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Matine.] 



XXI. ELATINE2E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 



251 



NiLGHiRi Mrs., Schmidt. 



Australia. 



•DiSTRTB. N. America (usuallj dimerous), N. Zealand, 



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^rrostrateon mud id patches 1-3 in. Lroad. Stems rooting at the nodes, with nume- 

 rous opposite or alternate ultimately ascending branches. Leaves ^-^ in., opposite, 

 Vf^e-lanceolate, narrowed to the base, entire, minutely scabrid; stipules scarious, 

 ^ute incise-serrate. Flowers fully ^^ in. diam. Sepals 3, 2 slightiv herbaceous, 

 ^fhf} ^"^^^^ ^^ '°°^ ^^ ^^^ sepals, with a mid-vein. Seeds about 12 in each cell, 



bai /"''^^^■~'^^^ ^^^^' ^^'^ ^^^' *' ^^' represents entire stipules united at the 

 and sepals exceeding the pistil ; American specimens disagree with the figure in 

 wese respects and agree with the Indian plant. 



'3:^' ^Mlbig-ua, Wight in Hook. Bot Misc. ii. 103, t. 5; flowers pe^i* 

 9^ p ' s^a^ens shorter than the sepals, W. & A. Prodr. 41 ; Wight III t. 

 f» 15; beubert in Nov, Act. Nat. Cur. xxi. t. 2, f. 11-14. 



Sf 7Jr^^'^^^u^A> TFi^/i^.— DisTRiB. Fiji Islands, 

 each ^ P i ^^^^^'c«w«, Arn. Leaves oblong-lanceolate. Sepals, petals and stamens 

 diffe r"!^'"^"^^ly should be united with the preceding and E. triandra, Schk. (which 

 ^oJf/" absence of the superior petal). The aggregate species would have a cos- 



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Linn. 



nfin H^ ^^ undershrubs, 

 ^™ii pubescent. " 



^Jowers solitary . 



Sepal 



erect, decumbent, or diffusely branched, 

 Leaves opposite, serrate, or sometimes quite entire. 



margin --r-^"*' 'rxuix a iiciucirueuus luxuriu aiiu uiui^ k/l 1^:^00 i^..^^*-.*-,^ 



tifraffal ^n^^^' ^^^^^ ovoid. Capsule subcrustaceous, septicidal or sep- 



feir^"^^^^- Warm 



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Tlut^S; ?*?'»*». ^<^^^. i« Jonm. Asiat. Soc. Beng. viL 765 (1838) ; 

 suffnit- ° ^^^*R*^"^^r. flowers fascicled pedicelled 2-8 together. Lancretia 



■ Sikh Sta 



[ peaiceiiea z-o wgetuci. jj^jjvi^-^" 

 B. suffruticosa, ^e«z^ in Denks. Bot. 



DiSTBlB. 



tron."^*''^ ^* Balawati, Edgeworth: Sindh at Kurrachee, Stocls. 



h paper 



nate-sen 



„ - --- — .«»,, ^vj^i^wi V, vvate, heiurti^vvuo, "^- ^ - - i r 



y, ^laments dilated below, n Ovari^ grooved ; stvles 5, one-half the leneih ot 



6e8sil?^fi:-*^i'^"^.' 1 ft- or less, aromatic, with papery deciduous bark. Lmves ^i in., 

 l«>Cn'&^'^P*'««>'-?vate.tUHrgins'cr^ P P*^ ^ . . , ., 



crenate-sen^ate, often reflexed. Flowers ^ in. 

 «Ce"^ "iT'^i',^^ *'''"^" ^eloW. -Se^aZs 5, ovate, lierbaceous, serrulate. Petals obovate. 



theov ' '^'*^'"^nts dilateu „..„.. J„„, . J. , - '- ", 



^""^•' ^«P«w^e 5-celled. "ieedts" numerous"^ minute, shining, slightly curved. 

 ■ plant. Smells of chamomile. 



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A 



or 2-f t. .*i*^°**' W. d:A. Prodr. 41 ; nearly glabrous, flowers solitary 

 ^<^^^w\f''r. ^^atiiie sestivosa, WigU Ic t. 222. bpergula a3stivo:ia, 



Pas • ^^^^• 



■ Bmlih!'« ^''^ '■ Moultan, EdgewoHh. , . „ 



^Wer, n7„u '^°'^r' <iivaricate. Leaves narrow-obovate or oblong, faintly serra e 

 a<:ote d^n f 'i"P ^'"anches with almost linear leaves barren above. 5epa/.» lanceolate 

 ^t disS? t*^' y^^^ membranous margins.-Probably only a variety of B. oaorata 



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3. 



fOMnanntoldes, i?ac6 



219 



3eng. 34 ; i^^. Ind. ii. 457 ; annual, 

 stamens 3-5. Roth. Nov. rLj>p. 



'. Bot. Misc. ill. 93, Suppl 

 Orient. L 472. B. nentanc 



42, t fa '4\"'^- ^i- Orient, i. 472. B. pentandra, GmlL 



^< Cfl/ -r '?^ ammanmoides, W, dcA. Prodr. 41. Sagi 



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