280 C. NYCTAGINEZE. [ Pisonia. 
panicles, the pa e gthening to above } in., the en larged perianth 
oblong or linear-clavate, e, 1 to} in. long, 5-ribbed, glandular-muricate.— 
Wight, Ic. t. 1763, 1701. P. villosa, oir. ; Chois. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii, 
440 ; P. limonella, "Blume ; Chois. l.c. 6. 
ueensland. Cape York, Daemel; Burdekin river, Fitzalan ; Edgecombe and 
Roc — Bays, Dallachy ; Broad Sound and Nerkool Creek, Bowman; Rockhamp- 
ec 
N.S. Wales. Clarence river, Beckler ; Tweed river, C. Moor 
The species is very widely distributed m the tropical regions d the New and the 
Old World, especially in maritime distric 
. P. inermis, Forst. Prod. 75. A tall tree, glabrous Ws the in- 
florescence. Leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, acuminate r almost 
obtuse, rounded or narrowed at the base, often 6 to 8 in p ‘Flower 
dicecious, small, collected in small cymes forming a pen corymbose 
rather compact ‘panicle, usually shortly pedunculat e and much shorter 
than the leaves. Perianths both male and female narrow, ovoid-oblong, 
scarcely 2 lines long at the time of flowering the males rather longer 
and more dilated at the orifice than the females, all pubescent or villous. 
Stamens shortly exserted. Style scarcely protruding from the females. 
ruiting perianths in a loose panicle on more or less ‘elongated icels, 
the perianth about A in. long, very prominently muricate along the 
pr Chois. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 441; 
3. P. Brunoniana, Endl. Prod. Fl. Norf. 43, but not of Chns A 
tree attaining sometimes a great —— quite glabrous o or the miad 
cence minutely pubescent, but never so much so asin P. ? des p 
or 
e'base, often 8 in jd ong or even more, but sometimes not half t 
somewhat coriaceous when old. Flowers sei hermaphrodite, althoug 
the ovary in some individuals and the stamens in others ma be im} ý 
fect or less perfect, all shortl AP in. small cymes co lected in 
eem leafless men Ü 
ruiting péstünth narrow and above 1 in. long, m 
Cle glabrous and smooth or the angles slightly pa 
cular, contracted upwards into a narrow neck crowned y th 
