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between the veins. Seedlings have broadly-ovate leave's, petiole 

 slender, more than twice the length of the blade (Brandis). 

 Usually the leaves, says Kanjilal, are with large distant spinous 

 teeth. Racemes corymbose, dense-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves. Flowers peduncled or sessile, 2 in. diam., pale-yellow, at 

 times only T ^-| in. diam. Stigma capitate on a distinct style. 

 Berries large, \ in. long, ovoid, often nearly globose, glaucous 

 red or black : edible. 



52. Podophyllum Emodi, Wall, h.f.b.i. i. 112. 



Sanskrit — Laghu Pattra. 



Vevn. : — Papra, papri, bliavan-bakra, bakra-chimyaka, Nir- 

 bishi, Pilijadi (H.) ; Papri, ban-kakri ; banbakri, Kakra, ban- 

 kakra, Chimyaka, Chijakri, gul-kakri, wan-wangan (Pb.). Veni- 

 wel (Guj.) ; Padwel (Mar.). 



Habitat: — Interior ranges of the Himalaya, from Sikkim to 

 Hazara ; Kashmir. Simla, Jaunsar and Tehri Garhwal, 

 7,000, ft. 



A scapigerous herb. Stem or scape 6-12 in., erect, stout, 

 herbaceous. Leaves 2, vernal, alternate, long-petioled, plaited 

 and deflexed in venation, 6-10 in. diam., orbicular, 3-5-lobed 

 to the middle or base ; lobes cuneate, laciniate or acutely 

 serrate. Peduncle terminal in bud, then apparently supra- 

 axillary or inserted on the petiole of the upper leaf. Flowers 

 white or light rose, 1-1J in. diam., cup-shaped. Sepals very 

 deciduous. Petals 6, sometimes 4 (Royle), ovate-oblong. Stamens 

 usually six. Anther-cells opening by slits. Ovary simple. Stigma 

 large, sessile, peltate. Berry 1-12 in., ellipsoid, red, edible. 

 Seeds many, obovoid, imbedded in pulp, on a broad ventral 

 placenta. 



In the Indian Forester for October 1915, Mr. R. S. Troup, 

 I. F S., has contributed a note on the cultivation of Podophyllum 

 Emodi. According to him the plant can be cultivated easily 

 from seed or from pieces of rhizome, but owing to the very 

 slow growth of the rhizomes it is by no means certain to what 



