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Ch. Hydropitys var. flaccida, 4. Br. 
8. Gaudichaudii, verticillis Medie aculeis minimis inconspicuis ; 
foliorum articulis 4 ; seminibus solitariis, fasciis 9 
Ch. fibrosa, dg. Syst. Alg. p. ; 
The var. a. was found near Madras by Dr. Wight (No. 133 in herb. 
Hook.); 8 in the Marian Islands, by Gaudichaud (herb. Agardh). 
Ch. flaccida is very nearly allied to the subsequent species, differing, 
however, by the larger and less contorted seeds with a yellow-brown 
nut. The naked (uncovered and therefore not striated) leaves are of 
less importance, Ch. Hydropitys varying also sometimes with naked 
eaves, 
* gymnopodes. 
8. Ch. Hydropitys, monoica, subflexilis et subdiaphana, caule tenui cor- 
ticato, aculeis raris sparsis conicis parum elongatis; verticillorum 
foliis 10—12, articulis 5-7, primo (sequentibus zequilongo) semper 
ecorticato, sequentium uno vel pluribus corticatis, ultimo breviore 
attenuato foliola geniculi supremi paulatim superante; foliolis in 
omnibus foliorum geniculis verticillatis, longitudine subzequalibus, 
uam semina subduplo longioribus ; stipulis duplici foliorum numero, 
longitudine foliolorum, coronam simplicem conspicuam subpatulam 
formantibus; seminibus solitaris perminutis, coronula brevi obtusa, 
nucleo atro, fasciis 11-13. 
Ch. Hydropitys, Reichenb. in Mossl. Elandb. ed. III. p. 1669 in nota. 
Ch. longibracteata, Salzm. herb. 
var. Indica, aculeis quam in varietate Americana magis conspicuis; se- 
minibus paulo minoribus, fasciis 11 (in Americana 13). 
a. wii ( pedalis.) 
b. minor (2-3 aem ) 
Ch. Chanepitye A. Br. in 
c. gymnophylla, tol foliorum omnibus ecortica 
On the coast of Coromandel in company with LA "LR Willd. 
(Belanger in 1826-28 var. 6.) ; Jenkins in Assam (herb. Hook., var. 
a. and passing into var. b.); Busna (herb. Hook. a. and c. mixt). 
One of the prettiest species of the genus, which seems to be d 
frequent in the East Indies and South America. The first specimens 
which I received from the East Indies by Bellanger were so exceed- 
ingly small, in comparison with those from Surinam and the Brazils, 
that I was led to distinguish them as a particular species; but the 
rich series of this species, in Sir W. Hooker's herbarium, convinced me 
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