142 S. Kurz — Contrihutions towards a [No. 2, 



Corymbs furnished at the lower branchings with 2 opposite narrow floral leaves, 



. , P. sarmentosa. 



1. P. CALOCARPA, Kurz ill Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 315. 



Hab. Frequent in the troj)ical forests of Pegu and Martaban down 

 to Uj)per Tenasserim ; Ava, Kakhyen hills (J. Anderson). — Fl. Aug. — Febr. 

 Fr. Jan. — March. 



2. P. coiWATA, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 163 ; WA. Prod. I. 433. 

 ( Grumilea elongata, Wight Icon. t. 1036 ; Fcederia erecta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 I. 685). 



Hab. Frequent in the moister upper mixed and in the tropical forests 

 of the Pegu Yomah and Tenasserim down to the Andamans. — Fl. April, 

 May ; Fr. CS. 



3. P. PLATTNEUEA, Kurz in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1875. 327. 



Hab. Frequent in the tropical forests of the Andaman islands.— Fl. 

 May, June. 



Much resembling P. rohiista^ Bl., from which it differs in the stipules, 

 glabrous inflorescence, and glabrous corolla. 



4. P. STMPLOCiFOLiA, Kurz For. Fl. II. 11. 



Hab. In the drier hill-forests of the Martaban hills east of Toun- 

 ghoo, not rare at 5000 to 7000 ft. elevation. — Fl. Fr. March. 



5. P. POLTISTEURA, Kurz in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1875. 327. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in tbe tropical forests of the South Andaman. 

 — Fl. May. 



6. P. Helperian-a, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 314. 

 Hab. Tenasserim — or Andamans ? — (Helf. 3038). 



7. P. MONTICOLA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 315. 



Hab. Frequent in the moister hill -forests of Martaban and Upper 

 Tenasserim, at 3500 to 6000 ft. elevation.— Fl. Fr. March, April. 



8. P. ADENOPHTLLA, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 166. 

 Hab. Tenasserim — or Andamans ? — (Helf. 3037). 



Wallich describes his plant as having racemes of. the thickness 

 of the little finger ; my plant agrees with his herbarium-specimens and 

 belongs in the vicinity of Grumilea Gardneri, Tbw., a very near ally to 

 JBsycJi. leucocoma, Teysm. and Binn. in Tydscb. Nat. Ver. Neci. Ind. 



9. P. viRiDiFLOEA, Rcinw. ap. Bl. Bydr. 963 ; DC. Prod. IV. 521 ; 

 Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. IV. 207. (Grumilea viridijlora, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. II. 298). 



Var. a. genuina, stipules broad and rather large ; leaves entire ; 

 cymes puberulous ; calyx-teeth inconspicuous. 



Var. p. TJNDULATA, as preceding, but leaves undulate, the calyx-teeth 

 about ^ lin. long. 



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