332 ENUMERATION OF [AlismaceiB, 



2. NECHAMANDRA, Planch. 



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1, N. altemifolia. — ^, Moxhurgliii, Planch. Ann. des Sc. Nat. (Bot.) 

 3me ser. ii. p. 78 (excl. syn. E-oxh. PI. Cor. 1. 165). Vallisneria alter- 

 nifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 750.— c. p. 3176. 



Hab, Batticaloa District. 



3. BLYXA, Thouara. 



1. B. octandra, Planch, in Hb. Hook. — _S. GriffitJdi, Planch, in Hb. 

 Hoot. B, Roxburghii, Eich. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. p_. 237, cum syn. 

 Vallisneria octandra, Eoxb. PI. Cor, t. 165 ; Fl. Ind. iii. p. 752. I)i- 

 ;plosiphon oryzetarum, Dene., in Jaeq. Voy. Bot. 167. — c.p. 237. 



Hab. Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



FlOK. HERMAPiiR. : Stamina 3, cum periantliii laciniis interioriLus alternantia, an- 

 theris linearibus polliniferis. Tollen sphpericiim, echlniilatiim. 



In all the female flowers I have examined of this plant I have found three stamens 

 alternating with the inner lobes of the perianth. 



4. ENHALIJS, L. C. Eich. 



1. E. marinus, GriflP. Not. (Monocot.) p. 178, tt. 249, 2oO—E. aco- 

 roides, Eich. ; ZoU. Cat. p. 60. M Kcenigii, Eich. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 iii. p. 237. Strafiotes acoroides, Liau. f. ; Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 820. 

 Acorus marinus, Etunph. Herb. Amb. vi. p, 191, t. 75, f. 2— c.p. 2296. 



Hab. Jafiha, Gardner, 



5. OTTELIA, L. C. Eich. 



1. O. Qlismoides^ Pers. Syn. p. 400, cum syn. — Damasonium Indi 

 cum, Willd. ; Eoxb. PL Cor. t. 185. Stratiotes alismoides, Linn.— c.p 



2316. 



Hab. Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



CLX. ALISMACE.E. 



1. ALISMA, Juss. 



1.^ A. glandulosum, Thw. ; ^OKM\e,foliis longe petiolatis, ovatis, sub- 

 acutis, subtus sparsim glanduloso-punctatis, profunde cordatis, lobis 

 posticis ovatis approximatia parum acutis ; scapo foliis subsequilongis, 

 apice paniculato, multlfloro ; fiorihus 3-nis, longe pedicellatis, 6-andris ; 

 carpidiis 4^5, dorso 4-costatis, costis margine tuberculatis. — c.p. 2318. 



Hab. Tanks in the hotter northern parts of the island. 



Folia 6-8 poll, longa, 4-5 poll. \nid., j^etiolo 2-4-pedali vel ultra, Bradem ma- 

 jusculge, lanceolatre, acuminatse. Flores parri, sepalis pctalisque rotnndatis. 



^2. A. obtusifolium. — Sagittaria ohtusifoUa, Linn.; Kunth, Enura. 

 iii. p. 158, cum nota ('*potius Alismatis species?'*) ; Eoxb. FL Ind. m. 

 p. 646. — Culi-tamara, Eheed. Hort. Mai. xi. t. 45. — c.p. 2317. 

 Hab. In similar situations with the last species. 



