837 



P4V0NIA (Cav. Diss. III, p. 132). 



Bracteolae sub calyce 5-plurima3, distinctae vel in involucrum basi 

 connala». Calyx 5 fidus vel dentatus. Ovarii loculi uniovulati. Garpella 

 dorso nuda vel aristata, indehiscentia vel plus minus manifeste bi- 

 valvia. — Herbse vel frutices subtropicse vel tropicse. 



P. Arabica (Hochst. et St. in Schimp. pl. exs. 1837) tomeniella 

 rufescens, humilis fere herbacea, caulibus erectis, foliis e basi sub- 

 cordata oblongis obtusis subintcgris, pedunculis axillaribus petiolo 

 longioribus, bracteolis 10-12 setaceis liberis calyce triplo longioribus 

 corollam superanlibus, carpellis hirsutis muticis dorso convexis angulo 

 interno subdehiscentibus y. 



Hab. probab. in Belutschia australi (Stocks !), sed civis subdubia. 



Ar Geogr. Arabia deserta in monte Sedder (Schimp. exs. 889 !), Abys- 

 sinia (Schimp !), ditio Scinde (Stocks!). 



P. grewioides (Hochst. in Schimp. pl. Abyss. 1854) adpres- 

 siuscule et stellatim pilosa, frulicosa, ramis erectis, foliis e basi sub- 

 truncata oblongis obtusis crenatis , pedunculis ex axillis superioribus 

 peliolis subbrevioribus, bracleolis subdenis anguste lineari-lanceolatis 

 lere liberis calycem paulo superantibus corolla brevioribus, carpellis 

 glabriusculis indehiscentibus dorso grosse rugulosis subcarinatis rnar- 

 gine medium versus ulrinque aculeo conico brevi obsitis apice obtuse 

 tridenlatis, dentibus in cuspides membranaceas extus et deorsum de- 

 flexas abeuntibus lateralibus indivisis intermedia bifida 5. 



Hab. in Belutschia inferiore (Stocks !). 



Species e sectione Lebretonid, 1-2 pedalis, folia pollicaria, corolla e sicco 

 flava magnit. Cisti salvifolii. 



Ar. Geogr. Abyssinia, Scinde. 



P. procumbens (Wight Prodr. Fl. Ind. I, p. 47) plus minus 

 stellato-pubescens , suffrutescens ramis procumbentibus , foliis e basi 

 cordata ovalis acutis crenatis interdum obsolete trilobis, pedunculis 

 filiformibus petiolo longioribus, bracteolis sex ovato-oblongis in invo- 

 lucrum basi coalitis calycem superantibus corolla flava brevioribus, 

 carpellis pubescentibus indehiscentibus obovatis carinatis aculeis 5-7 

 triangularibus compressis 5. Wight Ic. tab. 4.. 



Hab. in Belutschia (Stocks !). 



Ar. Geogr. Ditio Scinde, India. 



