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(7) P. "WiGHTu. (Mill.) 



Ident Miq. 1. c. and t, 1939. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves coriaceous, membranaeeoTis, finely pellucid- 

 dotted, glabrous, smootli above, beneath, on the younger ones 

 sparingly hairy, ovate or elHptic-ovate, shortly acuminate, slightly 

 unequal, rounded at the base, 7-nerved : female catkins afterwards 

 elongating, equalling or exceeding the leaves, spreading : peduncles 

 longer than the petioles : bracts oblong, linear, somewhat membra- 

 naceous : stigmas 3 or 4. 



Pulney mountains. Courtallum. 



(8) P. AEBORESCENS. fMiq.j 



Ident. Miq. 1. c. and t, 1940. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby, scandent, younger leaves membranaceous, 

 adult ones thick, coriaceous, shining above, glaiioescent beneath, 

 puberulous on the nerves, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obliquely shortly 

 acuminate, unequal at the base, 5 or somewhat 7-tuple-nerved : 

 peduncles about the length of the petioles : male catkins short, 

 somewhat curved : bracts orbicular, diandrous : females filiform, 

 pendulous, at length very long: bracts liuear-oblong, sessile: 

 stigmas 3 — 4 : berries oblong, red when ripe. 



Neilgherries. 



(9) P. AEeTEOPHTLLTTM. (Miq.J 



Ident. Miq. 1. c. and t, 1941. 



Sphc Chae. Grlabrous : upper leaves membranaceous, thickly 

 white-spotted beneath, light opaque green above, obliquely eUiptic- 

 lanceolate,taperingly acuminate, nearly equal-sided, acute or cuneatly 

 taperiug at the base, the lower septuple, the upper ones quintuple- 

 nerved, the lateral nerves not extending to the apex : female catkins 

 peduncled : peduncles about the length of or exceeding the petioles : 

 bracts oblong, glabrous above, sub-ciliate : ovary elliptic, glabrous : 

 stigmas 3 — 4, broadly lanceolate from the base, revolutely recurved, 

 pubescent : berries ovate, shortly beaked, black when diy : testa of 

 the seed dark brown, shining, wrinkled. 



CourtaUum. The P. hymenophyllimi. fMiq.j Wight Icon, t, 

 1942 appears to be the female plant of the preceding. 



ORDER GXLIX. CUFULIFER^. 



Flowers monoecious, spiked, spikes for the most part uni- 

 sexual, sometimes females at the base, males above: male 

 flowers solitary or glomerate on an amentum, with or without 



