Pouzoizia^ Ui'ticacece. 1 1 7 



In a note on this plant, Dr. Trimen writes : ' This seems fairly distinct 

 from P. pentaiidra^ Benn., of India and Java, with which it is combined 

 in Fl. B. Ind., but it may be an insular form only.' In this work I defer 

 to his opinion, though on a re-exammation of the specimens in the 

 Peradeniya Herbarium I find no ground for altering my own, namely, 

 that it is only a well-marked variety, distinguished by the larger longer- 

 petioled 1. acute at the base. 



4. P. Bennettiana,^ Wight, Ic. vi. 10 and 40 (i853\ 



ATeni'irialis hispida, \N'edd. Mon. Urt. 426. Hyrtanatidra htrta, Thw. 

 Enum. 261 (non Miq.). Memorialis hirta, Wedd. in DC. 1. c. 235''. 

 C. P. 2190. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 583. Wight, Ic. t. 1978. 



Stems 2-3 ft., erect or prostrate, herbaceous or shrubby, 

 glabrous or pubescent; 1. 5-6 in., opp. or ternately whorled, 

 shortly petioled, not passing into the bracts, oval or oblong to 

 narrowly lanceolate, acuminate or caudate, quite entire, base 

 cuneate, more or less pubescent on both surfaces, veins o but 

 the basal pair, which run to the tip of the 1. ; stip. persistent ; 

 fl. in dense axillary cymose clusters ; male sep. with a trans- 

 versed dorsal ridge at the flexure, tip acuminate ; stam. 5 ; 

 fr. perianth costate or with 2-4 membranous reticulate wings. 



Var. /3, G-ardneri, Wedd. Mon. Urt. 427. P. Gardneriann, Wight, 

 Ic. vi. 39, t. 2092, f. 5. C. P. 2195. 



L. ^-2\ in., oblong, acuminate, base rounded truncate or 

 subcordate, rarely acuminate. 



Montane zone 4-7000 ft. ; rather rare. Ramboda; Hunasgiriya Peak. 

 Var /:J, Maturata; Haputale; Ramboda. Fl. April, Aug.-Oct. 

 Also in the hills of S. India. 



5. P. parvifolia, IVioht, Ic. vi. 39 (1853). 



Hyrtanandra triandra., Aliq., Thw. Enum. 261. Memorialis parvifolia., 

 Wedd. in DC. 1. c. 235". C. P. 2187. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 587. Wight, Ic. t. 2092, f. i. 



Stems 6-12 in., spreading diffusely from the root, very 

 slender, prostrate, pubescent or hirsute; 1. opp., \-\ in., sub- 

 sessile, oval or ovate, acute or acuminate, quite entire, 3-veined 

 from the rounded or cordate base, strigosely hairy on both 

 surfaces, veins o but the basal pair which run to the tip of the 

 1. ; petiole ijV in. ; stip. broadly ovate, persistent; fl. minute, 

 solitary, or few, clustered in the axils ; male sep. usually 3, 

 pubescent at the flexure; stam. 3; fr. perianth minute, ovoid, 

 acuminate, 4-5-ribbed, not winged.. 



"**■ Commemorates J. J. Bennett, F.R.S , Secretary of the Linnean 

 Society, 1 840-1 860, and Keeper of the Botanical Department, British 

 Museum, 1 858-1 870, who wrote a monograph of this genus in Plant 

 Javan. Rar. Died 1876. 



