Ealoragis .'] lvi. halorageje. (C. B. Clarke.) 431 



139. Goniocarpus scaber, Koen. 8r Sims Ann. Bot. i. 647, t. 12 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ui. 66, G. tetragyna, Labill. Fl. Nov. Holl. i. t. 53. 



' Khasia Mts., alt 5000-6000 ft. ; between Nunklow and Myrnng, and at Kul- 

 long; J, B.H. 4- T. Thomson.— DisTRiB. China, MaJaya, Australia, New Zealand. 



A suterect rigid herb 4-10 in. high with many branches. Leaves f in. in the 

 Khasia examples oblong acute, as in the Chinese ; in the New Zealand much shorter 

 often ovate ; opposite, the upper sometimes alternate, passing by degrees into the 

 tracts. Flowers sessile, very small. Sepals triangular with a cartilaginous recurved 

 border. Petals twice the sepals, scabrous-pilose on their backs. Fruit with 8 (often 

 obscure) ribs, tubercular, scabrous and covered also with most minute white points, 

 1-celled, 1-seeded. — The Australian specimens agree with those of Bengal in these 

 nunute points ; and moreover the fruit appears in the Australian specimens uni- 

 lormly 1-seeded (as stated correctly by Koenig for the Chinese plant) and not 

 4-Beeded (as stated and figured by La Billardi^re). 



2. SERPXCUZiAyZiTzn. 



;um 



the same plant). Flowers monoecious; minute, clustered in the same axils, the 

 females sessile the males pedi celled. Male: calyx-tube short, lobes 4 ovate 

 *cute ; petals 4, cucullate ; stamens 8 ; stigmas 4, rudimentary. Female : calyx- 

 tube longj lobes 4 ovate acute ; petals and stamens ; ovary 1-celled ; styles 4 

 spieading with papillose or plumose stigmas ; ovules 4, pendulous. Nut minute, 

 ovate, 1-seeded, 8-ribbed or smooth.-^DiSTRiB. Species 2*-4 in the marshes of 

 ^arm Asia, Africa, and America. 



r 



8-ribbed 

 447. 146. 



1. S. zeylanica, Am. in Herb. ; suffruticose, leaves linear or 

 ovate entire or with 1-3 linear small teeth on each edge, fruit gkbrou 

 gberculate on the ribs. S. indica, Thivaites partim, y\z. C.P. No. .^, 

 ^pragis oligantha, Am. Pugillus PL Ind. Or. 18, not of W. ^ A. Prodr 



Ceylon; Adams Peak, Thwaites. 



Cxlabrous. Stems 6-16 in. Leaves |-f in. opposite and alternate on the 



g^> densely approximated. Pedicels of the male fl. equalling the leaves. Stamens 

 • Fruit most minutely puncticulate between the ribs not pilose. 

 ^ Vah. minor-, stems very delicate scarcely 2 in. S, indica Thwaites P. minor 

 ^0- 146 partly. Ceylon, Central Provinces; Thwaites. Appears worthy of specific 

 ^stinction, but Mr. Thwaites treats it as a variety. 



same 



■ 1 



indie a, Thwaites Enn 

 ntate-serrate. fruit with 



M. p. 123 ;^«r^/y ; leaves obovate-oblong 

 -^ -^xatrttc-surniie, iruit wiiu minute glands and very small white hairs, r 

 /7 ^^^^^re or generally altogether wanting. S. brevipes 

 lf^\ P^odr. 338. S. hirsuta, JFtffht. Ic. 1001 ; Arn. PugiUus PL Ind. Or 

 ^icula sp., Wall Cat. 7488. 



and 



_ Cbtlon and Mrs. of the Deccan PEifixsuLA, alt. 6000-8000 ft., frequent. My- 



Pilose, or sometimes glabrous except the ovary and calyx. Leaves J- J in. 

 ^^y minutely ciliate on the edges, opposite with the upper ones alternate, or with 

 Us^u ^^®^ leaves alternate also ; or all opposite. Pedicels of the male flowers 

 ^^Uy as long as the leaves, often much longer. Stamens 8. Fruxt generally very 



«om ridges or tubercles. 



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