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"l' Var.? a7W7)^e.?i?ew5, Wall. Cat. 6330 ; stem obscurely quadrangular or the bases of 

 the leaves confluent and decurrent in two hairy lines, leaves nearly sessile often 

 Wtnewhat rounded at the base.— Kumaon ; WallicL Sikkim, ait. 10,000-13,000 ft. 

 (Tungu and Lachen); J, D. H. 



. Except that the hairy lines down the stem are strongly marked this plant might 

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DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



V E. laxum, RoyU III p. 211, t. 43. The figure sh'ows the stem uniformly hairy, 

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^, Herbs or undershrubs, gromng usually in swamps. Leaves alternate, undi- 

 nded, mostly entire. Floivej^s yellow or white, axillary, solitary ; pedicel usu- 

 ally 2-bracteate at the apex. Calyx-tube scarcely produced above the ovary, 

 ^ear; teeth 4-6, acute, persistent. Petals 4-6, epigynous. Stamens double 

 the number of petals, epigynous. Ovary inferior, 4-5-celled ; style simple, 

 nsually very short, stigma 4-5-lobed ; ovules oo, axile, in several vertical rows 

 at the inner aug.e of each cell. Capsule linear, round or angular, 4-5-celled, 



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1. J- repens, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 54; creeping or floating, leaves ob- 

 orate or oblanceolate obtuse narrowed into the petiole, petals 5 (rarely 6) white 

 ^e veins at base slightly yellow, capsule woody, seeds quadrate with a white 

 corky testa. Hain. in Tram. Linn. Soc. xiv. 305 ; Poxh. HorL Beng. 33 ; Fl. 

 ili ^^- 401 ; WalL Cat. 6331 ; Hook. BoL Misc. iii. 300, t. 40 ; W. ^- A, Prodr. 

 9^6 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 628 ; Gibs. ^' Dak. :Bomh. Fl. 98 ; Boiss. FL 

 ^:\ent. ii. 761 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 90. J. fluviatilis, Blume 

 ^'M 1132 ; DC. I c, J. Swartziana, DG. I c. J. floribunda, Grif. Notul iv. 

 ^^«. Oubospermum palustre. Lour. FL Cochinc, S^7.—Pheede Hort. MaL ii. t. 

 ^^•—Probably Jussi^a diffusa, Fmsh. in Oliv. FL Trop. Afr. ii. 488 with many 



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^ ^^ Throughout India with Ceylon ; very common. — Distrib. The wanner parts of 

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Herbaceous, often creeping on the margins of tanks, the stems also spreading on 

 ne water and sustaining themselves on the surface by white vesicles ^-1^ in. Leaves 

 ^^^y variable in size. ^-3 in., usually glabrous sometimes hairy, upper usually 

 ^--^ m., nearly always obtuse in the Indian examples. Pedicel usually as long as the 

 ^Psule, sometimes quite short. Petah about i in., obovate. Capsule ^-1^ in., linear- 

 .vyimdric, glabrous or with scattered hairs. Seeds smooth, reticulated. 



BUffirutlcosa. Linn. I DC. Prodr. iii. 68 



testa 



1877, pt. ii. 90. 



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Prominent raphe shining brown not corky. JValL Cat. 6334 ; Miq. FL Ind 

 ^' i. pt. i. 628 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt, ii. 90. J. exaltata, Poxb. 

 ^P'^'J^eng. 33 ; FL Ind. ii. 401. J. vilk 



111. 57 ; WaU. Cat G^';iS ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 33Q ; Gibs. ^ Dah. Bomb. FL 98. 

 ^- fruticosa, DC. I c. J. scabra, Willd. ; DC. L c. J. Biirmauni, and octo- 



oo^ ^^' ^- O' J. longipes, Griff. Notul. iv. 689. J. decumbens, WalL Cat. 



::^^ I. angustifolia, Lanik. Diet. iii. 831 and IlL t. 280, fig. 3; DC. Prodr. 

 m. 05; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 627. 

 ^^»nc. 226.~P/ieede Hort. Mai. ii. t, 50. 



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