541 



(is) P. AMARANTOIDES. (Betlth.) 



Ideni. Dec. prod. XII. p. 153. 



Spec. Char. Very slightly pubescent or glabrate : leaves large^ 

 bvate or oblong, cut and serrated, narrowed at the base : verticils 

 nearly equal, interruptedly spiked, panicled : bracts minute, scarcely 

 any : teeth of the puberulous calyx short, lanceolate: 



Khasia hills. Assam. 



(14) P. ATRopUREUMi (Beuth,) 



Ident. Dec. prod, XII. p. 164. 



Spec Char. Stem erect, clothed with reversed hairs : leaves 

 petioled, ovate, duplicato-crenate, round-cuneate at the base, villous 

 on both sides : verticils equal, approximated : bracts very short, brist- 

 ly : teeth of the tubular villoUs calyx lanceolate, shortly subulate- 

 acuminate : filaments long-exsetted, soihewhat naked : flowers darki 

 purple. 



In moist places on the Neilgherries. 



(is) P. MOLLE. (Benth.) 



tdent. Benth. Lab. p. 155. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 154. 



Spec. Char. Softly tonientosely villous : stem ascending ; 

 leaves broad-ovate, crenateid, round-cuneate at the base ; floral ones 

 somewhat longer than the calyx : racemes simple : verticils equal ; 

 lower ones remote ; uppermost ones approximated : bracts linear- 

 subulate : teeth of the villous calyx lanceolate-subulate : filamenti^ 

 bearded. 



Pulney Hills. 



(16) t*. ROTUNDATUM. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. p. 31.— Dec. prod. XII,' 

 p. 155. 



Spec. Char. Villous: stem ascendent: leaves round, duplicato- 

 crenate, truncated or cordate at the base ; upper floral ones shorter 

 than the calyx : racemes simple : verticils equal, somewhat remote s 

 bracts linear-subulate : teeth of the villous calyx lanceolate : flla-t 

 ments bearded : flowers small,- white. 



Peninsula, Neilgherries, Flowering in March and April^ 



