472. 
(4) P. oneracua. (Lion.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 356.=—Dec. prods TH. p. 358:-= 
Roxb. fl. Ind, II. p. 46a. 
_Engrav. Rheede Mal. X. t. 36. 2 
Srec. Cuar. Annual, diffuse: leaves. wedge-shaped, naked,,in, 
the axils and at the joints: petals 5: stamens 10-12: style 5-parte 
ed! flowers sessile, small, yellow. 
All over India, flowering in the-rainy season. 
(2) P. quaprirtpas (Linn.) 
Ident, W.& A; prod. I, p. 356.+-Dec. prod: IIl. p. 854: 
Roxb, fl. Ind. IT. p. 464. 
Syn. P. meridiana, Roxb, fi. Ind. Tl. p. 463,—lecebrum, vers. 
ticillatum, Burm. Ind. p. 66. 
Engras. Rheede Mal... X. t.. 31-—Wight's Ti. I t 109, . 
Spec. Citar. Annval, diffuse, creeping, the joints and axils 
hairy: leaves oblong, flat! petals 4; stamens 8-12: style filiform, 
4-cleft at the apex: flowers terminal, nearly: sessile, sufrqunded, by 
4 leaves, yellow. 
Coromandel and various other pafts of Indias Flowering all the.. 
year. 
(3) P. ruberosa. (Roxb.) 
Ident, Roxb. fl. Ind. If. p, 464.=-W. & A. prod. I. p. 356. 
Spec. Cuar.. Root tuberous: stems diffuse; the joints and axils 
of the leaves slightly hairy: leaves linear-lanceolate: petals 5: sta 
mens about 20: style 5-cleft at the apex: flowers terminal) sessile, 
surrounded by 6-8"leaves:; 
Girears, Walajabad: Fiowering-in the tainy-seasom 
(4) P. surrruricosa: (Wight. ): 
Ident. W. &-A. prod: L. p. 356. 
‘Spruce. Ciran. Root woody, branched: stems: sometrtat- woody- 
at the base, branched: leaves linear, their axils and joints- slizhtly- 
hairy: stamens about 16: style 5=cleft to the middle: flowers. ters 
minal, sessile, surrounded by 6-8 leaves. 
’ Peninsula. 
(5) P. Wiewtraxa. (Walls) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p, 856. 
Srec. Cuar. Diffuse; sometimes creeping: stems atid branches 
naked at the base: joints and axils clothed with numerous Janceos 
late scarious processes: leayes oblong, flat, with the.margin recurvs 
ed: stamens 6-8: style thicker upwards, 5-6-cleft at the apex i 
fiowers terminal, sessiley.surraunded. by a: few leaves, 
Narthamala, Wallajabad. Sadrae, 
