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2. P.affinis, Kurz. Fruticosus, humilis ; folia subflaccida, margini- 
bus costaque subtus a medio spinulosa, subtus glaucesceutia ; syncar- 
pia racemosa, erecta, ovi gallinee magnitudine ; drupie laves.— P. hn- 
milis, Lour. Fl. Coch. 740? ; Kurz in Natuurk. Tydschr. v. Ned. Ind. 
xxvii. ; Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 327 ? 
Hab. Ceylon, Tltwaites, C. P. 3740?!; Indian Archipelago ; Java, 
hilly parts ! ; Banca ! 
Folia in sicco subtus glauca, costa a medio tantuin spinulosa ; spi- 
nuhe ^ensae, minutae, rectiusculae, in sicco testacea?. Syncarpia 3 4, 
nonnunquam 5-7, conglomerato-racemosa. Brupee laaves, apice pyra- 
mulato-5-6-gono in stigma longum simplex spinescens terminantes. 
This species is very nearly allied to P.foetidus, and I doubt whether 
the plant from Ceylon really belongs here, or rather constitutes a 
racemose variety of the following. 
3. P.foetidus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 742 ; ejusd. Icon. ined. xvi. t. 5-6 ; 
Kunth, Enum. PI. iii. 98 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 163. Caaspitosus v. 
caulescens, humilis ; folia subflaccida, marginibus costaque tota subtus 
distanter spinosa, glauco-viridia ; syncarpia solitaria, cernua, pugni v. 
ovi struthionis magnitudine, rubra ; drupae laeves, carnescentes. 
Hab. Bengal!; As*am, Matter* /, Jenkins! 
Fruticosus, caulescens, basi radicans v. e;espitosus. Folia spiral iter 
trifaria, coriacea, subflaccida, 4-6 ped. longa, 2-3 poll. lata, acumi- 
nata, glauco-viridia, marginibus costaque subtus (basin versus antrorse 
retrorseque) spinosa, saepe supra in plicis apiccm versus spinulosa; 
spinae curvatae v. rectiuscuhe, crassiuscuhe, albiclm. Spalls pulchre 
luteae, mtentes, margine carinaque spiuulose ciliatae, foetidae. Stamina 
axun carnosum cito putrescentem dense obtegentia; anthene elongatae, 
mueronato-acuminatae, albidee ; filamenta libera, brevissima. Syncar- 
pia cernua, solitaria, oblonga, magnitudine valde varians, nunc ovum 
gall, nunc id struthionis circumferentia fere attingentia, maturescentia 
rubra, brupre, lsevissimae, maturescentes glutinoso-compactae, apice 
Pyramidato-5-6-gono in stigma longiusculum simplex spinescens 
terminantes. 
TaB ' LXH.—Fig. 4. Fruit, Figs. 5 and 6. Drupes, after Roxburgh. 
T » II, Ryckia. Drupce simpliees ; stigmata spinescentia, sapius fur- 
eata, secedentia ; filamenta connata ; antherce aristatce (an semper?). 
(Ryckia, Be Vriese.) 
4 - P. hdicopus, Kurz in Miq. Aim. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 54. t. 2. 
