46 MYRTACEiE 



MYRIOPHYLLUM. 



Herbs in water or on mud, with narrow whorled or 

 opposite leaves and very small unisexual flowers at the 

 leaf axils. Ovary inferior, four-celled ; ovules solitary, 

 pendulous. Fruit separating into 4 or 2 cocci. 



Species about 20, in all parts of the world. 



Myriophyllum intermedium DC. ; F.B.I. II 433. 

 Leaves 2 or 4 at a node, linear, distantly serrate. Calyx 

 minute. Male petals 4. Stamens 4. Anthers sub-sessile, 

 nearly as long as the petals. Fruit covered with short 

 spines, t. 331. Wt. Ic. t. 1061. 



Nilgiris on the plateau, Kotagiri, etc., in wet places. Fyson 

 3879. Sedgwick 4604. 



CALLITRICHE. 



Aquatic glabrous herbs, with opposite narrow leaves 

 and minute unisexual flowers a male and female in the 

 same axil. Bracteoles 2, white, caducous, but no sepals 

 or petals. Male with l stamen only. Female with 2 

 styles and an inferior four-celled* ovary ; ovules pendu- 

 lous. 



Spices few, all over the world. 



Callitriche stagnalis Scop. ; F.R/. ii 434, V I. A 

 small weak herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves oblan- 

 ceolate or spathulate, Yz inch. Wight Ic. I917. 



Nilgiris and Pulney Hills, in ponds, 7,000 to 8,000 feet. 

 [G.F.M.P.] 



MYRTACE/E. 



B^ECKEA. 



BaBckea virgata Anders. ; Vol. I p. 148. Australian 

 May (Ooty name) Ti tree of Australia, t. 332. 



Another species of the genus is known in Newzealand as 

 Manuka. 



