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Pawn,—Bettle leaf,—Tumbolee-ha-paun.—Cultivated—The leaves are 
sold in every Bazar, and the roots are used medicinally as a stimulant 
called Paun-ha-jhar and Pippla mool. (Mr. Vaupell.) 
* High on a blazing couch the monarch sate, 
Lordly his posture and his brow serene: 
An hoary sire submiss on bended knee, 
(Low bowed his head,) in India’s luxury, 
A leaf all fragrance to the glowing taste, 
Before the King each little while replaced.” 
The Lusiad. Book 7. 
1400. P, Matamiris-. Rox. Flora. 1. p..160. Amalago. Rheed. Mal. 7. 
t. 16-5. Concan, N. . 
1401. P, Trioicum. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 151. 
Cockerwail.—Grows in great abundance at Lanowlee, near Kandalla, 
clothing the trunks of high trees. 
1402. P. Loneum. Rox. Flora. 1. p, 154. Cattu tirpalli. Rheed. Mal. 7. ¢. 
14. Pluk. Alm. t. 104. f. 4. 
Pippul, Pippere— Long Pepper.—Cultivated at Poway, Salsette &c. 
The culture of this plant at Bassein by an intelligent European Portuguese 
who died in 1836, was successfully tried, and there can exist little doubt 
that the soil and climate of the Concans are both favorable to it. (Mr. 
Vaupell.) S. Concan. N. 
ORDER 133. ALISMACEAL. Sweet’s Hort. Brit. p. 375. 
Tue Water PLantain TriBe, Lind. Nat. syst. p. 233. 
659. SAGITTARIA. t. Monoecia Polyandria. 
From Sagitta—an arrow; name given in allusion to the shape of the 
leaves. Lam. t. 776. 
1403. S. Osrusirouia. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 646. Culi-tamara. Rheed. Mal. 
1], ¢. 45. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 200. f. 7. 
An aquatic plant; leaves long petioled; ovate sagittate, with the lobes 
taperiug to long narrow points; flowers small, white,—In tanks throughout 
the Concans. 
S. sagittifolia. (English Botany. ¢. 84.) is a very handsome plant.—In 
China itis cultivated for the sake ofits roots, which form an article of food, 
ORDER 134. HYDROCHARIDE, Sweed’s Hort. 
Brit. p. 374. 
Tue Froc-sit TrIBe. Lind. nat. syst. p. 254. 
660. VALLISNERIA. t. Dioecia Diandria. 
Named after Vallisneri, an Italian Botanist. Lam. ¢. 799. 
1404. V. Ocranpna. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 752. Rox. Cor. 2. ¢. 165. Sai- 
vala. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 275. 
A grass-like plant; leaves radical ensiform: flowers white, pedicelled— 
The margins of tanks throughout the Concan. N, 
1405. V. ALTERNIFOLIA. Rox, Flora, 3. p. 750. Wight in Hooker's Bot. 
Misc. Part. 2. ¢.11, 
