Microcarpea.] cur. scRoPHULARINEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 287 
solitary, sessile, ebracteolate. Calyx tubular, 5-angled, 5-fid. Corolla very 
short, tube broad ; lobes 5, broad, s reading, 2 upper subconnate. Stamens, 
2 perfect, filaments filiform; anthers confluent, l-celled; staminodes 0, 
Style filiform, stigma capitate recurved. Capsule included, ovoid, 2-grooved, 
foralicidal valves entire, separating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds 
ew, ovoid. 
M. muscosa, Br. Prodr. 436; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 433; 
Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 700. M. alterniflora, Blume Bijd. 744; Benth. l. c. 
Pederota minima, Koen. in Retz Obs. v. 10. 
Lowrr BENGAL, on the Mahanuddy river, J. D. H. 4 T. T. TENASSERIM. 
MALABAR 3 at Quilon, Wight. CEYLON, not uncommon.—DisTRIB. Java, China, 
ustralia. 
Stems tufted and interlaced, 2-4 in. long, rooting at the nodes, angles of stem and 
calyx sometimes ciliate. Leaves Xi in. long. Flowers in one axil only of each pair 
of eaves, about 4, in. long. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx, as is the minute 
capsule, 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
M. DIANDRA, Griff. Notul.iv. 101, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 417, f. 2, according to the 
description, differs from the generic character of Microcarpea in the 5-partite calyx ; 
as also from Glossostigma and Limosella, of which it has the habit, I have seen no 
Specimens ; it is a native of Bengal, and may be the following genus, 
29. PEPLIDIUM, Delile. 
Very small, prostrate or creeping, glabrous herbs. Leaves opposite, 
fleshy, obovate, quite entire. Flowers minute, axillary, 1-3-nate. Calyx 
tubular, 5-ribbed, obtusely 5-toothed.  Corolla-tube short; lobes 5, broad, 
subequal. Stamens 2, included, filaments arched; anthers 1-celled; stami- 
nodes 0, Ovary 2-celled; stigma dilated, spathulate, recurved, Capsule 
globose or ovoid, septicidal, or bursting irregularly; valves entire or 2-fid, 
Separating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds numerous, small, ovoid.— 
Pecies 2, an endemic Australian and the following. 
P. humifusum, Del. FI. . 4, t. 4, £. 1; flowers subsessile, 
capsule globose obtuse. Benth. in DO. Prodr. x. 422; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
7.427. Hedyotis maritima, Linn. f. Suppl. 119. Oldenlandia maritima, 
Roth Nov, Sp.97. Pæderota cochlearifolia, Koen. mss.; Wall. Cat. 3920. 
;TOcarpzea, cochlearifolia, Sm. in Rees’ Cyclop.; Wight in Hook. Bot. 
wise. n. 95, Suppl. t. 99. 
T „S. Deccan PENINSULA, Koenig, &c.; Pondicherry, _Perottet. CEYLON ; at 
"ncomalee, Glenie,.— DISTRIB. Kurdistan, Egypt, Australia. . 
Stems interlaced, 4-8 in. long, rather stout, forming large tufts. Leaves }-} in, 
whe Y obovate, sometimes ovate or orbicular, succulent, narrowed into short petioles 
waich are connected by a membrane. Calyx about jj in. long, larger in fruit, 
membranous with 5 strong ribs. Corolla-tube included. , Filaments thickened and 
an arly incurved at the base. Capsule nearly enclosed in the membranous tubular 
Jz, membranous, usually bursting irregularly. 
30. GLOSSOSTIGMA, Arn. 
Very small, gl i ite or fascicled, linear 
glabrous, creeping herbs. Leaves opposite o , 
* spathulate, quite entire. lowers minute, axillary, solitary, ebracteolate. 
mir Campanulate, obtusely 3-4-lobed. Corolla-tube short; lobes 5, sub- 
eq tamens 2 or 4, filaments filiform; anther-cells diverging, tips con- 
