Hircea. decandria trigynia. 447 



tals bifid, with a toothlet on each side near the nectary. 

 Capsule ovate-oblong, one-celled. 



A native of Nepaul, It flowers during the cold season 

 in the Botanic garden at Calcutta. 



ARENAEIA. Schreh. gen. n. 774. 



Calyx five-leaved. Petals five, entire. Capsule one- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



A.Jlaccida. R. 



Annual, flaccid, jointed, smooth, dichotomous. Leaves 

 in opposite fascicles, filiform, the length of the joints. 

 Flowers panicled. Calyces rather obtuse. Capsules glo- 

 bular. Seed reniform, membrane-winged. 



This plant greatly resembles spergula arvensis, and pro- 

 bably may be a variety of that plant ; it is only found dur- 

 ing the cold season as a weed in gardens about Calcutta, 

 and may have been accidentally introduced from Europe. 



HIRMA. Schreb. gen. n. 781. 



Calyx five-leaved. Corol five-petalled. Germ supe- 

 rior, three-celled ; cells one-seeded ; attachment interior. 

 Seeds (Samara) three, each with a large membranaceous 

 wing on each side. Embryo inverse, without perisperm. 



1. H. nutans. R. 



Shrubby, twining. Leaves simple, ovate ventricose, 

 entire, acuminate. Panicles terminal, drooping. Samara 

 elliptic. 



An extensive, twining, shrubby species, a native of 

 the interior parts of Bengal. It flowers in August and 

 September, the seed ripens in November and December. 

 Stems ligneous, and with their extensive branches, twin- 

 ing up and over trees of considerable size. Bark of the old 



