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lanceolate at the base : leaves oblong-elliptic, shortly acute at 

 both ends, intensely white-glaucous beneath, afterwards slightly 

 rubescent and distinctly veined : pedicels of either sex elongated : 

 ealycine segments broad- elliptic, obtuse : ovary 3-celled, glabrous : 

 styline column very short, S-furrowed : capsule depressed, 3- 

 coccous, deeply 3-furrowed. 



Xhasia hills. 



(12) P. ASPEErs. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c— Dec. 1. e. p. 297. 



Spec. Chae. Shrub : branchlets hispidulous, obscurely tawny- 

 tomentose : stipules linear-lanceolate : leaves elliptic, ovate or 

 obovate, minutely mucronulate, pubescent on both sides, rough 

 with whitish tubercles : pedicels of. either sex short, males densely 

 pubescent, females tomentose : calyces subtomentose : segments 

 of the females oblong- obovate, subacute : ovary globose, 4-ceUed, 

 very slightly tomentose : styline column subcylindric, pubescent, 

 twice or nearly 3 times equalling the ovary, and almost equally 

 broad. 



Malabar. Concan. 



(13) P. SiLHETicrs. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c. p. 378.— Dee. 1. c. p. 297. 



Spec. Chab. Small tree: branchlets tomentose, with short, 

 dark, tawny, or rufescent hairs : petioles red-hairy : leaves 

 oblong-elliptic, obtuse or slightly cordate at the base, above pu- 

 bescent on the nerves, beneath at the margin and on the ribs 

 densely pubescent and soft, marked everywhere with a yellowish 

 line: pedicels short : ovary globose, 4- celled, obscurely tomentose: 

 styline column conical, scarcely exceeding the ovary : capsule 

 depressed, deeply 6-furrowed, pubescent, very small. 



Silhet. 



(14) P. AssAMioirs. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c.— Dec. 1. c. p. 297. 



Spec. Chab. Small tree, quite glabrous, except the pedicels 

 and ovaries : leaves ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate-acuminate, acute 

 at the base, slightly unequal-sided, brown : male pedicels pubes- 

 cent, fruit-bearing ones scarcely exceeding the diameter of the 

 capsule, females scarcely any: segments of the male calyx 

 oblong-elliptic : ovary 4 — 3-celled, depressed, globose, sparingly 

 whitish-silky : styline column conical-cylindric, glabrous, a little 

 exceeding the ovary in length, and much narrower, obsoletely 

 4— 3-cleft at the apex: capsules numerous, small, depressed, 

 smoothish, rufescent, 4-coccous, afterwards glabrate. 



Tipper Assam. 



