PUtosj)arum.] xv. pittospore^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 



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- NiLGHiRi Mts., above 5000 ft. 



A small tree. Leaves 1—4 by |-2 in , acute or obtuse, shiiiin.s; above, tbinly coria- 

 ceous, base tapcriug. Corymbs several together; pedicels |-^ in., spreading; brac- 

 teoles minute, subulate. jSti/le glabrous. Capsule subirlobose^-subcompressed, 2-valved, 

 6-seeded.— Very closely allied to states of the African P. Senacia, Putt. 



A 5, P. Ceylanlcum 



terminal peduncled or compound corymbs, sepals ovate acute 

 ovary pubescent. T/iwaites Enum, 68 {excl most syn.). 



subciliate, 



Cevlon; in the Oova district, alt. 3-5000 ft. 



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ous. Leaves 3-4 by |-11 in., obtuse or subacute, 



«we tapering; petiole \-^ in. Peduncles several, 2-3 in., glabrous; bracteoles small, 

 ovate, at the base of the pedicels. Flowers ^ in., greenish-white. Style glabrous. 



tapmle subglobose, compressed, 2-valved.— An imperfectly known species which turns 

 black in drying. . "^ ' 





6. 



floribundum, TT. 



t^l^*^^ acute or acuminate, margins waved, flowers small pubescent in 

 njuch-branched terminal compound corymbs, sepals ovate, ovary pubescent. 

 ^oyle III, 77 J WalL CaL 8127 : Dalz. d: Gibs, Bomb. FL 44. 1 P. densi- 

 floruui PuUerL Monog, 9. Senacia nepalensis, DC. Prod. i. 347. Celastrus 

 vcrticillata, Roxb. FL Ind. 624, Ed. Wall. ii. 391. 



Subtropical Himalaya, from Sikkim to Garwhal, ascending to 5000 ft. Khasia 

 HILLS and MiSHMi ; Westehn Peninsula, Concan to the Nilgliiri Mts. 

 V A small tree; branches often umbelled. Zeat;(35 2-8 by 1-3 in., glabrous, shinin 

 Pai|» below, coriaceous. Corymbs sometimes leafy below; branches 1-3 in., spreadm 

 fe^abrous or pubescent. Flowers numerous, yellow Sepals obtuse or acute, subcihaie. 

 » II L *^"^' Ca/>SMZes pi>iform, glabrous, about G-seeded.—Nilghiri specimens arti 

 Ui'Ua ly broader and shorter leaved than Himalayan. The African P. Mannii, H. f., is 

 nearly allied, but has a glabrous ovary, 



TT Young hmnches pubescent or tomentose. Ovary tomentose in all. 



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Ilohenack 



leaves lanceolate 



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. *,, • dasycaulon, lutauei in lieiv. si ortenttun . tio, ic<i»cc xuiiv.^^' 



«r Oblong-lanceolate glabrous or midrib beneath downy, flowers m dense 

 much-branched terminal compound tomentose corymbs, sepals ovate acute. 



(U^^^ Peni.nsula; hills of Cauara [pi. Ilohenack.) ; Bclgaum, Bitchie; Concaa, 



•^ A shrub or small tree ; branchlets densely tomentose. Leaves 1\-i bv 1-1 4 in., pale 

 ^en when drv «V,;„ « „.: ;„ „„u,„wl„lofo • vmme netioles tomentose. 



«y„ '^" 'Jry, thin, c.iiaceous, mar-in submululate ; young petioles tomentose 



^icers white. Sepals ciliate. Aathrs briglit yellow. Capsule large, compressed, 

 iC%^ *"'»entose before dehiscence, about 6-seeded. -Flowers much larger than lu 1 . 

 »iundum: closely allied to P.ahyssinicum, Hochst. 



pp*i T' ®»'iocarpum, Royle III. 77 ; leaves ovate obovate or broad lan- 

 ft.l« ,'"^« or acute, young floccose on both surfaces, flowers in many 



"^mpound many-flowered often umbellate corymbs, sepals lanceolate densely 

 «>mentose. Wall. Cat. 8129, 8131, 9074. 



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> > ESTERN Himalaya ; in Garwhal and Kumaon, alt. 3-7000 ft. 



Tari^n ** V""^^ ' branches subverticillate, spreading; young tomentose. Leaves very 



2mI f • H,^y ^^-2i in- '^Jult pubescent beneath. Arfuncte* 1-2 m bracteoles 



CW 7 • ^''"^^rs ^ in. long, pale yellow. Ovary tomentose; style short, glabrous. 



■^ "'^* rather large, tomentose, u 



many-seeded, valves woody. 



obLT'i/®"*^erineum, Ait.; DC. 

 m^\\°.^^''^^^ »cute or acuminate 



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many terminal subsiiiiple corymbose racemes, sepals narrow very 



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