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MARTYNIACEAE 1243 
1. SESAMUM L. Herbs. Leaves opposite or partly alternate: blades 
broad or narrow. Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes slightly unequal. Corolla 
horizontal: tube very short: throat campanu- 
late: limb 2-lipped, the lower lip much larger 
ne the upper one. Stamens included. 
Capsule angled or somewhat  flattened. . 
Seeds wingless.—About 12 species, in tropi- 
eal Asia and Africa 
1. S. indicum L. Plant 1.5 m. tall or less, 
finely pubescent: leaf-blades ovate, toothed 
or lobed and long-petioled on the lower part 
of the stem, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 
undulate or entire and short-petioled above: 
E DR di: lanceolate or linear-lanceolate,. 
5-7 Ped corolla pink, yellowish, or 
de. 225 € . lon ng; s rounded: cap- 
sule ellipsoid, 25-3 c long, abruptly poin nted.—(BENNE. Wr D cult. 
iaa and waste- IAE Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. Nat. of East Indies.— 
(W. I. js way, De a) —All year. 
2. CERATOTHECA Endl. Differs from Sesamum chiefly in the 2-horned 
capsule and a the case of our aid in the broader leaf-blades. Leaves 
alternate on the upper part of the s : blades toothed or lobed, petioled, 
. subpalmately poles Flowers ee. opposito or d subtended by | 
racts narrower than the leaves. Calyx-lo unequal. Coro odding: tube 
es shorter than the dpi throat subeampanulate: ea very a the 
lower lip much longer than the upper one. 
Stamens included. Capsule ae "a 
tened, truneate at the top. Seeds margined. 
—Five species, African. 
1. C. triloba E. Meyer. e 1-2 m. tall, 
the stem 4-angled and with grooved sides: 
leaves clammy-pubescent: blades sub- aoe 
lar or ovate- are mostl ad em. lon > 
aoe those of the lower lea 
ened upwar em. long, the horns di dont pubeseent, the sides grooved. 
—High 220508 and roadsides, pen. Fla . Nat t. of Afriea.—Sum.-fall. 
Faxy 20. MARTYNIACEAE — UxiCORN-PLANT FAMILY 
l or perennial, stocky herbs, with stout weak stems. Leaves 
opposite or rarely alternate: blades undulate or lobed. Flowers perfect, 
irregular, in racemes. Calyx of mostly 5 well-united sepals, oblique, the 
lobes short. Corolla of 5 partly united petals: tube often decurved: limb 
5-lobed, oblique. Androecium of 4 didynamous stamens (or the posterior 
placentae parietal.— Three genera and 12 species, mostly tropical. 
