CXXIX. URTICACE^. 
367 
Pouzolzia.] 
cuneate hairy both sides, 1-5 to 175 in. long, 1 in. across; petioles 
*25 in. long. Flower-heads small, few-flowered. Hab. Rare, Kelan- 
tan, Kwala Aring (Yapp). Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. India; 
common. 
There are several more varieties of this species in India and Malaya. 
(3) P. Bennettiana Wight Ic. t. 1978; Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 585. 
Tall plant pubescent. Leaves lanceolate acuminate opposite 
sessile or short petioled, 4-5 in. long, 75 in. across. Heads -5 in. 
across, many-flowered axillary. Stamens 5. Hab. Very rare, 
Pahang, Telom. Distrib. Indo-Malaya, apparently very common 
and variable. 
25 . PIPTURUS, Weddell. 
Shrubs (or trees erect or) climbing. Leaves alternate 3- to 
5-nerved. Stipules bifid. Flowers unisexual in spicate or panicled 
clusters. Male perianth 4- to 5-cleft, valvate. Stamens 4 or 5. 
Pistillode woolly. Female flowers on a fleshy receptacle. Perianth 
ovoid. Ovary adherent to perianth; stigma linear long. Achene 
free in the fleshy perianth. Species 8, Mascarenes, Malayan, 
Australasian. 
(1) P. mollissimus Wedd. Monog. 449; Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 589. 
Climber about 50 ft. long, 1 in. through. Leaves elliptic to 
ovate or obovate acute or round at tip, base cuneate entire; nerves 
3, with one pair at top of midrib, nervules transverse, all elevate, 
puberulous above, tomentose beneath; 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. 
wide; petioles 1 in. long. Flower clusters -15 in. across, distant 
on spikes 3 in. long, 3 to 3 together axillary. Flowers yellow. 
Fruit white. Hab. Forests, Singapore, Toas. Johor, Tanjong 
Kupang. Selangor, Klang; Batu Caves. Perak, Sungei Larut, 
Chanderiang (Kunstler). Penang, Ayer Hitam (Curtis, Porter). 
Distrib. Java. 
26 . VILLEBRUNEA, Gaud. 
Trees. Leaves penninerved sometimes serrate. Flowers in 
small peduncled heads. Female perianth adnate to ovary. Achenes 
adnate to the perianth which is fleshy, only at base. Species about 
8, Indo-Malaya, Japan. 
(1) V. sylvatica Bl. Mus. Bot. 2, p. 167. 
Tree about 50 ft. tall; branches spreading, pubescent at tips. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong cuspidate, base round, edge crenulate above, 
chartaceous (rarely entire); nerves 8 to 15 pairs, glabrous; 6 in. 
long, 3 in. wide; petioles slender, 2-5 in. long; peduncles very 
slender, *5 in. long or less, branched. Heads globose, about -i in. 
across. Fruit very small white. Hab. Mountain forests at 2500 ft. 
altitude or lower, Negri Sembilan, Tampin (Goodenough); Bukit 
Tangga. Selangor, Batu caves; Ulu Gombak; Ginting Bidai. 
Distrib. Java. 
