Phljltimt/nif;. MONOECIA monadelpiiia. 



661 



This wlieii young- is like Niruri, grows under the shade 

 of trees. It flowers during tlie wet and cold seasons. 



Root oenerally annual, though in some soils bi-and even 

 perennial. Stem erect, striated, of a pale reddish colour. 

 Branches several, ascending, striated from the insertions of 

 the stipules. Leaves scattered, spreading, pinnate, from one 

 to two inches long, flower-bearing. Leaflets alternate, linear 

 oblong, entire, smooth, three quarters of an inch long, and 

 one quarter broad. Petioles compressed, somewhat trian- 

 gular. Stipules of the petioles three-fold, acute, membrana- 

 ceous ; those of the leaflets two, lateral. Male flowers, ex- 

 terior leaflets axillary, two or three sub-sessile. Calyx, nec- 

 iary, and stamens as in Niruri. Female flowers, lower 

 leaflet axillary, solitary, sessile. Calyx and nectary as in the 

 male. Germ somewhat murexed, coloured. Capsule scab- 

 rous, three-celled, six-valved. Seeds, two in each cell, trans- 

 versely striated on the outside. 



Note. It is immediately distinguished from P. Jfiruri, by 

 its sessile flowers, and scabrous capsules. Young plants are 

 deeply tinged with dark, dull red. Cattle eat it. The taste 

 herbaceous. 



10. P. bacciformis. Willd. iv. 582. 



Biennial, diflfuse. Leaflets remote, pointed, fleshy. Male 

 floioers monadelphous. Female terminal. JBerries six-seeded. 



Teling. Rawa-sala-burta-kada. 



This species is very common in pasture ground near the 

 sea, on the Coromandel coast. It flowers all the year round. 



Root biennial. Stem or branches several, spreading close 

 to the ground, angular, coloured, sometimes woody near the 

 base, from one to two feet long. Leaves alternate, spreading, 

 pinnate, flower-bearing, from two to three inches long. Leaf- 

 lets from two to six pair, alternate, remote, oval, somewhat 

 fleshy, pointed. Stipules of the petioles three-fold ; of the 

 leaflets two-fold. Male flowers few, in the axills of the 

 inferior leaflets, short-pedicelled. Calyx six-leaved ; leaflets 



