376 Naiaciecr. [Cymodocea. 



plant, which closely resembles A', seminuda. Griff., a species that has 

 been referred to A^. i^niiinnea, but which Griffith describes as having . 

 »2-celled anthers, whereas Boissier and others describe the anthers of 

 ^rdiiiinea as 4-cellecl. 



3. N. minor, All. Fl. Pedemont. ii. 221 (1785). 



CaiiUnia indicn, Willd., Moon, Cat. 61. Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxvii. 

 168. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 569. (?) Grifif. Ic. PI. Anat. t. 252 (A^. ternata). 



Stem very slender, much-branched; 1. \-\ in., hardly tjV in. 

 broad, very narrowly linear, remotely toothed, basal auricles 

 rounded or truncate, entire or toothed ; fl. fascicled, moncecious, 

 outer spathe of male fl. subcylindric, mouth fimbriate; anth. 

 I -celled, bursting at the apex, stigmas 2 ; seed narrowl)' 

 ellipsoid. 



Still water in low country. I have only found this in small tanks 

 near Hakmana, S. Prov., and the specimens are not sufficient for certain 

 identification. Moon's locality is Colombo. Fl. (?). 



Europe, N. Africa, India. 



5. CVMODOCEA, Kan. 



Submerged marine herbs ; stem or rootstock elongate, 

 creeping, rigid, rooting at the nodes, sending up short 

 branches terminated by a few elongate, linear 1., with 

 sheathing membranous bases; 1. linear or subterete, bases 

 distichously imbricating, tip often toothed, veins parallel; 

 fl. axillary, solitary or in branched cymes, unisexual ; peri- 

 anth o; male fl. of 2 2-celled anth., adnate to a slender 

 stipes, cells free at base and apex, slits extrorse; fem. fl. of 2 

 ovoid, i-ovuled carpels narrowed into short erect or recurved 

 styles, stigma simple, ovule pendulous, orthotropous; fr. of 2 

 ovoid, sessile or stipitate, indehiscent carpels, pericarp coria- 

 ceous or woody within ; seed pendulous, testa thick, embryo 

 macropodous with the radicular end inflexed. — Sp. 9; 4 in 

 FL B. Ind. 



The Ceylon species of this j,fenus want describing; from living 

 specimens. 



L. flat. 



L. \-l in. broad, many veined . . . . i. C. serrulat.a. 



L. \-\ in. broad, veins few 2. C. australis. 



L. terete, channelled 3. C. ISOETI FOLIA. 



I. C. serrulata, Asch. and Afai^n. in S//sl>. Gcs. Naturf. Berlin 

 1867, 3 (i868j. 



Posidonia serrulaia, Spreng., Thw. Enum. 2>33- C. P. 3056. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 570. 



Stem or rootstock elongate, about as thick as a crow- 

 quill, rigid scarred at the rooting nodes, branches short, 



