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(18) P. WALLICHIANA. (R.W.J 



Wight 1. 0. No. 24. 

 Spec. Chae. Fruticose, erect, branches terete, pubescent : leaves 

 short-petioled, lanceolate, obtuse at the base, tapering above to a 

 slender point, hispid on the margin, otherwise glabrous above, 

 velvetty beneath, flo-wer-bearing ones narrow-lanceolate, much 

 reduced in size : flo-wers tetrandrous : fruit ovate, ribbed, wingless. 



Neilgherries. lyamullay hills near Coimbatore. P.]ovata (R. W.J 

 is a variety with scabrous leaves and P. oblongifolia fR. TV. J with 

 longer leaves. 



(19) P. NEHOHEEEElrSIS. f R.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. No. 26. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, sparingly branched : stems terete, scabrous : 

 leaves petioled, lanceolate, obtuse at the base, tapering to a point, 

 acute, lower ones slightly foliate, softly pubescent beneath, scabrous 

 above : flower-bearing ones alternate, reduced in size and becoming 

 broadly ovate-cordate towards the ends of the spikes : flowers tetran- 

 drous : fruit on the lower portions of the spikes all ovate, ribbed, 

 towards the apex, winged and ovate, mixed. 



Neilgherries. Kotergherry ghaut. 



(20) P. TEIALATA. {R.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. No. 28. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, scarcely branched: stem terete, hispidly 

 pubescent : leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub-acuminate, slightly unequal- 

 sided, hispid towards the margin, smooth on the disk, pubescent or 

 slightly hoary beneath : floral ones smaller : flowers tetrandrous : 

 fruit simply ovate and winged in the same fascicles, the latter 3- 

 winged. 



lyamullay, flowering in August. 



(21) P. CTMOSA. (R. W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. No. 29. t. 1971—2. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby : leaves sub-sessile, opposite, many -nerved, 

 pubescent on both sides : male inflorescence cymose, cymes axillary, 

 paired : flowers petrandrous : fruit sessile, one or two at the base of 

 each peduncle, ribbed not winged. 



Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries, flowering in August and 

 September. 



