216 



(27) P. EHBEDII. ^R.W.J 



Idmt. Wight 1. c. No. 37. 



MigroB. Eheede Mai. xi. t. 30. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, branclied, braaolies glabrous: leaves alter- 

 nate, petioled, broadly ovate or sub-cordate at the base, acuminate or 

 simply acute, slightly pilose on both sides : flowers glomerate, pen- 

 tandrous : fruit flattened, imperfectly 4-\7iaged, beaked, wings 

 abruptly truncated. 



Malabar. Neilgherries. 



(28) P. SOABEIDA. (B.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. No. 38. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, branched, branches somewhat strigose : 

 leaves alternate, reduced in size towards the extremities, lanceo- 

 late, acute at both ends, at first nearly smooth, afterwards scabrous 

 above, pubescent beneath : flowers pentandrous : fruit 4-angled or 

 imperfectly winged, prominently ribbed between the wings. 



NeUgherries, flowering in August and September. 



(29) P. MiiroB. fE.W.) 



Ident. Wight 1. c. No. 40. 



Spec. Chab. Decumbent, diffuse, branches slender, filiform : 

 leaves small, lower ones broadly ovate obtuse, pilose, upper ones 

 smaller, ovate obtuse, all sub-sessUe : flowers few, axillary, sessile, 

 tetrandrous : fruit both simply ovate, somewhat 4-angled and 4- 

 winged, apiculate. 



Near AUeppy, Travancore. 



(30) P. TUBEKOSA. f B.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. No. 44. 



Syn. TJrtica tuberosa, Roxb.flor. Ind. 111. p. 587. 



Migrwe. Wight's Icon. t. 697. 



Spec Chae. Eoots tuberous: stems annual, flaccid: leaves 

 alternate, ovate, acute, hairy : flowers axiUary, glomerate, tetran- 

 drous , fruit ovate, not ribbed. 



Circass, in moist soil. 



(31) P. VESICABIA. (B.W.J 



Idmt. Wight 1. c. No. 45. 



Syn. TJrtica vesicaria, Boxb. I. c. 



Migrm. Wight 1. c. t. 695. 



Spec. Chab. Shrubby, erect: leaves broadish lanceolate, acute 



