96 Mr. Babington's Descriptions of Indian Species 



3. P. amplexicaule. Don. 



Spicis terminalibus solitariis vel geminis longissimis linearibus, bracteis latis 

 pltis minusve acuminatis imbricatis, calycis segmentis ovali-oblongis, 

 foliis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis basi cordatis sensim longe acuminatis 

 laeviusculis vel nervis prominentibus puberulis margine costato-crenatis 

 subrevolutis : caulinis sessilibus amplexicaulibus. 



P. amplexicaule. Don, Prod. 70. Meisn. Mon. 51. 



P. ambiguum et oxyphyllum. Meisn. in Wall. iii. 54. 



P. petiolatum. Don, Prod. 70. 



Stem erect, herbaceous, smooth ; in some specimens slightly downy below the 

 joints, the internodes very long. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, their 

 bases cordate and amplexicaul, sometimes shortly stalked, narrowing 

 gradually into a long sharp point, often quite smooth on both sides, 

 sometimes with the nerves, particularly upon the under side, minutely 

 pubescent ; the margin costate-crenate and more or less revolute. Stipules 

 very long, entire, glabrous, blunt. Flowers rather large, in long slender 

 solitary or twin spikes, with very long pedicels jointed just below the 

 flower; the bractese broad, imbricated, pointed, the point often very 

 long ; the sepals ovate-oblong. Fruit 3-quetrous, the faces ovate and 

 pointed, smooth and shining. 



After the examination of numerous specimens I have come to the conclusion 

 that P. ambiguum and P. oxyphyllum of Prof. Meisner cannot be considered 

 as even marked varieties, but form only accidental forms of one species, pro- 

 bably caused by a difference of soil and situation. Prof. Don informs me that 

 this species is P. amplexicaule, and also P. petiolatum of his Prod. Fl. Nepal. 

 I have therefore restored the former name. 



Simla, Nagkanda, Mussooree and Choor. July. 



4. P. vaccinifolium. Meisn. 



" Spicis subcylindricis laxifloris, floribus patulis, foliis brevi-petiolatis ovatis 

 vel ellipticis utrinque attenuatis leevigatis, trunco epigeo ramoso." 



" |3. medium. Meisn. Spicis solitariis, foliis acutiusculis aut breviter acumi- 

 natis, ramis suberectis. 



