116 Mr. Babington's Descriptions of Indian Species 



32. P. recuinbens. 



Floribus axillaribus parvis, pedicel lo brevi, achenio tiigono kevi uitido angulis 

 lotundatis segineiitis carinatis calycis clausi tecto, ochreis lanceolatis 

 acutis deiuùm laceris : nervis 2 excnrrentibus, foliis ovatis brevi-petiolatis 

 margine nervisquc subtùs scabris. 



P. recumhens. Royle MSS. 



Stem woody, prostrate, branched, ribbed, scabrous, the internodes short, but 

 longer than in P. confertum. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate^ mostly acute, 

 their margins and the under side of the branched midrib scabrous. Sti- 

 pules white, shorter than the internodes, except upon the youngest shoots, 

 lanceolate, acute, at length torn, with two long stout excurrent nerves. 

 Flowers axillary, small, oblong, on short stalks, jointed just below the 

 flower. Fruit small, 3-gonous, smooth and shining, the faces ovate, the 

 angles blunt, covered by the scarcely enlarged closed calyx, which it 

 equals in lengtli. 



Mussooree, August. 



S.3. P. confertum. 



Floribus axillaribus parvis globosis, pedicello brevi, achenio compresso tri- 

 gonove Isevi nitido segmentis non carinatis calycis campanula! i tecto, 

 ochreis lanceolatis acutis demiun laceris nervis abbreviatis, foliis oblongis 

 1-nerviis hrevi-petiolatis margine nervoque subt^s scabris. 



P. confertum. Royle IM8S. 



Stem prostrate, branched, scabrous, the internodes short. Leaves oblong-, 

 bluntish, scabrous on the margin and under side of their single nerve, 

 narrowed into a short stalk. Stipules white, longer than the internodes, 

 except upon the oldest stems, lanceolate, acute, at length torn, with few 

 nerves, which scarcely reacli more than half their length. Flowers axil- 

 lary, small, nearly globose, on short stalks, jointed just below the flower. 

 Fruit suiall, either compressed or trigonous, smooth and shining; the 

 faces ovate, the angles blunt, shorter than the enlarged campanulate 

 calyx, the segments of which are not keeled at the back ; the pedicels 

 about as long as the enlarged and winged calyx. 



