MR. BENTHAM ON LOGANIACEJE. 91 



VL IVfiTREOLA, Idnn. A. DC. Prod. vol. ix. p. 8. 

 Species sunt : 



1- M. SESSiLuroLiA, Torr. et Gr,, annua^ glabra, foliis sessiKbus, pedicellis 



brevissimis, capsulae subovoidese lobis brevibus erectis v. basi leviter diver- 

 gentibus. 



Sah. In America borealis civitatibus australioribus. 



2. M, PETIOLATA, Torr. et Or., annua, glabra, foliis petiolatis, pedicellis bre- 

 vissimis, capsulfiB subovoideflB lobis brevibus erectis v. basi leviter divergen- 

 tibus. 



•tiah. In Americee borealis civitatibus australioribus, in insulis nonnullis Indiss 

 occidentalis, in Mexico {Beechey)^ Panama (Seemann)^ et in prov. Goyaz 

 Brasiliae {Gardn, n. 3897). — M. paniculata, A. DC, Prod. voL ix- p. 9, 

 quoad specimen Brasiliense.— Hook. Ic. t, 828. 



3. M. OLDENLAKDioiDES, Wall^ aimua, glabriuscula, foliis petiolatis, pediccUis 

 brevissimis, capsulse subtriangularis lobis ipsa vix brevioribus demum baai 

 V. undique latfe divergentibus.— Hook. Ic. PL t. 827 .—M, paniculata. Wall 

 Cat n. 4349; Cat. Burm. n. 1826.— Wight, Ic. t. 1600 (exclusis floribus 

 figure majoris) .— JIf . inconspicua, Zoll. et Mor. Verz, PI. Jav. p. 55. 



-««&. In India orientali; Bombay (Dahell), Concan (Law), Sukanaghur 

 {Samilton\ Burma {Wallich), Java {Zollinger). 



4. M. PEDiCELLATA, pcrennis, repens, foliis petiolatis subhirtellis, pedicellis 

 flore longioribus, capsulfle latae lobis brevibus demum latissimi diverg^ifci- 

 bus. — Caulis basi repens, ad nodos radicans, ramis floriferis adscendentibus, 

 nunc 3-4-pollicaribus, nunc J-1-pedalibus simplicibus. Stipulffi brevissim© 

 petiolos connectentes, ad petiolos utrinque 1-2-aristatfle. Folia ovate- 

 acuminata v. oblongo-laneeolata, 2-4 poll, longa, basi in petiolum angustata, 

 ad margines et subtus ad venas scepissimfe ciliato-hirta. C|ymflB paucae, longS 



pedunculatse. Pcdicelli eraciles, 1-2 lin. longse. ilores et fructus parvi, 

 Wepala ovata, margine membranacea. Stylus basi fissus, mox dedduus, 

 apice breviter bifidus. Capsula quam in M. oldentandioide minor, lobis 

 primum erectis, mox divaricatis, demum b^^ recurvis. Semina fer5 

 globosa. 



-SciJ. In Sikhim (Hooker JiL). 



VII. MiTKASACME, jMbUl A. DO. Prod. vol. ix- p. 9. 

 Sectio I. PLECOCAI4TX, i?^w. Species iinica 



1- M. AMBIGUA, Br. : DC. 1. c. p. 12.— Annua, M. nudicauU 



disiincta. 



Secti 



lALTX, Don. Species 3, omu 



2. M. PARADOXA, -5r., erecta, ramosa, foiiata, calyco lati 

 connatis.— jif. divergens^ Hook. fil. in Lond, Joum- 1 



Bab, Swan River (DrummonO), King George's Sound 

 Victoria (Ferd. Miiller), Tasmania (QiM^ 



3. M. iTTTDA, N. ah B., foliis radicalibos, scapo crccto filiforrai 

 lunbellifero, calycc late bifido. ^vlis superni connatis. 



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