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ovate.—Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely 
opposite, stalked, margin generally entire, more rarely toothed, 
3-nerved. Stipules free, scarious or glumaceous, generally persistent 
and subtending the inflorescence. Inflorescences generally with 
male and female flowers intermingled; bracts generally small, 
scarious ; male flowers generally jointed to the short pedicels, the 
female sessile. 
Species about 60; throughout the tropics, but less numerous in America. 
Leaf-margin entire. 
Stigma linear-oblong, shorter than the perianth. 
Fruiting perianth narrowly margined, sides 
4-nerved es Boe 1. P. guineensis. 
Fruiting perianth irregularly ribbed aos .. 2. P. Dewevrei. 
Stigma narrow linear or filiform much longer than 
the perianth. . 
Leaves glabrescent except on the nerves «+ 3. P. Batesit, 
Leaves more or less white-tomentose beneath. 
Herbs, sometimes shrubby below ; leaves rarely 
less than 1 in. wide, upper face very 
sparsely hairy. 
Male flower 4-androus. 
Leaves 3-nerved; petioles long, slender 
(up to2}in.)... oe we wee 4. P. andongensis, 
Leaves triplinerved; petioles short (not 
exceeding 1 inch) cue ee -- 5. P. huillensis. 
Male flower 5-androus ate ne ... 6. P. hypoleuca. 
Shrubs with woody branches and small leaves 
(not exceeding J} by 1 in.). 
Leaves densely hairy above aes 
Leaves sparsely hairy above, white- 
- tomentose beneath ers ae Bap 
Leaves glabrous above, sparsely pubescent 
beneath ... nC ae See AOL 
Leaf-margin serrate or dentate. 
A perennial, 3-6 ft. high ; male flower 3-4-androus ; 
achene polished... es eee soe toe 
Annual herbs; male flower 5-androus; achene 
granular. 
Plant 1 ft. high ; leaves ovate we =e LD OP Erythreee. 
A delicate plant rarely 6 in. high ; leaves broadly eee 
ovate or ovate-roétund ... ee vec --- 12. P. piscicelliana. 
7. P. mixta. 
8. P. fruticosa. 
9. P. shirensis. 
10. P. parasitica. 
1. P. guineensis, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 518. An annual 
herb; stems erect or ascending, 2-3 ft. high, slender, terete, 
Tanched, younger portions shortly pubescent, with intervening 
long soft hairs. Leaves alternate, stalked, ovate-lanceolate to 
ovate, acuminate, base obtuse to rounded, margin entire, varying 
Much in size on the same plant, 1-34 in. long, less than 3-1} in. 
Wide, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves reaching to about the middle of 
the leaf with 1 or 2 lateral nerves above on each side, more or less 
