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truncated, 5-toothed, at tlie base much broader than the ovary, 

 and as if lengthened out backwards. 



Shevagherry hills, near Courtallum. 



(18) P. Malabaeictjs. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c. p. 69.— Dec. 1. c. p. 305. 



Spec. Chae. Shrub: branchlets puberulous, more or less 

 flexuose : stipules lanceolate-subulate, entire : leaves oblong- or 

 lanceolate- elliptic, shortly and acutely cuspidate-acuminate, sub- 

 acute at the base, brown and darkish : flowers numerous, males 

 slenderly pedicelled, females subsessile, glomerate, sexes mixed ; 

 segments of the male calyx lanceolate, at length elongated : ovary 

 3 — 4-celled, globose, puberulous: styline column obconical- 

 cylindric, not constricted at the base, nearly equalling the ovary 

 in diameter, twice or a little beyond it in length, sharply erect at 

 the apex, 6 — 8-lobulate, greyish puberulous. 



Malabar and the adjacent districts. 



(19) P. Pbeeotbtianus. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Ajg. 1. c— Dec. 1. c. p. 307. 



Spec. Chae. Small tree : stipules ovate : leaves lanceolate- 

 elUptic, acute at both ends, slightly unequal-sided, glabrous, 

 olive-green, beneath rufescent-brownish : female flowers sessile, 

 subsolitary : female calyx 5 — 6-toothed, obconical, rufous-pu- 

 berulous : ovary 5 — 6-celled, globose, glabrous : styline column 

 broadly obconical, truncated, slightly 5 — 6-cleft, a little exceeding 

 the ovary in length, in breadth equalling it at the base and not 

 constricted : lobes furrowed at the back : capsule 5 — 6-coccous, 

 much depressed. 



ITeilgherries. 



, (20) P, TEiUTiHTS. (MuUer.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. in Flora Eatisb. 1. c. p. 380.— Dec. 1. c. 

 p. 309. 



%, Spec. Chae. Shrub : leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong-obovate, 

 pubescent, shortly acuminate, acute at; the base : petioles densely 

 tomentose : flowers pedicelled : ovary 4-celled, globose, silky- 

 tomentose : styline column cylindric-obovoid, truncated at the 

 apex, 4-cleft, somewhat twice exceeding the ovary, whitish-tomen- 

 tose : lobes 4-furrowed at the middle ; capsules gubglobose, small, 

 tomentose, 



Neilgherries, Khasia. 



