497 



(5) P. lATiroLiA. (Roxh.) 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 76. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 635. 



Spec. Char. Shrub erect, branched : leaves petioled, roundedi 

 cordate or oval, quite entire, or obsoletely repand in the upper part : 

 panicles corymbose, terminal and axillary : flowers small, greenish. 



Very common, in. hedges in the Concan. Coromandel. Flower- 

 ing in April. 



(6) P. WiGHTiANA. {Schauer.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 635., 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1485. 



Spec Char. Shrub or small tree: cymes and petioles pubera- 

 lous : leaves petioled, ovate, abruptly acuminate, rounded or slight- 

 ly produced at the base,, entire, or shortly toothed anteriorly, sub-, 

 bulate, glabrons, nitidulous on both sides : panicles terminal, 

 thyrsoid : calyx sub-bilabiate, unequally 5-toothed ; tube of thej 

 bilabiate corolla twice the length of the calyx. 



Courtallum. Dindigul. Serramallaj. Travancore, 



(7) P- GiABERRIlHA. (R. W.) 



IdenU Wight's Icon. vol. IV. & t. 1.4,84. 



Spec. Char. Everywhei;e glabrous, except a slight villosity 

 on the inflorescence : leaves obovate, oblong, abruptly acuminate,, 

 acute, rigid, entire, somewhat shjning above, pale-whitish beneath : 

 panicles terminal, lax, corymbose, ultimate divisions dichotomously 

 cymose : calyx campanulate, obscurely 5-toothed, shortly villous : 

 corolla bilabiate : upper lip emarginate, under 3-lpbed, middle lobe 

 the largest, throat hairy. 



Courtallum, flo\yering in A,ugust., 



(8) P. roNGiFOLiA. (Roxh.') 



Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. HI. p. 79.— Dec. prod, XI. p. 634. 



Spec Char. Arboreous : branchlets, panicle and petioles covered: 

 with mealy, tomentose, densely stellate pubescence : leaves petioled, 

 ovate-oblong or oblong, short-acuminate, afterwards glabrate on 

 both sides, shining above, pale below : panicles terminal, spreading- 

 coiymbose, many-flowered : calyx campanulate, bilabiate, 5-toothed : 

 flowers white, fragrant. 



Forests in Bengal. Khasja hills. Assam. Flowering nearly, 

 till the year, 



