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obtuse : glanda of male flowers free, subglobose, of the females 

 connate into an entire urceolus : staminal column shortly 3-cleft, 

 rather slender : styles short, 2-partite, recurved : seeds striolated 

 lengthways in transversal ribs. 

 Khasia, at 3—4000 feet. 



(39) P. GEirpiTHii. (Muller.) 



Ident. MuU. Arg. 1. c— Dec. 1. c. p. 384. 



Spec. Ohae. Shrub : flower-bearing branchlets lightly angled, 

 striated, spreading, densely leafy: stipules scariose, lacerately 

 toothed, triangular-ovate, auriculately lengthened at the base : 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends, paler below : flowers 

 of either sex fascicled in the axils of the leaves, dicecious, pedi- 

 celled : calycine segments of both sexes oblong-ovate, soon nar- 

 rowly reflexed : glands of the male flowers orbicular, of the 

 females connate into a crenate urceolus : anthers very small : 

 staminal column very slender, lightly 8-cleft : styles thread-like, 

 deeply 2-parted : ovary smooth : capsules globose, 3-furrowed : 

 seeds smooth. 



Khasia. 



(40) P. EcEPEEiAifirs. {Muller.) 



Ident. Dee. 1. c. p. 385. 



Spec. Chab. Stipules at the base on one side auriculated, on 

 the other long semihastate : glands of male flowers free, some- 

 what smooth : filaments partly connate. 



Yar. a. GENUisrs. — TJndershrub : branchlets smooth : leaves 

 narrow ovate-lanceolate, glaucous beneath, cuneately contracted 

 at the base, recurved at the margin : staminal column 3-cleft to 

 the middle : flowers densely bracteated, very small. 



Silhet. 



Var. b. PAETiFOLirs. — Branchlets papiUosely scabrous in the 

 angles : flowers smaller, linear-obovate, narrowed at the base, 

 acute, or now and then subcordate, subglaucous beneath : stami- 

 nal column partly 3-cleft. 



Khasia hills. 



(41) P. PEiETEEVistJS. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c— Dec. 1. c. p. 385. 



Spec. Chae. Shrub : branchlets solitary or subfaseicled : 

 stipules acuminate, toothed : leaves obovate, rotund-obtuse, acute 

 at the base, pale beneath : flowers moncBcious, somewhat solitary : 

 glands of male flowers free, subrotund, of females connate into 

 a 6-crenated urceolus : segments of either calyx oblong-obovate, 



