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date, more or less prolonged into the petiole, and with the 

 branches glabrous or hispidulous on the nerves beneath : auricles 

 of the petiole caducous : corymbs somewhat simple, contracted, 

 eglandulose, hispidulous or glabrous : capitules small. 



Assam. Neilgherries. — P. corymbosum, Willd. — P. dentiflorum, 

 Blume. — Rumex umbellatus,- SouUyn. — Coccoloba crispata, 

 Boxh. 



Var. b. OTALii'OLiTJM (Meissn. I. c. 60). — Leaves ovate or 

 oval, acuminated at both ends : auricles of the petiole large, often 

 confluent with the petiole : corymbs somewhat panicled, dicho- 

 tomous, hispidulous : capitules largish : bracts acuminate, almost 

 equalling the flowers. 



Peninsula. Canara. NeUgherries. 



Var. c. BEACHiATTJM {Meissn. I. o. p. 61). — Leaves ovate or 

 oblong, cordate at the base or seldom subtruncated, roughish 

 beneath on the nerves and veins : corymbs loosely panicled : 

 peduncles slender, spreading somewhat eglandulose scabrous : 

 capitules small : bracts shorter than the flower, often obtuse. 



Khasia. Assam. 



Var. d. suBHASTATUM (Miism. I. c. p, 61). — Leaves oblong 

 and lanceolate, truncate at the base, subhastate or subcordate, 

 glabrous, quite entire, flat : corymbs panicled, sparingly eglandular 

 and scabrous : capitules small. 



Assam. 



Var. e. coEYMBOsrM (Meissn. I. c. p. 61). — Leaves joblong and 

 lanceolate, suddenly attenuated at the base, quite entire, puberu- 

 lous beneath on the nerve : corymbs simple, contracted (usually 

 3-headed), hispidulous, eglandulose : capitules largish. 



Peninsula. 



(10) P. MiQXTEiiAifirM. {Meissn.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 92. 



Syn. P. elegans, Boxb. var. ? 



Spec. Chab. Stems many, glabrous, prostrate, elongated, few- 

 branched, (terete, striated : ochrese short, somewhat hyaline, 6- 

 nerved, cut and fimbriated, deciduous : leaves somewhat fleshy (?), 

 spathulate-linear, obtuse, revolute at the edges, veinless, beneath 

 1-nerved, axils 1 — 3-flowered : pedicels thin, exserted, articulated 

 at the base, somewhat longer than the closed, keeled and trigonal, 

 base-attenuated calyx: stigmas exserted: achenium largish, 

 equalling the calyx, faces ovate, smoothish, shining. 



Pields near Slangalore. Canara. 



