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between the veins. Seedlings have broadly-ovate leaves, 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 in. diam. Sti rma capitate on a distinct style. 
Berries large, £ in. long, ovoid, often nearly globose, glaucous 
red or black ; edible. 
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52. Podophyllum Emodi, Wall, h.f.b.i. i. 112. 
Sanskint — Laghu PattrS. 
Vern. : — Papra, pttpri, bhavan-bakra, bakra-chimyaka, Nir- 
bislii, Pilijadi (EL); Papri, han-kakri ; banbakri, Kakra, ban- 
kSkra, Chimyaka, Chijikri, gul-kakri, wan-w&ngan v 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, 1-1£ 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 
