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(1) P. ITTDICA. fR.W.j 



Wight's Icon. vi. t. 1980— 81.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 240. 



Syn. Parietaria Indica Linn. 



Spec. Ceak. Asoeuding, lax : leaves tripled-nerved, alternate, 

 short-petioled, umform, reduced in size towards tte ends of the" 

 branches, ovate-lanceolate, subacuminate, pilose : flowers few, 

 axillary, glomerate, tetrandrous : fruit ovate, 8-ribbed, apiculate. 



A common weed ia gardens. 



(2) P. PENTANDBA. fR.W.j 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2096. No. 20, 



Syn. Frtica pentandra, Roxl. 



Spec. Chae. Stem branched, 4-sided towards the apex : leaves 

 sessile, narrow-lanceolate, cordate, pilose on both sides, scabrous 

 above : flowers pentandrous : fruit winged, cordate. 



Island of Caranjah. Near Calcutta. Assam. 



(3) P. nfTEGETFOLrA. (Bok.) 



Idenf. Dalz. in Hook. Joum. Bot. III. p. 134. 



Mffrav. Wight 1. c. t. 1979 fig. 1. 



Spec. Chae. Suffniticose : stem compressed, with a line of hairs 

 on each side : leaves opposite, sessile, with a cordate base, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, 3-nerved, entire, pubescent : male and female flowers 

 together, clustered in the axils of the leaves : male perianth 4-parted, 

 filaments flattened : female fruit-bearing perianth 2 — 3-wiiiged, 

 with 8 — 10 ribs between the wings. 



Poondah Ghaut, flowering in September. 



(4) P. sTocKsn. fR.W.j 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. No. 18. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 240. 



Syn. P. ramosisslma, R. W. No. 19. 



Spec. Chae. StraggKng, branched, 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 — 3-wuiged. 



Belgaum. Coimbatore. Annamullay forests. 



