: 2  Termola.] OXX. PODOSTEMONACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 63 
long, of ith a white mesial line, upper shorter. Pedicel about as long as the leaves. 
Perianth obtusely 3-lobed. Capsule obovoid, crowned with 3 short stigmas. 
3. T. Lawii, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47 ; plant very minute flat, 
leaves sublanceolate crowded round the base of the sheath which is formed 
of connate leaves with free recurved tips, pedicel very short. Tulasnea 
Lawii, Wight Ic. t. 1919, f. 3. Dalzellia Lawii, Wight J. c. 35, 
i ¿The Concay ; in the Salset River, Law. 
Plant about 4 in. diam. Flowering buds crowded round the margins of the frond. 
Perianth-segments obtuse. Capsule ellipsoid, obscurely ribbed. 
| — 4. T. longipes, Tul. Monogr. Podost. 193, t. 13, f£. 2; plant minute, 
narrow, lobed, leaves’ crowded round the base of the sheath subdistichous 
bo linear-elongate acute longer than the pedicel, sheath broad formed of con- 
S nate leaves ciliate. Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47. Lawia longipes, Tul, 
= 98 Amn. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xi. 113. Mnianthus longipes, Walp. Ann. iii. 443. 
The Conca ; in streams near Bombay, Law. 
Similar to T. Lauii; margins of the lobes studded with buds. Leaves flat, broad 
at the base, 4-3 in. long. Pedicel lengthening to 3 in. : 
5. T. pedunculosa, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47; plant flat lobed, 
leaves short subulate all connate into a sheath that is much shorter than the 
; l Dalzellia pedunculosa, Wight Ic. 35. Tulasnea pedunculosa, 
ight l. c. t. 1919, £ 4. . 
The CoNcAN; Bombay, in the Salset River, Law; North Canara, Talbot. - 
4. Probably only a variety of T. longipes, as surmised by Weddel, but considered 
distinet by Wight; the capsule is the same. 
6. T. foliosa, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47; plant broad flat lobed, 
leaves elongate linear crowded round the base of the pedicel and much 
shorter than it, none of them connate into a sheath.  Dalzellia foliosa, 
Wight Te. 35, Tulasnea foliosa, Wight l. c. t. 1919, f. 2. 
The Concan; Bom , in the Salset River, Law. 
¢ —,, Plant about 3 in. brod hargin of lobes studded with buds. Zeaves numerous 
lon. cluster, 1-1 in, long, very narrow, flat, very acute, translucent. Pedicel y; in. 
** Stems elongate, filiform. 
7. T. ramosissima, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47 ; stem filiform 
very long floating much branched, branches some like the stems, others 
Short and flowering, leaves alternate narrowly linear almost acicular, sheath 
Very short of connate leaves much shorter than the pedicel. Dalzellia 
ramosissima, Wight Ic. 35. Tulasnea ramosissima, Wight l. c. 
MALABAR; rivers in Cochin, Johnson. . 
A foot or more long; leafy, stems submerged ; flowering branches floating, 
attached to the upper face of the stem and accompanied by two very slender branch- 
ets. Leaves on the sterile branches almost acicular, shorter than on the flowering. 
Sheath hardly any, its outer leaves short and very acute. Pedicel j-3 in. long. 
erianth 3-lobed almost to the middle, Filaments at length exserted ; anthers 
oblong, base sagittate. Capsule oblong, narrowed at both ends, 9-ribbed ; stigmas 
slender, suberect, , 
2. HYDROBRYUM, Endl. 
Plants small, green, herbaceous, frond-like, spreading over stones, send- 
ing up buds clothed at the base with distichous scale-like leaves. Flowers 
