98 Mr. Basineton’s Descriptions of Indian Species 
compact solitary spikes, large and open, the segments of the calyx broad 
blunt, the pedicels jointed just below the flower, longer than the broadly 
triangular obtuse bracteæ ; styles much longer than the stamens, usually 
3 and quite distinct. Fruit young on our specimens, but sufficiently 
advanced to show that it is acutely triangular, and the faces minutely 
punctate-granulated. 
Kedarkanta; Lippa in Kunawur, Peer Punjal and Kherang Pass, Septem- 
ber. 
6. P. emodi. Meisn. 
“ Spicis geminatis angustatis, floribus inapertis, achenii acutanguli faciebus 
levibus nitidissimis, foliis angusté lanceolatis sublinearibusque acutis- 
simis utrinque æqualitèr attenuatis margine revoluto integerrimis suprà 
densé pennatim nervosis, trunco epigeo prostrato ramoso radicante ubi- 
que folioso, caulibus annotinis erectis simplicibus."— Meisn. 
P. emodi. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 51. t 287: 
Stem prostrate, woody, branched and rooting ; stalks short, leafy, upright, 
usually terminating in 2 spikes of flowers, although on our specimens 
there is only one spike upon each stalk. Leaves lanceolate, acute, penni- 
nerved, the nerves prominent above, the margins reflexed and entire, 
very numerous. Stipules long, entire, acute, with numerous prominent 
nerves. Flowers in terminal, sublinear spikes, usually 2 together, seg- 
ments of the calyx 5, oyate, obtuse; stamens 8; style semitrifid, pedicels 
jointed just below the flower, Fruit trigonous, the faces rhombo-ellip- 
tical, smooth and shining. 
Kedarkanta, August. 
Sect. 2. AwBLvcoNoN. Meisn. 
7. P. orientale. Linn. 
“ Spicis paniculatis demüm nutantibus, bracteis acutis, 3—5-floris, floribus 
patentibus. 7-andris, glandulis 7 squamæformibus perigynis inter sta- 
minum insertiones, achenii basi obtusi angulis. rotundatis lineà notatis, 
faciebus suborbicularibus depressis levibus, ochreis recentioribus hypo- 
