47 



bracts ovate, exceeding the very short pedicels : stamens exserted 

 or enclosed. 



Assam. Pundua. 



(28) P. MICEOCEPHAOTM. (Dm.) 



Ident. Don 1. c. p. 72. — ^Dec. 1. c. p. 129.— Meissn. mon. p. 82. 

 ap. "Wall. 1. c. p. 59. 



Spec. Chae. Stem tall, slender, somewhat branched : Ochrese 

 short-ciliate : leaves oblong, acuminate, cuneate-narrowed into 

 the petiole, ciliated, eglandulose : petiole winged, half stem- 

 clasping or wingless, leaflet at the base, reniform, ciliated, auricled 

 on both sides : capitules twin, middle-sized, leafless : peduncles 

 hispidulous or glabrous : bracts subscariose, opaque, oval, obtuse, 

 eglandulose, ciliolate : flowers 5-cleft, octandrous : achenium 

 trigonal, obtuse-augled, granular. 



Silhet. Assam. 



(29) P. CAPiTATrM. {Samilt. MSS.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 129.— Don 1. c. p. 73.— Meissn. 1. c. p. 82. 



S^n. P. repens, Meissn. in Wall. I. c. III. p. 60. 



Spec. Chae. Stem rooting, branched, together with the 

 ochresB and leaves hispidulous with purplish pubescence : leaves 

 ovate or elliptic, subacute : petiole very short, leafy-auricled on 

 both sides: capitules twin or solitary, largish, denscTflowered : 

 peduncles unequal, hispidulous at the apex : bracts paleaceous, 

 ovate, acute, naked : flowers 5-cleft, octandrous : achenium ob- 

 tusely trigonal, obsoletely granular/ 



Pundua. 



Var. a. pittgtjb {Meissn. ap. Wall. I. c). — Branches elongated, 

 lax: leaves thickish, often glabrescent: auricles of the petiole 

 large, persistent : capitules size of a cherry. 



Khasia. 



Var. b. MACiLENxrM {Meiss. I. c.).— Branches abbreviated: 

 intemodes contracted: leaves smaller: auricles of the petiole 

 small, very fugacious : capitules size of a large pea. 



Khasia. 



(30) !p. PEEroMAirM. [Limi.') 



Ident. Linn. sp. I. p. 521.— Dec. 1. c. p. 132.— Koxb. 1. c. 

 p. 288. 



Mngrav. Burm. flor. Ind. t. 31. fig. 2.— Pluk. Aim. t. 398. 

 fig. I.— Lam. lU. t. 315. fig. 8. 



Spec Chae. Ochrese leafy, pierced through by the stem, spread- 

 ing: leaves peltate-triangular, obtuse on the nerve beneath, 

 together with the petiole and angular-branched stem and pe- 



