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Wight Ic. t. 260 ; Dalz. *§■ Gibs. Bomk FL 96 ; Miq, Fl Ind. Bat I pt. i. 614. 

 R. apetala, F, Muell. Fragm. iii. lOS.—Rheede Hort Mai. ix. t. 81. 



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.. Deccan Peninsula ; Wight, Bottler, Concan, Law, CfirtON, abundant, Tkwaites, 



— DiSTRiB. Australia. Tropical Africa. 



Erect or shortl}- creeping ; steins 3-6 in. Leaves |-^ in., sometimes somewhat 

 ovate at the base. Lower whorls of flowers often distant, upper sometimes almost spi- 

 cate. Calyx tubular ; teeth 3-5, small. Petals small, fugacious, or 0-. Stamens 3-5. 

 Capsule ellipsoid, longer than broad. Seed half-obovoid, the plane face somewhat 

 excavated. — Hypobrichia Spruceana, Benth. m Herb, Bpruce which has been reduced 

 to a sjmonym of Eotala verticUlaris, differs in its inflorescence and short calyx. 



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7. A. dentelloides, Kurz in Journ. As, Soc. 1870, pt. ii. 76; leaves 

 opposite linear, flowers sessile axillary, capsule 2-valved, 



SiKKiM Terai near Siligori; Kur^, C. B. Clarke, 



Stems 2-4 in., procumbent. Leaves J-J in., linear or narrow oblong, ^^^^^^] 

 Flowers scattered, not at all spicate. Calyx-tube elongate-campanulate, 5-nbbed ; 



3times the whole tube with minute scattered 



teeth 5, triangular, acute ; teeth and sometimes 



hairs, accessory teeth 0. Petals minute. 



Seed half-ellipsoid, excfavated on the plane face. 



5-ribbed ; 

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Capsule ellipsoid, much longer than broaa. 



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 leaves opposite linear, flowers sessile axillary, capsule 2-valved. 



; ; Khasia Mts., alt. 2000 ft., H.f. ^ T. ; Rajmahal Hills (Bengal), Kur^; through- 

 out Chota Nagpore, alt. 1000-2000 ft.. C. B. Clarke. Calcutta ; Botanic (jaraen, 



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S^^ws tufted, 1-3 in. ZeamJ-i in., linear or narrow-oblong, at the base narrower 



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Petals if any minute, not yet seen. Stamens 2 (?4^^^^'^^5y^!if! 



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almost petioled, obtuse often with two points (as described by Harvey m ^ujfrenu^ 

 cdpStsis). Flowers not spicate, most minute. Calyx-tube short; teeth 4, y^^^^^^_l 



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Kurz). Capsule spherical, slightly acute.^^&J'ii'^black, half-ellipsoid or nearly ilai^ 

 spherical, excavated on the plane face.— Kurz says the capsule is 3-valved: the ve^ 

 perfect examples from Chota Nagpore have the capsule 2 valved Suffrenm capensis, 

 Harvmj Thes. Capens, ii. t. 189, differs from the Indian plant only in the larger an 

 longer capsule. Compare Rotala filifonnis, Hiem in Oliv. Fl, Trop, 4/^- "\ v^' 

 e Harvey's linear-leaved plant is united with the European Sufrema whicn nd^ 



where Harvey's linear-leaved plant is united with the Europea: 

 oblong, broad-based leaves. 



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 opposite nariow-oblong, flowers solitary axillary shortly pedicelled, capsuie o 



valved. 



Chittagono; tropical rice fields; ff.f, # T., Kurz. r^.*.- 



Stems decumbent, 1-2^ in. Lower leat^s i in., almost petioled, upper snort ^ 

 somewhat obovate. Flowers small, lower distant, upper approximate. CaW- 

 fihcrt ; teeth 4, triangular, accessory teeth 0. Capsule globose, much longer tlian 

 calyx. Seeds black, subhemispheric, excavated on the plane face, 



\ 10. A. pentandra, Jtoxb. Fl. Ind. i. i26 ; cauline leaves opFsite ellip- 

 tic-oblong sessUe faintly nerved, flowers solitary axillar)^ sessile, caps'^^^r;^ «,/ 

 DC. P,-odr. iii. 79 ; W. 4- A. Prodr. 306 ; Wall. Cat. 2102 ; Blume Mus. Jiou 

 11. t. 46 ; Kurz in Jmim. Aa. Soc. 1877, !»t. u. 85. A. nana, Jioa:b.in Y%' 

 ''''''' * -' Ham. in Don Prodr. 220; Wall. Cat. 2107. A; «^^f % 



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