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(20) P. BisHiEiE. (Scmilt.) 



Ident. Ham. M8S.— Dec. 1. c.p. 102.— Meissn. in 'Wall. 1. c. 

 p. 56. 



Spec. Chae. Eglandiilose : stem glabrous below, branches, 

 peduncles and ocbreee densely covered with adpressed hairs, 

 spike-bearing, twice dichotomous : ochreae longish, narrow, short- 

 ciliated, leaf-bearing below the middle : leaves subsessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base, slightly hairy : spikes 

 linear-oblong, continuous, straight, dense-flowered : bracts im- 

 bricated, pubescent, cUiolate : pedicels exserted : stamens 8, and 

 with the style exserted : achenium smooth, shining, faces broad- 

 elliptic, angles sHghtly obtuse. 



Sukanaghur. Peninsula ? 



(21) P. TiscosuM. (Samili.) 



Ident. Ham. MSS.— Don prod. flor. ISTep. p. 71.— Dec. 1. c. 

 p. 102. 



Spec. Chae. Stem branched, glandulose, hirsute : ochrese short, 

 lax, hirsute, ciliated : leaves ovate or lanceolate, hirsute or glabrate : 

 spikes short, oblong, continuous : peduncles densely glandulose, 

 hirsute, or slightly glabrous : bracts somewhat imbricated, hirsute, 

 ciliated, nearly equalling the pedicels : calyx eglandulose : stamens 

 8, and with the style enclosed : achenium ovate-trigonal, obso- 

 letely dotted : flowers purple. 



Silhet. Upper Assam. 



(22) P. STAGNiNTJM. {Homilt.) 



Ident. Ham. MSS.— Dec. 1. c. p. 104.— Meissn. in Wall. 1. c. 

 p. 56. 



Spec. Chae. Stem glabrous : ochrese long, densely hairy, 

 bristle-ciliated : leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, 

 densely villous, younger ones silky : spikes twin or somewhat 

 panicled, oblong, dense-flowered : bracts imbricated, long-ciliated, 

 exceeding the pedicels, and with the peduncles hairy: calyx 

 somewhat eglandulose, externally pubescent : stamens 8, and with 

 the style exserted. 



Bengal. 



(23) P. smiLAEE. {Both.) 



Ident. Roth nov. pi. sp. p. 206. — Dec. 1. c. p. 104. — Eoxb. 

 1. c. p. 290. 



Spec. Chae. Ochrese lax, adpressed, strigose, stiffly bristle- 

 ciliate : leaves oblong-lanceolate : spikes oblong, flowers 6- 

 androua. 



Bengal. Circar mountain^. "Western Ghauts. 



