137 



(24) P. WianTiJLSVs. {Muller.) 

 Ident. Mull. Arg. iu LiniiEea V. 32. p. 6.— Dec. 1. c. p. 334. 

 Syn. Chorisandra pinnata, B. Wight. 

 Ungrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1994. 



Spec. Char. Shrub : branchleta numerous, about 9 — 12- 

 leaved, appearing like a pinnate leaf, glabrous : leaves elliptic or 

 obovate, obtuse at both ends, membranaceous, pale : segments of 

 the male calyx elliptic, obtuse, more or less undulated at the 

 margin, of the female moderately unequal : glands of the male 

 flowers free : disc hypogynous, 5 — 6-lobed. 



Southern Peninsula. Pondicherry. 



(25) P. lONGiPES. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c. p. 11.— Dec. 1. c. p. 841. 



Syn. Peltandra longipes, B. Wight, — Croton pedunculatum, 

 Wall. Cat. m. 7767. 



Migrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1891. 



Spec. Chae. Tree : branchlets subflexuose, glabrous : leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminate towards the apex, obtuse at 

 the base, repandly subdentate at the margin : female pedicels 

 afterwards very long : calyx green-herbaceous : staminal column 

 5-lobed : capsule subglobose, depressed at the top. 



Quilon. 



(26) P. PEITANDEA. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c. — Dec. 1. c. 



Sgn. Peltandra parvifolia, B. Wight. 



Ungrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1892. 



, Spec. Chae. Tree : leaves ovate, short-acuminate, obtuse at 

 the base, entire : flower-bearing branchlets small, shorter than 

 the petioles, densely bracteate : bracts broad-ovate, obtuse,^ flm- 

 briately cut above : female pedicels about equalling the leaves : 

 segments of both calyces obovate, obtuse : male disc subentire, 

 female repandly 6-lobed. 



Malabar. 



(27) P. EETiouiATTTS. (MulUr.) 

 Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 844. 



Spec. Chae. Flowers fascicled : ovary 12 — 6-oelled, globose, 

 glabrous : styles short, erect, 2-lobed : capsules subglobose, 

 depresso-truncated at the apex. 



Var. a. gentjinus. — Shrub : branchlets softly grey or Bome- 

 whafc tawny, or pubescent with sordid hairs : branches sometimes 



