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(1) P. amaicua. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 433. 
Engrav. Wight's ill. II. t. 127. 
_ Spec. Cuar. Erect, glabrous shrub: leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
tapering much at.the base: lower ones long-petioled: stipules tri- 
anguiar-ovate, acuminated or cuspidate: corymbs terminal, tricho- 
tomous, peduncled, somewhat fleshy: limb of the calyx shortly 
cup-shaped, minutely 5-toothed : flower-bud clavate and curved : 
corolla somewhat tubular, wider at the mouth, much longer than 
the calyx 3 slightly bairy about the insertion of the stamens: fild- 
ments short: anthers exserted: stigma somewhat included ; the 
segments linear: fruit globose, with 10 smalt ribs, even between the 
ribs: flowers purplish-white. 
Parwar Ghaut. Courtallum mountains. Flowering in the rainy 
season. 
(2) P.revicata. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 433. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 828. 
Spec. Cuar. Glabrous shrub: leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, very short-petioled : stipules lanceolate, twice the length 
of the petioles: corymb terminal, long-peduneled: primary rays 
and those on the central primary one in fives, subtended by 4 bracts, 
the other rays in threes and subtended by 2 bracts: bracts lanceo- 
late and connate at the base: flowers aggregated at the extremities 
of the partial.rays, intermixed with broad-lanceolate bracts: lobes 
of the calyx slightly ciliated: tube of the corolla much bearded in 
the throat, scarcely lonver than the segments of the calyx : filaments 
longish exserted: anthers oblong: stigma short, bilamellate, scarce- 
ly exserted : berry ovate, with 4 deep furrows. ‘ 
Courtallum. 
(8) P. pisurcata. (W.& A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 434, 
Eagrav, Wight’s Icon. t. 1039. 
Spec. Cuan. Diffuse shrub: leaves with a short petiole, slightly 
dilated at the base, oblong-lanceolate ; stipules triangular-acuminat- 
ed, caducous: corymb terminal, peduncled, small, few-flowered, 
trichotomous or with the primary rays in fives, with small bracts 
subtending the ramifications: lobes of the calyx 5, roundish-ovate : 
tube of the corolla bearded in the throat: filaments exserted: stig- 
ma nearly included, short and thick, bipartite: berry ovate, 4-fur- 
rowed dy drying. : 
‘Ootacamund, 
