Ammannia.] L. LYTHRARIEM. i 297 
fewer, shorter than the ` ealyx and — about the middle. Ovary 2- 
celled; stigma large. Fruiting-calyx broad; SS ovoid or nearly glo- 
hular, as long as the calyx, bursting iredi 
ustralia. About pools and lagoons, eet the Vittoria and Fitzmaurice rivers, 
F. Mue This has the solitary flowers of the section Rotala, with the capsule of the 
33 -flowered true Ammannias, and differs from the whole genus in the dug filiform pe- 
triflora, R. Br. Herb. A diffuse much-branched annual, with 
ES ascending stems of 3 to 1 ft., minutely hoary-pubescent or oo 
Leaves distinctly petiolate, oyal- oblong, narrowed or rounded at the base, 
ost in. lo i 
als 
4, inserted in the middle of the MEHR, qnie 2-celled, ' depressed, 
irregularly cireumsciss. 
- Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 
6. A, indica, Lam. Illustr. m. 1555?; DC. Prod. ii. 77. Ere 
but rarely 1 line long, and the on peduncle very short or scarcely any. 
Calyx broadly campanulate, usually about 3 3 line diameter, with 4 short broad 
owe lobes, without acce essory teet th. etals none. ` Stamens 2 to 4. 
vary 2-celled, Capsule > depressed-globular, usually exceeding the calyx, 
and bursting irregularly. nd À 5; Blume, Mu s. Bot. ii. 
133. t. 46; 37 vesicatoria, ie Fl. Ind. i. 426 ; DC. Prod. iii. 78; W. aud 
in Prod. KR 
Ce ëm alia. Careening and Brunswick bays, N.W. coast, A. m Nichol 
eg s Expedition ; Victoria river and Sturt’s Creek, F. Muel 
Ees d, Bowman; Endeavour river, Banks end Sat! "Shoalwater Bay, 
ia. Cooper’s Creek, Howitt’s Expedition —Common in tropical and sub- 
a d Africa and Asia. Lama rck describes the leaves as decurrent, but this is undoubtedly 
| "rie to which his plant has Zen referred by De Candolle and others 
uricula ata, Willd. ; DC. Prod. iii. 80. Erect e not much 
“ies, With larger flowers, Leaves lanceolate or oblong-linear, mostly 4 to 
Plov, sessile and dilated at the base, and more or less cordate-auriculate. 
is Ze in little axillary cymes, eg than the floral leaves, the peduncles, 
T part broader and folded, with 4 shor teeth, dem 1 line diameter when 
Y out, with the border truncate, the teeth searcely pes Petals 4, 
Stamens u sually, but mer not always, 6 to Ovary 2- 
S s) rather mne than in the preceding species. pedi e depressed- 
: T. scarcely exce ceeding the calyx, about 1} lines diameter, bursting 
‘regulary and transversely, 
