leaves are from 1} to 2 inches long by from 1 to 12 
broad; in that they are from 4 to 6 inches long, by 
about 1 or 13 broad; in this they are very scabrous 
in that nearly smooth. In both, so far as the speci- 
mens show, the fruit are wingless. š 
26. P. Neilgherrensis (R. W. 26), erect, sparingly 
ramous ; stems terete, scabrous: leaves petioled, lance- 
olate, obtuse at the base, tapering to a point, acute, 
lower ones slightly falcate ; softly pubescent beneath, 
harshly scabrous above; floriferous ones alternate, 
much reduced in size and becoming broadly ovate 
cordate towards the ends of the spikes: flowers tet- 
randrous, fruit on the lower portions of the spikes 
all ovate, ribbed; towards the apex, winged and ovate, 
mixed. 
Neilgherries, Kotergherry pass, abundant. 
My specimens of this plant show well the necessity 
of selecting them well advanced, as otherwise they 
are apt to mislead, some of them presenting none but 
ovate ribbed fruit, while others, somewhat older, have 
abundance of winged ones. 
27. P. oblongifolia (R. W. 25), erect, sparingly 
ramous, scabrous : leaves oblong lanceolate, roundish 
or sub-cordate at the base, sub-sessile; scabrous 
above, villous beneath ; floriferous ones much reduced 
in size, sessile, narrow lanceolate, acute: tetrandrous, 
fruit ovate, rigid, wingless. 
Iyamally Hills. I for some time hesitated whe- 
ther I ought notrather to view this as a long leaved 
variety of ovata than a species, they, however, seem 
re Leaves 4 to 4j inches long by about 14 
ro : 
28. P. trialata (R. W. 92), erect, scarcely branch- 
ed ; stem terete, hispidly pubescent : leaves ovato-lan- 
ceolate, sub-acuminate, slightly unequal sided, hispid 
towards the margin, smooth on the disk, pubescent or 
slightly hoary beneath ; floral ones smaller, but scarce- 
ly altered in form: flowers tetrandrous: fruit simply 
ovate and winged in the same fascicles, the latter 3- 
winged. 
Iyamally, August, nearly allied to P. Wallichiana, 
æð distinguished by its 3-winged fruit as well as by 
it. 
eral branches secun 
$ 1. Leaves opposite, multuple-nerved, shrubby, erect, 
ramous, 
1I. Leaves یجید‎ se or rarely multuple-nerved, the lat- 
ly brakii. 
29. P. cymosa (R. W. Ico. 1979), leaves sub-ses- 
sile, opposite, many-nerved, pubescent on both sides, 
male inflorescence cymose: cymes axillary, paired : 
flowers pentandrous, fruit sessile, one or two at the 
base of each peduncle, ribbed, not winged. 
ہت په‎ Eastern slopes, flowering August and 
mber. 
This species is so unlike the rest of the group that 
lat one time thought of separating it as a distinct 
genus, a proceeding which may be deemed advisable 
when the whole order is fully revised in the event of 
its not finding a more suitable place in some of the 
already existing genera. 
30. P. microphylla (R. W. 30), procumbent, diffuse, 
ramous: leaves sessile, broadly Les cordate, obtuse ; 
pubescent on both sides: flowers axillary, fascicled ; 
sessile, tetrandrous : fruit 4-angled, or imperfectly 4- 
winged, with prominent intermediate ridges; sepals 
produced at the apex, forming a beak. 
Hab. ? The station is not recorded. It is 
only artificially related to the preceding by its oppo- 
site many-nerved leaves. In all other respects it 
associates better with some of the plants of the follow- 
ing section. Leaves 6-8 lines long 3-5 broad. 
8 2. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, quintuple- 
nerved: fruit ovate, simply Abbed, 4-angled, or 
more or less perfectly 4-winged. 
* Flowers pentandrous. 
31. P. rotundifolia (R. W. 31), erect, T 
branched, stems pubescent, obscurely 4-sided; sides 
furrowed: leaves alternate, long petioled, broadly 
ovate or sub-orbicular, pointed : flowers sessile, axil- 
lary, pentandrous : fruit few-ribbed. 
Courtallum, flowering August and September. 
My specimens seem to be males as there are very 
few fruit, perhaps in the female or on older branches, 
thefruit will be found to coincide with the more usual 
form in this group, that is, somewhat flattened with 
the angles prominent or even expanded into wings. 
32. P. elliptica (R. W. 32), erect, ramous, pube- 
scent ; stems terete : leaves alternate, elliptic, acute at 
both ends, hoary beneath, roughish above: flowers 
axillary, sessile, pentandrous ; females in the same fas- 
cicles : fruit ovate, even, or scarcely ribbed. 
Malabar. 
33. P. bicuspidata (R. W. 33), erect, sparingly ra- 
mous; stems terete, succulent : leaves alternate, long 
petioled, ovate lanceolate, acuminate: smooth above, 
pubescent beneath especially on the nerves: flowers 
glomerate, axillary ,sessile, pentandrous : fruit ovate, 
sub-compressed, sometimes margined, bicuspidate at 
the apex, not ribbed. 
Courtallum, Ceylon, flowering August and Sep- 
tember. 
The lanceolate long acuminate leaves of this spe= 
cies, with its small glomerules of flowers, bring it 
near to Paritaria Indica, Lin., but its pentandrous 
flowers, and even, not sulcated, fruit sufficiently dis- 
tinguish it; it also resembles the figure of Roxburgh's 
U. visicaria, from which its pentandrous flowers 
equally distinguish it. 4 
34. P. rostrata (R. W. 34), erect, ramous, stems 
terete, glabrous : leaves long petioled, alternate, mem- 
branous, broad ovate, acuminate, glabrous on both 
sides: flowers prie sessile; pentandrous: fruit 
broadly 4-win à 
Malabar: This is a peculiar and well-marked 
species not liable to be confounded with any other. 
Since the above was written I have received speci- 
mens from Canara, from Mr. Dalzell. 
35. P. (R. W. 35), procumbent, root- 
ing at the lower joints, ramous; branches ascending : 
leaves opposite, short petioled, oval, obtuse at both 
ends; pubescent beneath : flowers glomerate, axillary, 
pentandrous: fruit somewhat, compressed, 4-angled ; 
angles often thickened or produced into imperfect 
wings; apiculate or sub-rostrate. i 
Ceylon, Thwaites. My specimen of this plant is 
rather imperfect. 
36. P. auriculata (R. W. 37), erect, ramous; 
branches terete, hoary towards the extremities: leaves 
alternate, longish petioled, lanceolate, acute at both 
ends ; roughish above, pubescent beneath ; flowers ses- 
sile, glomerate, pentandrous : fruit 4-winged; wings 
vr rem upwards, sub-orbicular above, auricle-like. 
C=? 
