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Calyx-lobes li-2 in. long ; style glabrous, ,,, ... ...P. aceroides. 



* * Capsules terete or nearly so. 



O Leaves semi- sagittate at base ; stipules pinnatifid. 

 Flowers 3 in. long or longer ; bracteoles large, divided into several many-cleft and jaggy 

 lobes, forming an involucre, ... ... ...P. semisagittatum. 



O O Leaves never semi-sagittate, usually small, entire or shortly lobed ; 

 stipules small, entire or 2-3-cleft ; flowers not above 2 in. long, 

 t Pedicels much longer than the petioles. 

 Leaves usually greyish or whitish tomentose beneath, acuminate ; stipules and bracteoles 

 2-3- rarely 5-cleft. Capsules greyish or whitish velvety, ...P. lance cefolmm. 



t t Pedicels short, about the length of the petioles or rarely a little 

 longer. 

 Leaves entire, acuminate, beneath rusty coloured (rarely greyish) tomentose ; stipules 

 and bracteoles linear-subulate, with a cucullate basal appendage ; capsules brown 

 scurvy-tomentose, glabrescent, ... ... ...P. cinnamomeum. 



Leaves usually small ; stipules and bracteoles entire, lanceolate, ...P. Blumeanum. 



1. P. ACEEiFOLiUM, Willd.sp.pl, III. 729; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 

 158 ; Bot. Mag. t. 620 ; Wight Ic. t. 631 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 368. p. p. • 



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

 choungs all over Burma from Chittagong and Ava down to Tenasserim and 

 the Andamans. Fl. H. S. ; Fr. C. S. 



2. P. ACEEOIDES, Wall. Cat. 1171 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1873. 62. 



Hab. Tenasserim, and Andamans, in tropical forests. Fl. H. S. 



Ft. diversifolium, Bl. appears to be an intermediate form between Ft. 

 acerifoUum and Ft. aceroides, having the flowers and styles of the former 

 but smaller, and the bracteoles of the latter. 



3. Pt. semisagittatum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50 and Fl. Ind. III. 

 160 ; Hf. Ind. FL I. 368. 



Hab. Frequent in the mixed and dry forests all over Burmali from 

 Chittagong and Ava down to Tenasserim. Fl. H. S. ; Fr. C. S. 



4. Pt. lance^polium, Roxb. FL Ind. III. 163 ; Hf, Ind. FL I. 

 368. 



Hab. Chittagong ; Tenasserim, Tavoy (Wall, teste Mast.) 



5. P. CINNAMOMEUM, nOV. Sp. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of Martaban ; also Tenas- 

 serim. Fr. March. 



I attempted to identify the above species with P^. y«^5czw?^, Korth. when 

 I had only fruits, but Khasya flowering specimens shew its complete dis- 

 tinctness. Some Khasya specimens in leaf distributed from Kew under the 

 name Ft. lanceoefolium belong here. It is nearest to F. ruhiginosum, 



6. Pt. Blumeanum, Korth. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. I. 311 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 1/2. 191. 



Hab. Tenasserim (Helf. 569). 



