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ITrianthema. 







gins. Flowers solitary, aiillary pedicel i in. Cal?/x within a bright rose ; seg- 

 ments J in., cuspidate. Stamens 15-40, free or nearly so. Styles 3, less commonly 

 4 or 6» Capsule \ in. &^5 not very many, obtusely keeled on the margin. 



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8. TRZANTBEMA, Linn. 



Diffuse prostrate branched herbs, glabrous or papillose. Leaves petioled, 

 oppoate, unequal, from linear to ovate or obovate, entire ; petioles connected at 

 base by their dilated membranous margins ; stipules 0. Flmvers small, axillary, 

 sessile or peduncled, solitary or in cymes or clusters. Calyx-tube short or long, 

 lobes 5, often cuspidate, coloured within. ' Petals 0. Stamens 6-10 or more, 

 inserted near the top of the calyx-tube. Ovaty free, 1-2-celledj styles 1 or 2, 

 subulate ; ovules 1 or many, basal. Capsule membranous or coriaceous, clavate, 

 circumsciss, the upper portion often carrying away 1 or 2 seeds attached to or 

 enclosed in it, the lower portion 2-qo -seeded. Seeds reniform ; embryo annular. 

 DiSTKiB. Species 10, tropical and subtropical. 



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1. T. monogryna, Idnn. Mant . 69 ; calyx-tube scarious thin closdy 

 sheathed by the base of the petiole, stamens about 15. DC Pi'odr. iii. 352, i*. 

 Grass, t. 109. T. obcordata, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 34, FL Ind. ii. 445 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 6837, excL F , W. ^ A. Prodr. 355 ; TFiffht Ic. t. 228 ; Dalz. Sr Gibs. 

 Bomb. FL 14 ; Knrz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 110. T. pentandra ^. ob- 

 cordata, DC Prodr. iiL 352. 



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Throughout India and Ceylon, common. — Distrib. Malaya, Western Asia, Africa, 

 Tropical America. * ' ; w 



Glabrous. Leaves ^-Ij in., obovate; petiole ^ in. Flowers solitary. C<dyx-loo^ 

 obtuse, cuspidate. Stamens 10-20. Capsule | in., scarious below, beak ^^^^^^ 

 coriaceous somewhat mitriform adnata to the enclosed seed, lower part 3-5-seeaea. 

 Seeds black, scarcely shining, with concentric broken undulating raised lines. 



2. T. crystallina, Vahl. Symb. i. 32; calyx-tute herbaceous with 



l)ase of the petiole, stamens 5. Roxh. Sort 

 ^at. 6840 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 355 



-. — , ^u«. ., Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 14; Kurz mJo 



Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 110. T. triquetra, Bottl. ; I)C. Prodr. iii. 352. T. sedifoUa, 



Ind. ii. 444 ; Wall. Cat. 6840*: W. '8r A. Prodr. 355 ; I^dff 



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jEg. Arab. 69. 



-DiSTBiB. Throughout Africa. ^. 

 :„ ^,,.1,. ^>.i«nr»Aolate or eUip 



Minutely papillose or glabrous. Leaves J-j in., narrowly oblanceolate 



— ry many, solitary densexj- 



^-in.; beakacjrcula 

 depressed in the centre, deciduous often with one 



Flowers' often very many, solitary 

 Calyx-lobes triangular, cuspidate. Capsicle ^^ in. ; beak a circular co j^ 



tic ; petiole very short or obscure 



clustered. 



flat disc 



imperfectly included by a membrane. Seeds 2, super-ir 

 shining, with concentric broken undulating raised lines. 



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Mant. 79 ; stamens 5, beak of t^® Jroit mitj- 

 form separating into two 1-seeded parts, lower portion of the fruit >see • 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 362; Edgw. in Joum. Linn. Soc. vi. 202; Boiss. Fl.Oneni. 

 766. T. obcordata, Wall. Cat. 6837 F. T. Govindia, Wall. Cat. 683H. ' ;;, 



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