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6. POUZOLZIA, Gaudichand. 



1. P Indica, Wight Ic. 1980-81. — Ascending, lax; leaves 

 triple-nerved, alternate, short-petioled, uniform, reduced in size 

 towards the ends of the branches, ovate-lanceolate, subacuminate, 

 pilose; flowers few, axillary, glomerate, tetrandrous; fruit ovate, 

 8-ribbed, apiculate. Common in gardens as a weed. Syn. Pane- 

 taria indica, Linn. 



2. P Pentandra, Wight Ic. No. 20, under No. 2096.— Stem 

 ramous, 4-sided towards the apex ; leaves sessile, narrow-lanceo- 

 late, cordate, pilose on both sides, scabrous above ; flowers pentan- 

 drous, fruit-winged, cordate. Island of Caranjah. Syn. Urtica 

 pentandra, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 583. 



3. P. Integeifolia, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iii, p 134. — 

 SufFruticose, 3 to 4 feet high ; root thick ; stem compressed, with a 

 line of hairs on each side ; leaves opposite, sessile, with a cordate 

 base, lanceolate-acuminated, 3-nerved, entire, pubescent, 3 to 4 

 inches long ; flowers male and female together, clustered in the 

 axils of the leaves ; male perianth 4-parted ; filaments flattened ; 

 female fruit-bearing perianth 2 to 3-winged, with 8 to 10 ribs 

 between the wings. Phoonda Ghaut; flowers in September. Wight 

 Ic. 1919, fig. 1. 



4. P Stocksii, Wight Ic. No. 18. — Straggling, ramous, seeking 

 support, and then ascending ; stem and branches 4-angled, furrowed 

 between, glabrous ; petioles short, connected by a broad, scarious 

 stipule ; leaves glabrous, except the hispid margin, from oval- 

 obtuse at both ends, to cordate-ovate, obtuse ; floral ones sessile, 

 narrow ovate-lanceolate obtuse ; flowers few, axillary, pentandrous ; 

 fruit ovate, ribbed, or broadly 2 to 3-winged. Belgaum, Deccan. 



CXXV. HORACES. 



I. EPICARPURUS. 



1. Orientalis, Blume. — Arboreous; leaves alternate, short- 

 petioled, obovate cuspidate acuminate, serrated towards the apex, 

 very rough above ; male flowers capitate ; heads axillary aggregated, 

 ^ short-peduncled ; females axillary, 1 to 2 together, longish-pedi- 

 celled ; fruit drupaceous, 1 -seeded, tertacrustaceous ; cotyledons 

 very unequal, exalbuminous. Syn. Trophis aspera, Willd. A small, 

 scraggy-looking tree, with very rough leaves, used in polishing 

 wood. .^-^^ ^l-^ ^-^t^>-^^' cy^ >^«,^^..«--c^-<i 



2. UROSTIGMA, Gasparrini. 



1. U Bengalense, Gaspar. — Branches dropping roots, which 

 form stems ; bark smooth and of a hght ash-colour ; leaves 



