558 CLXVII. LEMNACEEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Wolfia. 
D 83, 
ix. 265 (not of Schleid.). Lemna arrhiza, Linn. Mant. 294. m 
Rozb. Fl. Ind. iii. 565; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 252; Dalz, & HTC, 
Fl. 281. Grantia globosa, Griff. Notul. iii. 229; Ic. Pl. Astat. V. 20% 
Bruniera vivipara, Franchet in Billot. 1864, 25. Cosmopolitan 
ommon, probably throughout INDIA and CEYLON.—DISTRIB. GosmoP We, 
OF this Kura distinguishes two Indian varieties, a larger, Delili (Grant glob 
Griff.), and a smaller with more cylindric fronds, the Lemna globosa, 
on, : . d flat 
2. W. microscopica; Kurz in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1x. 254 i irme o 
above, conical beneath and tapering into a root? Heger +. 966-268. 
Grantia microscopica, Griff. Notul. in. 226; Ic. Plant. Asiat. V. 
BENGAL, Griffith. 2c. . 
Known only through Griffiths description and drawings. 
Onpnz& CLXVIII. TRIURIDEZ. 
. : ith a few 
Slender, leafless, coloured annuals. Stem subsimple, Dier: ee mes 
distant scales. Flowers unisexual, small, in terminal Por yn ito or -lobed ; 
pedicels decurved, bracteate. Perianth inferior, 6-8-pa et, 
lobes ovate-lanceolate or subulate, valvate in bud. irri a thick disk, 
2-6, hypogynous or perigynous, anthers free or immerse ` Q, FEM. FL. 
cells 2, confluent, slits extrorse ; pistillodes 3, subulate, oF lo, L-celled; 
Staminodes 0 or few. Carpels many, sessile on a recep t,o peni- 
style terminal lateral or basal, persistent; stigma acute, ¢ Jobose head, 
cillate. Ovules solitary, erect, anatropous. Achenes m a 8 Genera 2, 
obovoid, coriaceous or fleshy, nucleus hard, embryo not seen. 
tropical America and Asiatic. 
SCIAPHILA, Blume. 
. of ihe 
Perianth 3-8-partite or -lobed. Anthers sessile at d Ze an 
perianth. Style ventral or basilar.—Species about 14, 
American. 
8 du Trans. 
1. S. erubescens, Miers in Proc. Linn. Soc. il. (1850) 74 dr lanceo- 
Linn. Soc. xxi. 48; raceme many-fld., perianth segments 2: sadi , 
late naked style, clavate penicillate hardly longer than the A hylleia ert: 
Enum. 294; Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. vii. (1855) 10. AP 
bescens, Champ. in Calcutt. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 468. 
CEYLON ; in shady woods at Galle, Champion; Colombo, Ferguson: ed with red 
: ] 
"` Stem 3-4 in. Flowers } in. diam., hyaline, pale purplish, Sp eck 
streaks ; pedicels 2 in. 
«= (1855) 
, t, vii, (18° 
2. S. secundiflora, Thw. ex Benth. in Hook. Journ. x 6 subulate 
10; Enum. 294; raceme secund, few-fld., perianth Sean the ovary: 
acuminate naked, style clavate penicillate hardly longer tha 
CEYLON ; forests near Sittawake, Thwaites. ious pedice 
Stem 6-14 in., purplish; bracts broad, acute. Flowers morong, Y ite. 
ig-$ in. ; perianth about 2 in. diam. Anthers sessile, transversely 
e rian 
3. S. janthina, Thw. Enum. 294; flowers long-pedicelion P^ Jon d 
segments 8 lanceolate, stamens 4, style subbasilar fili pot D 
than the ovary. Hyalisma janthina, Champ. dn Calc. Jo 
vii. (1847) 466 ; Miers. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. 49. 
Champion: 
TRAVANCORE; Tinnevelly, Beddome. CEYLON; in damp forests, 
