Pharus, MONOECIA HEXANDRIA, 611 
17, A, spinosus, Willd. iv, 393... — - 
Erect, ramous, round, with sharp spines in stheaxilla of the 
leaves. Spikes terminal, simple, with sessile, axillary glo- 
merules, 
Teling. Mulloo tota Kei. 
Beng. and Hind, Kanta nuteeya. 
A very troublesome weed, particularly during the nny 
and cold seasons. VA 
MONOECIA BESANDRIA, 
_ PHARUS. Schreb. gen. N. 4, 1434. sicioriliicacaa 
Male calyx; glume two-valved, anodcwautil \Corol ; 
glume one or two-valved. Female calyx ; glume two-valved 
one-flowered. Corol; glume one or two-valved. Style single. 
Stigma three ; seed solitary. 
P. urceolatus. R. 
Panicles umbelled ; both male and female flowers pedun- 
cled, and with a one-valved, pitcher-shaped corol. 
A native of Pulo Pinang. 
Root creeping, perennial. Leet a vcide 
broad-lanceolate, smooth on both sides, and entire; from four 
to five inches long, and from one to two broad. Petioles, 
lower portion sheathing ; above the sheathing portion, which 
ends ina bearded mouth, there remains about one inch, which. 
is concave within, .Racemes digitate, each bearing from four 
to six female flowers, all pedicelled ; the lower, and upper 
ones accompanied with a male flower each, so that there are. 
only two males to the spike. Maxe rowers, Calyx ; glume 
two-valved, one-flowered. Corol ; glume one-valved, open- 
ing on.one side from the apex. Fidaments six, the length of 
three-pointed germ, FEMALE FLOWERS, Calyx; glume 
Seked,. sqeBomtend, © Corel; ‘ginme one-valved, pite her 
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