116 Mr. Babington's Descriptions of Indian Species 



32. P. recumbens. 



Floribus axillaribus parvis, pedicello brevi, achenio trigone leevi nitido angulis 

 rotundatis segmentis carinatis calycis clausi tecto, ochreis lanceolatis 

 acutis demiim laceris : nervis 2 excurrentibus, foliis ovatis brevi-petiolatis 

 margine nervisque subtiis scabris. 



P. recumbens. 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 length. 



Mussooree, August. 



33. P. confertum. 



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

 gonove leevi nitido segmentis non carinatis calycis campanulati tecto, 

 ochreis lanceolatis acutis demiim laceris nervis abbreviatis, foliis oblongis 

 1-nerviis brevi-petiolatis margine nervoque subtfis scabris. 



P. confer turn. Royle MSS. 



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 reach more than half their length. Flowers axil- 

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

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

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

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

 about as long as the enlarged and winged calyx. 



