132 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Jlisticia. 



oval. Stigma, two-cleft ; segments broad. Capsules pointed, 

 eight-seeded. 



2(5. J. orixensis. Kim. MSS. 



Herbaceous. Branches straggling, four-sided. Leaves 

 cordate, repand. Spikes terminal. Bractes orbicular, cili- 

 ate. Capsules length of the bractes, containing about four 

 echinate seeds. 



Obs. It is a native of high, dry, gravelly ground, in the 

 vicinity of Samuleota. Is very like J. trampiebariensis. 



27. J. repens. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 96. Coram, pi. 2. 

 No. 152. 



Herbaceous, diffuse. Leaves sub sessile, lanceolate. Spikes 

 axillary and terminal, compressed. Bractes ovate, white, 

 membrane-bordered, posterior rows neuter. Lower anthers 

 crescent- shaped. 



Adhadota. spicata flosculos ex foliolis membranaceis pro- 

 ducens. Burm. zeyl. 7. t. S.f. 2. 



A native of pasture ground. Flowering time the wet and 

 cold seasons. 



Root perennial. Stems many, diffuse, round, jointed, 

 smooth, sometimes rooting at the joints; one to two feet long. 

 Leaves opposite, short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, entire, 

 sharp-pointed, smooth. Spikes axillary, peduncled, erect, 

 somewhat compressed, second. Bractes; exterior, four rows, 

 oval, with a broad, white, membranaceous margin ; the two 

 rows on the back of the spike neuter; (he two on the fore-part 

 embracing the flowers ; the calyx of each flower is also em- 

 braced laterally by two smaller lanceolate bractes. Flowers 

 alternate, pale rose-coloured. Corof, stamens, pistil and 

 capsule as in J. procnmbens, which it much resembles. 



28. J. procnmbens. Linn. sp. pi. eel. Willd. 1. 87. 

 Root perennial ; branches diffuse, herbaceous. . Leaves 

 sessile, from orbicular to linear-lanceolate. Spikes terminal, 



