LYTHRARIEJU. 455 



** Dish-glands ahseiit {Hufala, L.). 

 X C'lili/x bell-shaped, thrice as deep as wide. Capsule shoriei- than, and included in, 

 the calyx-tube. 



A. DKXTKLLOiDKs, Kz. Anikaii ill wet pastures. 



Leaves very shortly petioled, 1 -nerved, linear. Flowers solitary, sessile. 

 Pygmy annual. 



A. PErLoiDEs, Sprcng. Wet pastures all over Burma. 



A. {Peplis) Indica, Willd. 



Ameletia elongata, 131. 



A. acutidens, Miq. 



A. nana, Roxb. 

 Leaves usually sessile, strongly pcnninerved, obovate to oblong. Flowers sessile, 

 forming lateral and terminal leafy or bracted spikes. 



A. SCBROTUNDA, \rall. Sogain and Northwards from "Mandalay 



Leaves sessile, almost orbicular, pcnninerved. Flowers shortly and slenderly 

 pedicelled, forming shorter or longer slender racemes. 



A. (Ameletia) rotxjndifolia, Wight. Bhamo and Khakycn Hills. 



Leaves sessile, orbicular or nearly so, pcnninerved. Flowers sessile, in terminal 

 peduncled bracted simple or compound spikes. 



X X Calyx hemispherical, about as deep as icide. Capsule 2»'ot''udcd from, or at 

 least as long as, the calyx-tube. 



A. rycMJEA, Kz. Pegu Eauge, "Western Slopes. 



Leaves linear, 1-nerved, very shortly ])ctioled. Calyx 4 angular, 4-toothcd, about 

 ■J-i line long. Petals none. Pygmy herb. 



A. siMrLicnrscuLA, Kz. Ponds and rice fields in Chittagong. 



Leaves oblong to linear-oblong, 1-nerved, very shortly petioled. Calyx short, 

 4-toothed, about -J line long. Flowers very shortly pedicelled. Pygmy herb. 



A. PENTAXDRA, Roxb. "\Vet pasturcs all over Burma. 



Rotala Itorlmrghiana, Wight. 

 Sellowia uliginosa, lloth. 

 A. nana, DC. non Koxb. 



Leaves oblong to linear, sessile, 1-ncrved, or the lateral nerves very faint. (Jalyx 

 usually 5-toothed, A-1 line long. Petals 5. 



Sub-genus Ammaxxia, L. 



Floicers pedicelled or partly sessile, axillary, clustered or in cymes, the latter 

 sometimes reduced to 1 or a lew flowers oidy. Capsule irregularly bursting. 



X Leaves narrowed at the base, petioled or sessile. 



A. BAcciFEUA, L. Fallows and road-sides all over Burma up to 3000 feet. 



A. vesicatoria, Poxb. 

 A. Indica, Lamk. 

 Cryptotheca apetiila, Bl. 



Flowers minute, apetalous, on slender pedicels, forming sessile or very shortly 

 peduncled cymes or clusters. 



X X Leaves sessile, with a cordate, sagittate or dilated base. Petals present. 



A. MUI.TIFLOUA, lloxb. Picc fields in Cliittagong. 



Cryptotheca dichotoma, Bl. 

 A. mierocarpa, DC. 



Capsule umlcr a line long. Stamens 4, or fewer. Petals not crumpled. Calyx 

 4-loothed, \\ilhout accessory teeth. Cymes slender. 



