215 



(22.) P. EOTDWDIFOLIA. fR.W.J 



Rent. "Wight 1. c. No. 31. 



Spec. Char. Erect, sparingly braaohed : stems pubescent, ob- 

 scurely 4-sided, sides furrowed: leaves alternate, long-petioled, 

 broadly ovate or sub-orbicular, pointed : flowers sessile, axUlary, 

 pentandrous : fruit few-ribbed. 



Courtallum, flowering in August and September. 



(23) P. ELtH-TICA. fR.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. No. 32. 



Spec^Chae. Erect, branched, pubescent: stems terete: leaves 

 alternate, elliptic, acute at both ends, hoary beneath,, rouglish 

 above: flowers axillary, sessile, pentandrous, female ones in the 

 same fascicles : fruit ovate, even, or scarcely ribbed. 



Malabar. 



(24) P. BICUSPIDATA. {R.W.J 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. No. 33. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, sparingly branched : stems succulent: leaves 

 alternate, long-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth above, 

 pubescent beneath: flowers glomerate, axillary, sessile, pentan- 

 drous: fruit ovate, sub-compressed, biouspidate at the apex, not 

 ribbed. 



Courtallum, flowering in August and September. 



(25) P. EOSTEATA. fR.W.J 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. No. 34. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, branched : stems glabrous : leaves long- 

 petioled, alternate, membranous, broad-ovate, acuminate, glabrous 

 on both sides : flowers glomerate, sessile, pentandrous : fruit broadly 

 4-winged, beaked. 



Malabar. Canara. 



(26) P. ATJEICTOATA. fR.W.J. 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. No. 36. 



Spec Chae. Erect, branched, branches-hoary towards the extre- 

 mities : leaves alternate, longish-petioled, lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, roughish above, pubescent beneath : flowers sessile, glomerate, 

 pentandrous: fruit 4-winged, wings enlarging upwards, sub-orbi- 

 cular above, auricle-like. 



Neilgherries. lyamullay hills. Flowering in August and Sep- 

 tember. 



