476 LVIIl, LYTHRACE (HIERN). [ Nesea. 
near base of interior of tube of calyx, those opposite the cornua being 
inserted on a rather higher level than the rest, exserted. Ovary oval ; 
style very long, tortuous in upper part. Capsule 4 (?) -valved, wit 
thick lobed placenta. 
Mozamb. Distr. Mozambiqne, Forbes! Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 
Occurs also in Madagascar. 
5. AMMANNTA, Linn. Gen. n. 155; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. i. 776 (part). 
Calyx membranous, persistent, campanulate in flower, with 4 deltoid 
lobes and 4 external cornua narrower than the lobes. Petals 4, cadu- 
cous or wanting, usually not larger than the calyx-lobes, white, “ 
urplish rose-coloured or in A. passerinoides yellow, not corrugate se 
a Stamens 4, opposite the calyx-lobes, or 8, in one row, pee 
arising from near the base of the calyx-tube, about the length o ie 
calyx or exserted ; filaments slender. Ovary free, 1—4-celled; ova i 
numerous ; style filiform, persistent, usually short or long acoordiig & 
the stamens are included in the calyx or exserted; stigma wate 
Capsule usually spherical and exceeding the calyx, bursting inrega J 
more or less circumsciss, usually 1-celled and longer than the ca er 
placentation ovoid, compressed or peltate. Seeds numerous, als 
globular or triangular in outline, often concave on one side; Ta a 
very short. In a few species the flowers are occasionally pene . 
—Annual or biennial herbs, with leaves sessile or subsessile, pape 
glabrous and opposite. Flowers in axillary cymes, with 2 bracteo 
at the base of the pedicels. 
Occurs in damp places in the Tropics of both ‘hemispheres ; some species are extra- 
tropical, and one is naturalized in Italy. 
Glabrous or subglabrous. Leaves opposite. Petals not yellow. 
alyx-cornua small. Capsule bursting transversely across 
middle. (Hapalocarpum). 
Stem not spongy. Leaves lanceolate. 
Cymes with evident peduncles. 
Stem branched or leafy at base . 1. A. senegalensis. 
Stem naked at base . ny 2. A. salsuginos- 
Cymes subsessile. 
Erect, with spreading branches. 
Fruit-calyx hemispherical, shorter than the capsule. ; 
Pedicels evident. Leaves attenuate at base 3. A. baccifera- 
Flowers subsessile. Leaves often somewhat nar- SS 
rowed but not attenuated at base 4, A. salicifolia. 
Fruit-calyx urceolate, enclosing capsule bitA: urceolata. 
Decumbent, with sinuous branches . 6. A. diffusa. 
Stem spongy. Leaves obovate . 7. A. crassicauls. 
Calyx-cornua conspicuous. 
near apex ( Ditheca). 
Leaves fleshy: oi 2 eis ok as ee 
Leaves not fleshy. ‘ 
Cymes sessile. Leaves ovate-oblong . ee a a. 94: Domes 
Cymes usually peduncled. Leaves lanceolate. . . . 10. A. aspera. 
Pubescent. Leaves alternate opposite, and whorled. Petals “aides 
SOW. 3. es sw Eee . 11. A. passerinoree™ 
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Capsule bursting ‘transversely 
