116 Mr. Baxsineton’s Descriptions of Indian Species 
32. P. recumbens. 
Floribus axillaribus parvis, pedicello brevi, achenio trigono levi nitido angulis 
rotundatis segmentis carinatis calycis clausi tecto, ochreis lanceolatis 
acutis demüm laceris: nervis 2 excurrentibus, foliis ovatis brevi-petiolatis 
margine nervisque subtüs scabris. 
P. recumbens. Royle MSS. 
Stem woody, prostrate, branched, ribbed, scabrous, the internodes short, but 
longer than in P. confertum. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate, mostly acute, 
their margins and the under side of the branched midrib scabrous. Sti- 
pules white, shorter than the internodes, except upon the youngest shoots, 
lanceolate, acute, at length torn, with two long stout excurrent nerves: 
Flowers axillary, small, oblong, on short stalks, jointed just below the 
flower. ruit small, 3-gonous, smooth and shining, the faces ovate, the 
angles blunt, covered by the scarcely enlarged closed calyx, which it 
equals in length. 
Mussooree, August. 
53. P. confertum. 
Floribus axillaribus parvis globosis, pedicello brevi, achenio compresso tri- 
gonove levi nitido segmentis non carinatis calycis campanulati tecto, 
ochreis lanceolatis acutis demüm laceris nervis abbreviatis, foliis oblongis 
1-nerviis brevi-petiolatis margine nervoque subtis scabris. 
P. confertum. Royle MSS. 
Stem prostrate, branched, scabrous, the internodes short. Leaves oblong, 
bluntish, scabrous on the margin and under side of their single nerve, 
narrowed into a short stalk. Stipules white, longer than the internodes, 
except upon the oldest stems, lanceolate, acute, at length torn, with few 
nerves, which scarcely reach more than half their length. Flowers axil- 
lary, small, nearly globose, on short stalks, jointed just below the flower. 
Fruit small, either compressed or trigonous, smooth and shining ; the 
faces ovate, the angles blunt, shorter than the enlarged campanulate 
calyx, the segments of which are not keeled at the back ; the pedicels 
about as long as the enlarged and winged calyx. 
