Nesma. SALICARIEA. " 307 
centa.—Canescent shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire. Pedicels axillary, 
solitary, bibracteolated at the base. Flowers white. 
946. (1) P. acidula (Forst.)—DC. prod. p. 89 ; Wall.! L. n. 2108 ; Wight ! 
eat. n. 1029.—P. angustifolia, Rowb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 465.—Lythrum Pemphis, 
Linn. f. suppl. p. 249 ; Lam. ill. t. 408. f. 2.—Melanium fruticosum, Spr. 
syst. 2. p. 455.— Rumph. Amb. 3. t. 84. 
V. NESJEA. Comm. 
Calyx hemispherical-campanulate, not bracteolated at the base, with 4-6 
erect lobes, and as many alternating horn-shaped patent sinuses. Petals 4-6, 
alternate with the erect lobes. Stamens 8-12, somewhat equal. Ovary ses- 
sile, nearly globose, 4-celled. Style long, filiform. Stigma capitate. Cap- 
sule included within the calyx. Seeds numerous, minute.—Glabrous herba- 
ceous plants. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, nearly sessile, obtuse or acute. Pe- 
duncles longish, 3-flowered at the apex, with 2 larger bracteas and 4 minute 
ones at the origin of the pedicels. 
*947. (1) N. triflora (Kunth.)—DC. prod. 3. p. 90 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 455 ; 
Wight! i. Pd if rion rini cee gol c triflora, Wall.! 
» n. 6323. 
We are uncertain where the specimens before us were procured : orn 
they were obtained from the Madras herbarium, in which case Dr W: 
mentions them as coming from the Mauritius. 
VI. LAWSONIA.  Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 296. f. 1.—Alcamua. Gertn. fr. 
t. 110. 
Calyx 4-partite, spreading, persistent, the sinuses not produced into teeth 
orlobes. Petals 4, alternate with the lobes of the calyx, obovate, unguicu- 
late, spreading. Stamens 8, placed together in pairs that alternate with the 
petals. Ovary sessile, 4- (or occasionally 3-) celled. Style long, filiform. 
à capitate. Capsule globose, membranaceous, much larger than the ca- 
lyx, scarcely dehiscent, 3-4-celled. Seeds numerous, angled, attached to 
central placentee.—Glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire. Flowers 
panicled or corymbose, white. 
The description given by Loureiro of his L. falcata is quite at variance with this 
du d LL figure he refers to in Rumphius (6. t. 25. f. 1) represents m Prim. a spe- 
: olanum (** the common Solanum of India, usually taken for the S. verbasci- 
folium, which is an American plant, and probably different from ours." Haw. mss.) 
948. (T) L. alba (Lam. :) leaves oval-lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous: 
flowers panicled.—DC. prod. 3. p. 90; Spr. syst. 2. p. 217; Wall.! L. n. 
09 ; Wight! cat. n. 1031.—L. spinosa, Linn.—L. inermis, Linn. ; Roxb. fl- 
nd. 2. p.258; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 627.—Rheed, Mal, 1. t. 40; Rumph. 
Amb. 4. t. 17. | : 
“ The species called spinosa is nothing more, I imagine, than the same 
plant growing on a dry sterile soil: at as in such soils I have often found 
it very thorny, the branchlets being then short and rigid, with sharp thorny 
pun Roxs.—L. spinosa of Loureiro is perhaps distinct, although he re- 
ers to the above figure in Rumphius : he describes the leaves as small and 
*omewhat tomentose, and the capsule very small. 
VII. GRISLEA. ZLof.; Linn.—Woodfordia. Sal. 
Calyx coloured, tubular, with 4-6 erect teeth, and as many smaller horn- 
shaped sinuses. Petals 4-6, inserted on the top of the tube of the calyx be- 
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