275 



(4) D. AN&TrisTA. fRoxh.J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. o. p. 803. , 



Spec. Chab. Tubers cylindric: stems twining, terete, villous: 

 leaves opposite and alternate, cordate, 5-nerved : male spikes dense, 

 pendulous : females axillary, erect, long, simple or composite, 

 villous : flowers sinall, remote, green, villous. 



STear Calcutta, flowering in tke rainy season. 



'(5) D. oppoBiTiroLiA. fZinn.) 



Iclent. Linn. Spec. 1463. — Eoxb. 1. c. p. 804. 



En^ren. Wigkt'-s Icon. t. 813i. 



Spec. Chak. Herbaceous.; smooth-: leaves -opposite, cordate- 

 ovate-lanceolat^ acute, 3 — 7-nerved: male flowers panicled, females 

 spiked. . ; I . 



<!loromaiidel. Ghauts about iKhandaUa. Flowering iu the rainy 

 season. 



(6) D.. TOMENTosA. ( SoTifinhtokef . ) 



Id&nL Hohenhacker pi. Ind. or. No, 286, — Kunth L c p. 391. 



■Si5)c. Chab. ^Branches tomentose, unarmed : leaves scattered, 

 ternately trisected, segments cuspidate, membranaceous, glabrous 

 ahove, heary-tomentose beneath, terminal one elliptic-t)blong : 

 lateral ones half cordate-ovate : male racemes axillary and terminal, 

 solitary, the sone doubly, the other simply branched, exceeding the 

 leaves : segments of the bibracteolate perianth ovate, nearly equal, 

 urceolate-connivent,- flowers, pedicelledj^olitajy, minute. 



!E]^ear Mkogalore in €anaxa. 



(7) ID,. iMPiEnrLLA. ifldrm.) 



Heni. Linn. Spec. 1462. — Kunfh 1. c. p. 392.— Dalz. Bomb, 

 flar. p. 247. 



Ikgra/v. Eheede Mai. vii. t. 33. — Jacq. Ic. t. 627. 



Spec. •Chae. Twining: branches furrowed, slightly hairy 

 and prickly : leaves scattered, temately 3-divided, membra- 

 naceous: segments -caspidate;, terminal one elliptic.-oblong, lateral 

 obliquely ovate : male racemes axillary, in threes, generally all 

 simple : rachis and pedicels clothed with whitish hairs : capsules 

 obovate-oblong, pubescent. 



Concan. Malabar. 



