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cohering to the middle, but easily separable, terminal ; stigmas capitate. 

 Drupe almost dry, of 4 subconnate 1-seeded pyrenes. Seeds exalbu- 

 minous or with scanty albumen ; cotyledons flat, broad ; radicle short, 

 straight, incurved or incumbent on the cotyledons. — Distjrib. All 

 American but 1, the following, which is widely dispersed throughout 

 the warmer regions of the globe ; species 11. 



1. Coldenia procutnbens, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 125. A pro- 

 cumbent herb usually lying quite flat on the ground ; stems reaching 

 18 in. long, shaggy with white hairs ; branches often numerous ; young 

 parts silky with white hairs. Leaves crisped, g-lg by |^-| in., obovate- 

 obloog, rounded at the apex, coarsely serrate or subpinnatifid, very 

 hairy on both sides, base tapering ; petioles ^-g in. long, shaggy. 

 Flowers pale-yellow, solitary, axillary, nearly sessile. Calyx divided to 

 the base or nearly so, very hairy ; segments 4, ovate, acute, jq in. long, 

 ciliate. Corolla j^in. long ; lobes 4, oblong, rounded at the apex, j'^-in. 

 long. Stamens 4, scarcely higher than the corolla-tube. Fruit a dry 

 4-lobed pyramid about g in. high and ^ in. across at the widest part, 

 grooved on two and ribbed on the other two sides, with a sharp central 

 double beak, hairy, muriculate, ultimately separating into 1-celled beaked 

 pyrenes. Seeds albuminous. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 141 ; Grab. Cat. p. 135 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 171 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 93 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 197; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 169; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. V. 2, p. 502. — Flowers: Sept.-Oct. A^ern. Tripalcshl; 

 Tripanlci. 



Moist ground round tanks and in rice-fields. Konkan : Law\ Deccan : Linoli, 

 Woodrow. S. M. Country : Badarni, ConJce !, Woodrow !, Bhiva ! Kanaka : Yellapur, 

 Ritchie, 413! Sind: Stocks, 549! — Distrib. Throughout India in moist places, 

 Ceylon, Tropics generally. 



4. RHABDIA, Mart. 



A shrub ; branches twiggy, glabrous or more or less pubescent. 

 Leaves alternate, often fascicled, entire or obscurely toothed. Flowers 

 small, few, at the apices of the branchlets between the leaves, rarely 

 laxly racemose. Calyx 5-partite ; segments lanceolate, acuminate, im- 

 bricate. Corolla deeply 5-cleft ; tube short, subcarapanulate ; lobes 

 oblong, imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla-tube, in- 

 cluded or exserted ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong or ovate. Ovary 

 ovoid, 2-celled with 2 ovules, or sub-4-celled with 1 ovule in each cell ; 

 style filiform, simple ; stigma capitate or minutely 2-lobed. Drupe 

 with 4 crustaceous 1-seeded pyrenes. Seeds oblong ; albumen scanty ; 

 cotyledons ovate. — Distkib, Warmer regions of both hemispheres ; 

 species 1. 



1. Rhabdia lycioides. Mart. Nov. Gen. cf- Sp. v. 2 (1826) p. 137, 

 t. 195. A small much-branched shrub 2-6 ft. high ; branches virgate, 

 with numerous short lateral arrested branchlets ; young parts pubescent. 

 Leaves \-l by g-J in., nearly sessile, crowded or fasciculate, spathu- 

 late, usually rounded at the apex, sometimes very shortly apiculate, 

 usually entire, more or less hairy or glabrous, rarely densely hispid ; 

 petioles very short. Flowers pink, shortly pedicellate, solitary or 2 or 3 

 terminating short lateral branches ; bracts at the base of the pedicels 



