540 



(9) P. PETioLARE. {Benth.) 



Ideni. Dec. prod. XII. p. 154. 



Spec. Char. Stem ascendent? sparingly hairy: leaves lofig- 

 petioled, ovate, coarsely cut and serrated, above sparingly, below 

 hairy at the veins, membranaceous, floral upper ones shorter than 

 the calyx : racemes simple: verticils nearly equal, distinct : bracts 

 linear-subulate : calyx campanulate, glabrous at the base, mouth 

 hairy, oblique, teeth short, acute : filaments bearded. 



Peninsula. 



(10) P. WiGHTii. (Benih.J 



Ident. Benth. Lab. p. 156. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 154. 



Spec Char. Pilosely hispid : stem erect ? leaves petioled, 

 ovate, acute, duplicato-dentate or cut, round-cuneate at the base : 

 racemes simple : verticils equal, approximate, or lowest ones remote :' 

 bracts linear-subulate : teeth of the glabrous calyx lanceolate bristly, 

 hispid: filaments lightly bearded. 



Pulney hills. 



(11) P. PARviELORUM. (^BeuthJ) 



Ideni. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. p. 31.— Dec. prod. XH. 

 p. 152. 



Spec Char. Stem ascendent, slightly pubescent : leaves ovate- 

 oblong, narrowed at the base, duplicato-crenate, floral ones subse- 

 cund, glomerately spiked, spikelets subsessile, racemose : racemes 

 axillary and terminal : bracts ovate, striated, pubescent exceeding 

 tke flowers : teeth of the villous membranaceous calyx narrow lance- 

 olate : filaments bearded. 



Silhet, Upper Assam. 



(12) P. puBEscENS. {Benth.) 



Ident. Deo. prod. XII. p. 152. 



Spec Char. Younger stem pubescent : leaves ovate, coarsely 

 few-crenated, rounded at the base, hispidulous above : verticils 

 subsecund, globose, distinct, pubescent : racemes panicled : bracts 

 shorter than the calyx : teeth of the pubescent calyx lanceolate j 

 filaments bearded, 



Bombay, 



