EraTINE. ELATINEJE. 41 
I. ELATINE. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 320; Gaertn. fr. 2. t. 112. f. 2. 
Styles distinct at the base, very short, or none.—The rest as in the charac- 
ter of the order. 
144. (1) E. (Crypta) ambigua (Wight :) stems diffuse, rooting: leaves op- 
posite, oblong, attenuated towards the base: flowers pedicellate, axillary, 
opposite or alternate, with three sepals, petals, and stamens : stigmas sessile. 
—Wight! in Hook. Bot. Misc. v. 2. p. 103. supp. tab. 5 ; cat. n. 153. 
145. (2) E. (Bergia) verticillata (W. & A.:) glabrous: stems branched, 
rooting from the lower joints: leaves opposite, lanceolate, attenuated below 
into a longish petiole, serrated especially towards the point: flowers densely 
capitate, sessile, axillary: sepals and petals 5: stamens 10: styles short.— 
Wight ! cat. n. 154.—E. luxurians, Delile.—Bergia verticillata, Willd. ; DC. 
prod. 1. p. 390 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 422 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 456 ; Wall. ! L. n. 654. 
—B. aquatica, Roxb. Cor. 2. t. 142.—B. capensis, Linn.—Rheed. Mal. 9. t. 
78 ; Pluk. t. 132. f. 6. ; 
. We can point out no character to separate Bergia from Elatine, and indeed 
it nearly corresponds with Mr Arnott’s first section (Ed. Journ. Nat. Geogr. 
Se. 1. p. 430.) _ i 
146. (3) E. (Bergia) ammannoides (W. & A.:) stems branched, erect, or 
with the lower branches procumbent : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, atte- 
nuated towards the base, sharply serrated: flowers pedicellate, several toge- 
ther in the axils of the leaves : sepals, petals, and stamens, equal in number 
(3-5): styles short.— Wight! cat. n. 155,—Bergia ammannoides, Roxb. hort. 
Bengh. p. 34; fl. Ind. 2. p. 457 ; Roth. nov. sp. p. 219 ; DC. prod. 1. p. 390; 
Spr. syst. 2. p. 423; Wight! in Hook. Bot. Mise. 3. p.93. supp. tab. 28 ; 
Wall.! L.n. 656.—B. pentandra, Camb.—Lechea verticillata, Willd. ; DC. prod. 
1. p. 286 ; Spr. syst. 1. p. 363. 
Stems usually rough, with short capitate hairs ; but sometimes glabrous. 
147. (4) E. (Bergia) æstivosa (W. & A.:) glabrous : stems much branched: 
faves opposite, obovate, or oblong, attenuated towards the base; those on 
the flower-bearing branches almost linear: flowers pedicellate, axillary, op- 
. posite, solitary.: sepals and petals 5: stamens 10: styles short—Wight ! cat. 
om 156.—Spergula æstivosa, Koen. ; Wall. ! L. n. 6963. 
.. ORDER XX.—CARYOPHYLLACE/E. Juss. 
- Sub.-ord. 1. CanvoPHYLLEX (Arn.) Sepals 4—5, distinct or cohe- 
ng ina tube, persistent. Petals 4—5, unguiculate, sometimes want- 
‘Ing. Stamens usually double the number of the petals, or, if equal, al- 
. ternate with them, hypogynous or rarely somewhat perigynous : -- 
ments subulate, sometimes cohering: anthers erect, bilocular, opening 
longitudinally. Ovarium 1, of 2-5 united carpels, often stipitate. 
as 2—5, sessile, filiform ; papillose on their inner surface. - Cap- 
sule 2-5 valved, 1-celled, or imperfectly (rarely completely) 2-5 e, 
opening usually by twice as many teeth as stigmas, sometimes by 
Valves. Placenta in the axis of the fruit. Seeds indefinite, or rarely 
definite, campulitropous. Albumen mealy, round which the embryo is 
curved.— Leaves opposite and entire, often connate at the base, —— 
Out scarious stipules ; rarely alternate, with an auricle at each side of 
the petiole (the remains of the opposite leaf.) 
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