A REVISION OF THE INDIAN SPECIES OF LEEA. 137 
means by L. aspera the same plant which he has under that name 
in his herbarium, which is L. robusta, Roxb. (see below 
. L. wersacea, Ham. in Wall. List. 6829. pes or many 
of ae oe ge leaflets eae acuminate the base rhomboid 
or rounded, petioles and rachises rounded or scarcely winged, 
ripe berries yellow, finally black.—L. aspera, Kurz, in Journ. As. 
Soc. 44, ii. 178,179, For. FI. i. 280, not of Wall. L. crispa, Laws., 
in Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 655, in great part. 
Himalaya east from Nepal, Khasia, and Birma, alt. 1000-5000 
feet, in the lowe hills everywhere; the most abundant species of 
Indian Le eea, but not spreading over the plains at any distance 
A 8s of many stems 12-16 feet high, bowing in all 
geciine when fully Pa te Kurz says sometimes a treelet 
-15 feet, in which state I have not seen it. Hxcept in the less 
species does not much differ from L. aspera, Kdgw. urZ 
very likely right in uniting it therewith (Kurz, not aii Wallich’s 
erbarium to consult, supposed L. aspera, Wall., to be the same as 
L. aspera, Edgw.) The leaflets are particularly free from bristles 
on the surface, and this was perhaps the reason why Prof. Lawson 
laced it with L. crispa, from whisk I Page it well distinct, It 
is Beaty burnt down in the jungle- -fires of the lower hills, and 
the shoots from the old roots dower; i the ae shoots of the truly 
arboreous species) frequently 
Buchanan-Hamilton named L. herbac 
Sect. 5. Pavcrronioros#. Leaves simple, or 1-pinnate with few 
pte eas. Herbs or undershrubs. Primary nerves not close 
in the Sect. Pycnoneura, much fewer than the serrations of the 
hate 
14. — macropuyiia, Hornem. Hort. Hafn. i. 231, not of DC.; 
leaves large cordate ovate simple mealy white beneath from minute 
clustered pubescence, lobes of bee staminal tube entire or slightly 
emarginate. oxb. Hort. Beng. 18, Ic. ined. in Herb. Kew 
Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. ii. 466; Wall, ‘List. 6818; Wight, Ic. t. 1154; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 41; Laws. in Fl. Brit. In . i. 654, partly ; 
Brand. For. Fl. 102; Kurz For. Fl. i. 278, in Journ. As. Soc. 44, 
7 178 we simplicifolia, Griff. Notul. iv. 697, Ie. Pl. ‘Asiat. +. 645, 
1, not of Zoll. 
© Scattered nearly throughout India, alt. 0-2000 feet ; but not 
abundant anywhere. Terai of the North-west Himalaya, Falconer, 
Royle; Sikkim Terai, C. B. Clarke ; Assam, Jenkins; Bengal, near 
Furidpore, C. B. Clarke; Monghyr, Lockwood ; Chota eee ( 
B. Clarke. Neelgherries, Wight. Mergui, Griffith. Frequent in 
the mixed forests of Poe and Martaban, fide Kurz. 
Herbaceous, 1-8 feet high. Lowest leaf sometimes 2 feet diam., 
upper leaves 6-9 in.; leaves acute, margin toothed often irregularly ; 
rimary nerves 8-10 on each side the midrib (in the upper leaves), 
often some of them 1 in. apart; mealy pubescence of the surface 
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