57. LTTHEACEJE. 303 



Ammannia vesicatoria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 426; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 78; 

 Wight et Am. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. i. p. 305. 



Ammannia indica, Lam. III. i. p. 311. 



Ammannia verticillata, Lam. Encycl. i. p. 1.31, parti m ? 



Shantung : Chefoo (hb. Forbes !) ; Kiangsi: Kiukiang 

 (David, 757, ex Franchet) ; Hur-Eii : Iehang (A. Henry !) ; 

 Kwangtung : Canton (Fiance, 10321 ! Sampson !), Pakhoi {Hay- 

 fair !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Very widely spread in tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia, and 

 extending into some subtropical and temperate regions, as China 

 and Japan. 



2. Ammannia octandra, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 127 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. p. 80 ; Hance in Joum. Bot. 1878, p. 227. 



Fokien : Amoy (Hance !). Mus. Brit. 

 India and Malaya. 



3. Ammannia pentandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 427 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. p. 79 ; Clarice in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 508 (excl. var. 

 fimbriata) ; Hance in Joum. Bot. 1878, p. 227. 



Rotala densiflora, Koehne in Englers Jahrb. i. p. 164. 

 Kwangtung : Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance 13113 !). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 India and Malaya. 



4. Ammannia peploides, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. p. 444 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, ii. p. 742 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 

 p. 500. 



Ammannia repens, Rottl. ; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 80 ; Hance in Joum. Bot. 

 1878, p. 227; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 257- 



Ameletia indica, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 76. 



Peplis indica, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 244. 



Rotala indica, Koehne in Engler's Jahrb. i. p. 172. 



Kwangtung : around Canton (Hance, 10322 ! Sampson !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



From Persia eastward to Japan, and southward in Malaya. 



5. Ammannia rotundifolia, Ham. in Don Prodr. FL Nep. 

 p. 220; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 425 ; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 79; Wight, 

 Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 258 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 111. 



Ammannia subspicata, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Joum. Bot. i. p. 484, et 

 in Hook. Joum. Bot. iv. p. 81 (Ameletia). 



Rotala rotundifolia, Koehne in Engler's Jahrb. i. p. 175. 



