134 



(15) P. DiVEESiFOiius. (Muller.) 



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



Spec. Chae. Male flowers fascicled, females glomerate : calyces 

 small : segments elliptic, subacute at both ends : ovary globose, 

 2 — 4-celledj obscurely silky, ending in a 3 — 4-lobed, somewhat 

 silky, conical styline column : capsule depressed, deeply 3 — 4- 

 furrowed, very shortly pubescent. 



Far. a. lONairoiitrs. — Shrub : branchlets glabrous, or younger 

 ones puberulous and afterwards glabrate : leaves more elongated, 

 lanceolate: capsules hoary-pubescent. — Grlochidion ellipticum, 

 Wight's Icon. t. 1606. 



Malabar and Concan. 



Var.h. WiGHTiANTjs. — Undershrub (?) : branchlets glabrous: 

 leaves acute at the base, very unequal-sided, long cuspidate- 

 acuminate. — Bradleia Wightiana, Wall. Oat. No. 7862. 



Peninsula. 



(16) P. Neilghebeeitsis. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c— Dec. 1. c. p. 303. 



8yn. Grlochidion Neilgherrense, WigTifs Icon. ad. n. 1907. 



Spec. Chae. Small, low tree : leaves lanceolate-elliptic, obtuse 

 or acute, slightly unequal-sided, and often curved inwards, 

 glabrous, pale above, beneath rufescent-brown : male flowers 

 short pedicelled, females sessile aggregate in trees : male calyx 

 6-parted, female 6-cleft : female segments often connate in pairs : 

 concectivum very long: ovary depressed-globose, 6 — 6-celled, 

 silky : styline column thick, truncated, 5 — 6-lobulate, 3 — 4 times 

 longer than the ovary : capsule depressed-globose, very shortly 

 and sparingly tawnyish-silky. 



Ootacalnund, N'eilgherries. 



(17) P. AEBOEEUS. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c— Dee. 1. c. p. 303. 



Syn. Glochidion arboreum, B. Wight. 



Ungrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1907. 



Spec. Chae. Tree: branchlets pubescent: leaves oblong- 

 ovate, acuminate, unequal-sided at the base, rounded on one side 

 acute on the other : pedicels of either sex mixed, males a little 

 exceeding the petioles, gradually thickened, females scarcely 

 any: male flowers fascicled, females glomerate: male calyx 6- 

 parted, female somewhat 6-cleft: female segments broad tri- 

 angular-ovate, often partly connate in pairs and pubescent ex- 

 ternally : connectivum elongated : ovary 5-celled, glabrous : styline 

 column much exceeding the calyx and ovary, thick, subovoid 



