206 



2-eelled, attached -iy the back : cells opposite. Female : peri- 

 anth 3-lobed, 1 lobe larger, cucuUate, muticous, 2 collateral ones 

 less flat : stamens rudimentary 3, scale-shaped : ovary free, ovate- 

 elliptic, 1-celled : ovule 1, sessile, orthotropal : stigma terminal, 

 sessUe, parted into several segments : achenium enclosed, smooth 

 Of tubercled : seed erect. — Herbs : leaves opposite, usually long- 

 petioled,|stipulate, quite entire or toothed, glabrous or beset with 

 hairs : flowers glomerate in axillary panicles. 



(1) P. TEINEEFIA. {JR. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. VI. t. 1973. 



Spec. Chae. Herbaceous, erect.: glabrous, stems succulent and 

 juicy : leaves opposite, longish petioled, ovate-elliptic, 3-nerved, 

 acuminate, deeply and acutely mucronate-serrated, smooth, shining, 

 deep green above, paler and dull below : panicles axillary, loose, 

 shorter than the leaves. 



Neilgherries, in damp woods, flowering in the rainy season. 



C2) P. EADICAJfS. (B. W.) 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. t. 1974. 



Spec. Chae. Herbaceous, procumbent and rooting at the base, 

 afterwards ascending: leaves opposite, short-petioled, cordate- 

 ovate, acute, deeply serrated, 3-nerved, glabrous and smooth on 

 both sides, deep green, membranous : panicles from the axils of 

 the upper leaves, dichotomous, long-peduncled : male flowers 

 tetrandrous : female 3-lobed, with 3 abortive stamens exceeding 

 the lobes of the calyx : style none : achenium ovate, compressed, 

 smooth. 



Neilgherries. 



GENUS VIII. CHAMABAINIA. 



Moncecia Tetrandria. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. Prom Chamai, on the ground, and Baino, to go, alluding 

 to the creeping habit of the plant. 



Gen. Chae. Moncscious : male calyx 4-cleft : lobes equal : 

 stamens 4, inflexed in aestivation, rudimentary ovary clavate. — 

 Pemaie : 2 or 3 sessile flowers aggregated on the axil or within 

 a bract: sepals 2, minute: style very short: stigma somewhat 

 capitate, penicillate : achenium ovate. 



(1) C. CTISPIDATA. (B. W.) 



Ident. "Wight's Icon. VI. t.. 1981. 



Spec. Chae. Herbaceous, ramous, diffuse, creeping, rooting at 

 the joints, branches ascending : stipules 4, large, scariose : leaves 

 opposite, petioled, ovate, acute, serrated, 3-nerved, pilose on each 



