66 CXX. PODOSTEMONACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [Podostemon. 
smooth. Mniopsis Hookeriana, Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xi. 104, and 
Monogr. Podost. 147, t. 8, f. 5; Wight Ic. t. 1918, f. 4. . 
The CoNcaN; near Bombay, in streams, Law. N. CANARA, in the Kala nuddi, 
Talbot. . 
Plant 1-2 in. broad, appressed to rocks, &c. Leaves not keeled, lower short obtuse, = 
upper fin. long. Spathe tubular, mouth 2-lobed. Pedicel about 4 in. Filament 
flat; staminodes linear, acute, shorter than the ovary. Ovary sessile, globose ; stigmas | 
long, subulate-lanceolate. Capsule subglobose, one valve falling away before the | 
other.—Mr. Hemsley regards the Canara specimens as intermediate between P. stylosus | 
vnd algeformis. i 
7. P. Sohnsonii, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 75; plant an irregularly 
dilated membranous suborbicular or lobed frond, buds on the upper surface 
1-fld. of 4-6 distichously imbricate ovate obtuse keeled leaves, capsule 
smooth or with 8 confluent broad ribs. Mniopsis Johnsonii, Wight Ic. 
t. 1919, f. 5. 
MALABAR ; in rivers, Johnson, E 
Plant 1-1 in. broad, appressed to the stones, &c. Leaves j, in., spreading, rigid 1 
when dry, upper rather the longest. Spathe ovoid, subcompressed, split ventrally and 
at the tip. Filament longer than the ovary ; anthers ovate; staminodes very narrow, 
incurved above, equalling the ovary. Ovary globose, sessile; stigmas short, linear. 
Capsule ellipsoid. 
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8. P. olivaceus, Gardz. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 181 ; plant a mem- j 
branous irregularly lobed flat frond, buds crowded on its upper surface 1-fid. : 
of 6 equitant oblong obtuse acutely keeled leaves, capsule with 8 thick ribs. ~ 
Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 75. P. griseus, Garda. l.c. Hydrobryum oliva- 
ceum & griseum, Tul. in; Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xi. 104 and. Monogr.’ Podost. 
138, 140, t. 9; Wight Ic. t. 1918, £. 2. ? P. Gardneri, Harv. mss. ; Thwaites 
Enum, 223. ; i 
.. NinaHiRi Mrs, ; in the Pycarrah River, Wight. CEYLON; in the Mahawalle — 
Gunga River, Gardner, &c. d 
Plant about 1 in. broad, appressed to. rocks, &c., its lobes sometimes imbricating. | 
Leaves 4 in., upper larger. Spathe elliptic-oblong, incumbent òn the frond, at length ~ 
split longitudinally. Pedicel at length} in. long. Filament compressed, arms short, . 
anthers ovate; staminodes linear, shorter than the ovary. Ovary sessile; stigmas ~ 
short, triangular-lanceolate. Capsule ellipsoid, ribs of the persistent valve decurrent : 
on the pedicel.—P. Gardneri, which consists of a simple terete stem crowned with 
capillary leaves, and grows on the rootstock of P. olivaceus, is supposed to be aD © 
abnormal foliaceous development of that plant. 
9. P. acuminatus, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 75; plant a flat à 
frond radiately lobed, buds in the sinus and angles between the lobes 1-fid- & 
of 6 equitant leaves terminating in long subulate caducous points, cap^ 
sule broadly 8-ribbed. ° 
KnasrA Mrs., in the Bogapane and Kalapane Rivers, J. D. H. & T. T. 
Plant minute, membranous, subdichotomously irregularly shortly forked or lobed - 
andtoothed. Buds horizontal; lower leaves shorter, obtuse. © Spathe ellipsoid, nar- | 
rowed below, at length split longitudinally. Pedicel ascending, jj in. Filament 
flattened, arms short, spreading, staminodes linear, half as longas the ovary. Stigmas f 
subülate-lanceolate. Capsule obliquely ellipsoid, ribs of the persistent valve decur-, | 
rent on the pedicel. a : 
10. P. microcarpus, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 76; plant a dicho- 
tomous flat branching frond bearing scattered 1-fld. buds of 6-8 equitant 
subacute compressed keeled leaves, spathe boat-shaped, capsule obovoid 
