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ovule in each cell. Capsule flattened, didymous, 2-valyed. ^eeds laterally attaclied 

 by tile broad truncate base. Erect or asceuding herbs. Ffoirers small, in terminal 

 panicles. Bracts small. 



F. PAXicuLATA, Hassk. India. Malayan Peninsula. S. China. 



F. rufa, Hassk. 



Ditlit/rocarpus capensis and Jlfei/erianim, Kth. 



I), petiolatus, Eothii and widulatiis, Wight. 



Aneilema liispidum, Don. 



AxEiLEMA, JR. Broivne. 



Flowers nearly regular. Perianth segments free. Stamens 6 or 4, of which 3 or 

 2 have ditferently-shaped barren anthers. Oeari/ 3-colled, with 2 to 5 ovules in each 

 cell. Capsule o-valved. Flowers usually small in terminal panicles. Bracts small. 

 A. ENSiFOLKTM, Wight. Rwanipv rivulct in Kamorta(K.). 



A. ■cxDiPLOEUM, Br. Kamorta (K.). India. Ceylon. S. China. 



A. dehile. Wall. 

 A. diandrum, Ham. 

 A. compression, Dalz. 

 A. HEEBACEUM, Wall. Burma (il.). 



CoiiMELYXA, Linnteus. 



Perianth irregular, 2 sepals larger than the third, and one petal differently shaped 

 or more sessile than the 2 otliers. Stamens 6, or rarely fewer, of which 3 are fertile, 

 1 of them larger than the others, 3 baiTcn, with deformed anthers. Ocari/ with 1 

 1-ovuled and 2 2-ovuled cells. Capsule 2-valved. Flowers few, on 2 peduncles 

 enclosed in a folded cordate or peltate-turbinate oblique bract, or spathe, -which is 

 usually pedunculate from a split leaf-sheath opposite the blade. 



C. COMMUNIS, L. Kamorta (K.). India. S. China. 



0. c-ESPiTOSA, Roxb. Burma (il.). 



Hsat-le-kyoung, or Ma-gywot. 



C. SALiciFOLiA, Roxb. India. Malay Peninsula. S. China. 



C. Bexghalexsis, L. India. S. China. 



PONTEDERALES. 

 Flou-ers hermaphrodite, spiked, panicled or capitate. Perianth of 2 segments or 

 of 6 biseriate segments, all petaloid or 3 outer, herbaceous or coriaceous. St;ilc single. 

 Stigma sub-entire. Einhri/u immersed in copious albumen, not external or in a lateral 

 cavity. Marsh plants. 



Order P0KTEDERIACEJ3. 



Perianth inferior, petaloid, sex-partite, irregular, persistent. Stamens inserted on 

 the perianth, 6, or 3 opposite to the inner segments. Ocary superior, of 3 many- 

 ovuled cells, or 2 sterile, and 1 fertile, and 1-ovuled cell. Fruit or capsule 

 enveloped by the fleshy perianth. Albumen mealy. Marsh plants. 



MoxocnoMA, Presl. 



(^Pontederia.) 



Perianth nearly regular, divided to the base into 6 spreading segments. Stamens 

 6, unequal, 1 usually larger, with a small tooth or spur on the filament. Orules 

 numerous in each cell of the ovary. Capsule free, 3-valved, many-seeded. Leares 

 radical on long petioles. Scapes with 1 petiolate leaf, the short raceme in its axil 

 appearing to proceed from the middle of the petiole. Flowers few. 



M. (Poxtedeeia) vaginalis, Roxb. (M.). Burma. India. S. China. 



Le-pa-douk. 



