80 XCVI. LOGANIACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Mitrasacme. 
Calyx campanulate, 4-fid. Corolla urn-shaped ; lobes 4, valvate. Stamens 4, 
included; anthers ovate. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, connate, separating from 
the base upwards, usually finally divergent, stigma capitate or 2-lobed; ovules 
many in each cell, placente peltate. Capsule subglobose, laterally sub-com- 
pressed, truncate or sub-2-horned; carpels dehiscing by separating from each 
side of the septum from above. Seeds very many, minute, subglobose, testa 
smooth, reticulated.—Species 28; from Bengal to Japan and New Zealand, 
common in Australia. 
1. M. nudicaulis, Reinw. in Blume Bijd. 849; leaves subradical elliptic 
minutely hairy, scapes terminated by a lax simple or compound umbel. A. DC. 
Prodr. ix. 12; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 92. M. chinensis, Griseb. in Pl. 
Meyen. 51; A. DC. l. c. 560. 
Kuastia and JArwTEA Mrs., alt. 4000 ft., frequent.—Disrris. China, Malaya. 
Annual. Scape 3-5 in. very slender. Leaves 4 in., subsessile, obtuse or acute, 
minutely hispid-flocculose. Pedicels 4-134 in., glabrous; bracts j; in., lanceolate. 
Calyx 3, in., divided halfway down into acute lobes, glabrous. Corolla à in., throat 
hairy. Capsule 3; in. diam. 
2. M. alsinoides, Br. Prodr. 453 ; leaves oblong acute glabrous, pedicels 
axillary solitary or 2-3 clustered in the upper axils. 4. DC. Prodr. ix. 11. M. 
indica, Wight Ic. t. 1601; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 92. M. pusilla, Dalz- 
in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 136; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 155. . crystallina, 
Griff. Notul. iv. 87, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 383, fig. 2. 
Invi, alt. 0-2000 ft., widely scattered; Assam and Bencar; CHora NAGPORE; 
Deccan PENiNsULA; Pecv and Tenasserm™.  CkYvrow.—DisrRrB. Borneo, Philip- 
pines, Australia. . 
Annual; stem 6 in., weak, branched, nearly glabrous. Leaves 1-À] in., sessile, 
scaberulous. Pedicels 1-4 in., scaberulous. Calyx i5 in. acutely lobed half-way 
down. Corolla }in., throat hairy. Capsule 4; in. diam.—The Bengal examples are 
lax straggling, exactly agreeing with the Malay and Australian; the Madras and 
Ceylon ones are shorter (2-3 in. high), suberect. 
3. M. polymorpha, Zr. Prodr. 452; stems patently glandular hairy 
below, leaves oblong, umbels terminal or from the upper axils, pedicels long 
unequal glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. ix. 10; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 359 with sym. 
M. capillaris, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wall. i. 420 and Cat. 4348; 
Don Prodr. 129 ; A. DC. l.c. 11; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 92. M. 
trinervis, Spanoghe in Linnea. xv. 335; A. DC. l.c. 560. M. malaccensis, 
Wight Ic. t. 1601. Limnophila campanuloides, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3908. 
Nepat; in the valleys, Wallich. Prav to Maracca, frequent. DEccAN PENINSULA; 
Mangalore, Hohenacker, n. 590. Distr. China, Japan, Malaya, Australia. 
Annual; stem 2-15 in. erect. Leaves } by à in., sessile, glabrous or pubescent. 
Umbels 1-8 in., compound or simple, capillary ; pedicels 1-14 in. Calyz à-À in., lobed 
acutely halfway down, ciliate pubescent or glabrous. Corolla } in., throat hairy. 
Capsule nearly } in.—The Pegu examples of M. capillaris are 14 in., and agree 
altogether with Australian ones named M. polymorpha by Bentham. The tropical 
Australian plant has larger capsules and is said to be perennial, The Nepal and 
Mangalore specimens are 3-4 in. high only, resembling the Japanese. . 
Van. Parishii ; umbels small dense long-peduncled, flowers large.— Tavoy ; Parish. 
Disrris. Cochinchina. Peduncles 1-3 in., with a terminal umbel, and sometimes,? 
sessile umbel in the middle; pedicels numerous, 0-} in.—This is not much like any 
one of the numerous forms of the Australian M. polymorpha, but some of the Malay 
examples of M. polymorpha show a tendency to the Var. Parishii. 
