L'16 JOURI^AL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISr. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVI. 



NesacslanceolataYLoehne \n Engl. Bot,. Jahrb. 111(1882) 325, in Engl. 



Pflanzenr. IV, 216 (1903) 226. — Avimannia lanceolata Heyne in Wall. 



Cat. 2106, 2106E; Clarke in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 11 (1879) 57U. 



Trimen Fl. Ceyl. II (1894) 225. Amviannia salicifolia Thwait. Enum. 



PI. Zeyl. (1864.) 241 quoad var. a tantum (non Monti). Ammannia 



triflora Benth. Fl. Austral. Ill (1866) 297 {non Wall. Cat.) 



Annual ; stem 6-25 cm. high, quadrangular at the apex. Leaves 

 oblong or narrowly lanceolate, glabrous or minutely puberuloue, 

 sub-l-nerved paler beneath. 



Flowers sessile or subsessile ; bracteoles green or membranous with a 

 green, nerve, lanceolate or almost oblong, as long the calyx or g 

 shorter, some times minutely serrulate. Calyx 2.5-3 mm. long, cam- 

 panuiate, lobes ^ the length of the tube or shorter ; the appendages 

 slightly shorter or longer than the lobes. Subulate or triangular, 

 glabrous, hispid, or with a few teeth. Petals or 4 (5) and about 

 i the length of the calyx, rose. Ovary bilocular, style scarcely 

 longer than the stigma. 



Capsule subglobose or globose. Seeds small. 



Clarke says the petals are larger than in any other species <>f ' Eu — 

 Ammannia, which is certainly not correct. 



Habitat : North Kanara : Carwa, in the Casiiarina plantations, October 

 1887 (Talbot No. 1575! ). Malwan seashore, November 1892 (Poona 

 Herb. ! ). Nellore Distr. Tada, Feb. 1901 (Bourne 2523 !). Without 

 locality. (Wall. No. 2106, 2106 E). Mysore and Carnatic (Thomson). 

 Ceylon, rather common in the country (Trimen.) Distribution : 

 India, Australia. 



Nosaea brevipes Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. HI (1882) 326,in Engl. 



Pflanzenr. IV, 216 (1903) 2-21:).— Ammannia cordata Wight in Wall. 



Cat. (1828) No. 6322 ; Wight et Arnott Prodr. I (1834) 304 ; Clarke 



in Hook. Fl, Brit. ind. II (1879) 570; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II (1894) 



225. — Amviannia salicifolia var. /3. Twait. Enum. PI. Zeyl. (1864) 121 



{lion Monti). 



An annual herb, glabrous ; stem 9-37 cm. high, erect, or procumbent at 

 the base and rooting, 4-gonous at the apex, simple or sparingly 

 branched. Leaves 10-35 mm. long, 2.5-10 mm. broad, oblong or 

 obovate, or very rarely lanceolate, acute or obtuse, whitish on the 

 margin. 



Dichasia 1-3-flowered ; bracteoles about as long as the calyx ; 

 calyx broadly campanulate, lobate in fruit, glabrous or minute- 

 hirtellous ; lobes half as long as the tube. Petals 0-4, scarcely 1 

 mm. long ; style not quite half the length of the ovary. 



Capsule subglobose, or globose, becoming red (contrary to Clarke's 

 statement). 



Habitat: Chand District (Duthie No. 9484!); Ganjam (Gamble No. 

 13838 !), Kurchiat swamp (Blatter 3393 li. India without precise 

 locality (Wight No. QSV partim, \m\, Wallich No. 6322), Ceylon, 

 dry country (Trimen). East Bengal : Noakhali (Clarke). 



Distribution : India, Ceylon. 



Nemea triflora Kunth in H., B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. VI (1823) 191 

 inadn. ; DO, Prodr. Ill (1828) 90 ; Wight Ic. I (1840) t. 259; Koehne 

 in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Ill (1882) 330, in Engl. Pflanzenr. IV, 216 (1903) 

 230. — Lythrum triflorum L. f. Suppl. (1781) 249, e.vcl. loc. — Trotula 

 trianthis Comra. in Herb. — Ammavnia triflora Wall. Cat. No. 6323 sec. 

 Wight and Arn, {non R. Br. et Benth.) — Nesam capitellata Presl. in 

 Tsis XXI (1828) 3. 



