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In all India except the western desert region ; and in Ceylon.— Disteib. The 

 warmer moist parts of the whole world. 



: Erect, branching, sometimes 4-6 ft. Leaves 3 by | in., more or less villous 

 (rarely in Indian examples subglabrous), sometimes short, ovate-lanceohite, sometimes 

 nearly linear, shortly petioled or sessile. Pedicel very short, bracts inconspicuous, 

 or (in var. bradeaia of Eottler) foliaceous, 1 in. Petals ^-f in. Caj^sule 1-2 in., 

 linear-cylinilric, more or less villous or finally glabrous, 8-ribbed, membranous, 

 breaking up between the ribs.— The form called J, angustifolia which has ver}' 

 narrow nearly glabrous leaves is found in Burma and thence to Australia, but there 

 are no examples from Cis-Gangetic India. 



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Herhs. Leaves alternate, undivided, subentire. Flowers usually axillary, 

 solitary, sessile or nearly so, peduncle 2-bracteate at at.<^ apex. Calyx-tube 

 scarcely produced above the ovary, linear in the Indian species ; teeth 3-5, acute, 

 persistent. Petals 3-5 (or 0), epigynous. Stajyiens equal in number to^ the 

 calyx-segments, epigynous, . Oyary inferior, 4-5-celled ; style simple, stigma 

 capitate ; ovules very many, attached in 2 or more vertical rows to the imer 

 angle of each cell. Capsule Wne^r or oblong (in the Indian species), 4-5-cellea, 

 opening by terminal pores or breaking up irregularly along the sides, ^ ^^ . 

 numerous, obovoid, smooth, raphe obscure or prominent but not large, witnou 

 coma.— DiSTKiB. Species 20, mostly in North America; extending from the 



cool temperate zone to the equator ; chiefl\^ inhabiting marshes. 



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 Fl. 99 ; Smth. Fl. Austral, iii. 307 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 752 ; Kurz in Journ 

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Erect, 8-24 in., glabrous. Leaves 2-3 by ^-f in., lanceolate or ^^^^^^y" p f^;,! 

 narrowed to the base. Flowers very shortly pedicelled, commonly 4-fia. /^ . 

 small yello^v. Capsule inflated, smooth, the seeds not separately distinguisua 

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 ~Q in. linear, seeds in one row in eaich cell, raphe narrow but promment. • 



Prodr. iii. 59 ; Wight Ic. t. 7G2 ; Kurz in Jmim. As. Soc, 1877, pt. n. Jl- ^ 

 diffusa. Ham. in trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 301 Wall. Cat. G'^^G. -DC l-c. 

 fruticulosa. Plume Pijd. 1133; DC.lc. Nematopyxis prostrata, pusiua; u 



fruticulosa, Miy. J7. Jyw/. _Ba^. i. pt. i. 630. 



North-West Ixdta; Royle. Assam. Silhkt, Raxooon. Ceylox. * j 

 Heyne in Herb. Rattler. — Di^trib. Mahiya, Japan. _ ^_^o ^v i-f 



Prostrate, or decumbent and then erect, 8-24 in., glabrous, -^^^^f^n^.J the 

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