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racemes very short, bracts subulate, wings obovate. DC. Prodr. i. 32^ 

 WaU, VL xU, liar. ii. 185 ; Cat 4176, and ^ pygmsea, Gat. 4176 D (a dwar^ 

 fowl), Royle III t. 19 C ; Hassk. in Miq. Mm. Bot i. 164. • v ^ 



Temp. Himalaya, alt. 4-7000.ft., from Chaniba to Sikkim ; Khasia Mrs. , -^ 



Stems 4-8 in., erect or ascending, leafy. Leaves 1-2 in., tip rounded, mucronate^or, 



not ; petiole very short 



J-^ in. long, very sh 



as long as the caps 



hairy ; strophiole with 2 small ovate appendaj^es. 



ft Herhs. Wings petahid, membranous. Strophiole without appendages. 



5. P. abyssinica, Fresen. in Mies. Senk ii. 273 ; perennial, stems erect, 

 glabrous, leaves narrow-linear, racemes terminal long l^x-flowered, bia 

 ovate, seeds covered with long hairs. Oliv, FL Trop, Afric. i. 130. f. |J 

 rardiana, Wall Cat. 4187 ; Ilassk. in Miq. Ann. Mas. i. 173. -f- scaDrd, 

 Edgew, in Trans., Linn. iSoc. xx. 33. . ~ 



SuBTROP. and Temp. Himalaya, alt. 3-8000 ft., from Marri to Kumaon, Mq^^ 

 mont, &c.; Punjab at Moultan, FdgewortL—Di^rRiB. Affghanistan; AbjbSinid 



Branches 8-18 in., very numerous, slender, ascending from a woody stock, t^^ gj- 

 Leaves J-^ !n., very narrow, acuminate, scarcely petioled. Eaceme l-^ ^ \vate 

 slender, naked. P/oicers | in. long, secund or subsecmid ; bracts caducous, narrow- t 

 margins membranous as are the outer sepals. Winqs obovate, obtuse, ^**[^^ Li^rT 

 8uLe obovate, emarginate, narrowly winged. 

 the seed; strophiole galeate. 



Seeds densely hairy, hairs longer ^U 



6. P. leptalea, DC. Prodr. \. 325; perennial, stems ^^ect glabng 

 habit of P. abyssinica, but racemes dense-flowered, flowers smaller, 

 silky. Wall Cat. 4189; Benth. FL Austral i. 139; U<^^^'^' ^^^^' ^L 



Mas. I 173. p. oligophylla, DC.lc. 325; Wall Cat 4188. 

 Ham. in Don Prodr. 199. 



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SuBTuop. Himalaya, from Kashmir toNipal; Behar ; Khasia Mts,, ascending - 

 4000 ft. ; NiLGiiiiii Mts. ; Rangoon, Ava, Ceylon,— Distkib. Austraha. " . ^^^{q^. 



Very simihir to P. abyssinica. Stems deeply furrowed. Loicer haves cite ^^^ ^ 

 lanceohite. Bacemes 1-2 in., naked. Flowers ^-\ in., subsecund ; bracts ^^^^^^, 

 long as the buds, deciduous immediately after the flower expands, WmgsV^ ^ - 

 rowed below. StrcpJdole small, gakate. ". 



7. P. Rohenackerlana 



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 hoary, stems many short from a perennial stock, leaves oblong h'tnc ^^^^ 

 ob ovate-lanceolate obtuse or subacute, racemes short teruunai ^,j. jj^ 

 flowered, u}>per outer sepal much the largest obtuse, wings ^Vr^ennt^l^^' 

 obtuse very membranous, cai)sule very broadly winged. 1- ij*^\ ^^^ck^ 

 riana mr. iStocksiana J?om. FL Orient, i. 472. P. supina var. n^^*^ 

 riana, liegel PL liaddi t. 7, 6, 12. ^^ 



Western Tunjab, Attock, Vicary ; Waziristan, ascending to 3500ft., . .;,? 

 Distkib. Affghanistan aud Beluchistan, Perisia, Caucasus. . Leat^ 



Stems 2-3 in., much branched from the base, suberect, hoary ^r P""^^,^^" gjie den*^ 

 -| in., pale, hoary, at length glabrous, nerveless. Bacemes J- J in., subse. * j^fsit 



with broad scarious margins, upper 



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lowered. -F7ow;er« drooping, nearly ^ in. long; pedicels short, bracts ®{^i|^ obtasc I 



, per linear-obovate, 2 lateral very small oDio fe^j^j^.^iar, 

 wings white, veins very delicate not anastomosing. Capsule J in.; S'^^^ nneni'^S^^' 

 with a broad membranous wing. Seeds densely silky; strophiole with^ apF 



8. P. persicarisefolla, DC. Prodr. I 326 ; annual, erect, leaV ^^^^^^^^ 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, racemes terminal and extra-axillary, peaice 



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