or more on a peduncle with slatey-purple 

 (C. B. Clarke) or brownish (F. B. I.) lip. Capsule 1J-2" long, 

 oblong, grooved. Seeds winged. 



Santal Parganahs, Sundarpahari, Haslett ! Fie. Juue-Aug. Fr. Dee. 



L. 2-4" by 1-2'', always broadest above the middle, mostly 

 acuminate. Basai nerves 1 or 2 on each side of the mid-rib. Petiole 

 slender %-*'. Perianth straight, tnbe shortly funnel-shaped with oblique 

 trumpet-shaped mouth and short oblong obtuse lip. 



Boxburgh says the root is nauseously bitter. Haslett says that 

 it is used as a cure for snakebite. This is probably from a fancied 

 resemblance of the flower to the head of a serpent, and is interesting 

 inasmuch as several species have enjoyed a similar reputation in both 

 North and South America (f. Solereder). 



2. A. braeteata, Rets. 



■ Stem slender decumbent or trailing with a long slender rootstock and 

 striate branches 12-18'' long, reniform or broadly-cordate leaves 1%-Z" 

 both ways and petiole 1-1|". FU. solitary on a bracteate peduncle ; lip 

 erect linear dark-purple with re volute edges. Fruit V ovate grooved. 



Chota Nagpur according to Wood's list (without locality; , but I havo 

 seen no specimens from our area. 



Fain, PROTEACE;E. 



A large non-Indian family of which there are some 590 

 Australian species, the remainder being chiefly African. To 

 it beloDgs Grevillea robusta, A. Gunn., which is often planted 

 though not growing well in Chota Nagpur. It bears golden- 

 yellow spikes of flowers in April- May. 



Fam. 63. URTICACEjE. 



Herbs, shrubs, or small trees without milky juice, some- 

 tiir}8 with stinging hairs. L. alt., rarely opposite (spp. of 

 £oBHmeria and others not of C. N.) with usually 3-nerved 



