G34 CXVI. UBXICAC'E.E. 



1. Lecanthus "Wightii, Wedd. in Ann. iSc. JS'at. ser. 4, v. 1 

 (1854) p. 187. A low weak herb ; stem sometimes scarcely 1 in., 

 rarely exceeding 4-6 in. high. Leaves opposite, |-1^ by 5-I in., the 

 upper the largest, ovate, acute, sharply serrate, sparingly hairy above, 

 glabrous beneath, 3-nerved from an oblique acute base ; petioles ^-5 in. 

 long, very slender. Flowers on fleshy receptacles |-g in. in diam., 

 supported on stalks rarely more than 1 in. long. Perianth of female 

 flowers 3-partite, the segments very unequal, one larger hooded at the 

 tip, the other 2 flat. Achenes narrowly oblong, longer than the 

 perianth, red. Wedd. Monog. Urtic. (1856) p. 280, t. 9, lig. C; C. H. 

 Wright, in Journ. Linn. 80c. v. 20 (1899) p. 480 ; Collett, Flor. Simlen. 

 (1902) p. 465; Hook. f. Yl. B. I. v. 5, p. 559 e.v parte; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 516. Elatosfcma ovata, Wight, Icon, 

 t. 1985? Procris obhisa, Koyle, Illustr. t. 83, tig. 3. — I'lowers : tSept.- 

 Oct. 



Dalzell without l(jcality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan ; Matheran, IVoodrotr, H. M. 

 Birdwood. S. M. Couniry: Belgauni, BitcJiie, 13721 — Distiub. Throiigliout India, 

 ascending to 10,U00 feet ; Africa, China. 



2. Lecanthus "Wallichii, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, v. 1 (1854) 

 p. 187. Stems 12-24 in. high, robust. Leaves 2-4| by 1-2 in., ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, serrate, sparsely hairy above, glabrous 

 beneath, base acute; petioles |-1| in. long. Eeceptacles j-lg in. in 

 diam., on stalks varying from 2-12 in. long. Perianth of female flowers 

 4-partite ; segments subequal, hooded at tip. Slaminodes 4, opposite 

 to and |- as long as the perianth-segments, linear, flat, incurved at the 

 apex. Achenes -^ in. long, ovoid, shorter than the perianth, muriculate, 

 purple-brown. C. H. Wright, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 26 (1899) p. 480 ; 

 Collett, Flor. Simlen. (1902) p. 465. Lecanthus \Vig7itii, Hook. f. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 5, p. 559 e.v parte; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 108. Elatosfema 

 opposiiifolium, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 179; Dulz. & 

 Gibs. p. 239. Procris peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 4634; Eoyle, Illustr. 

 t. 83, tig. 2.— Flov\ ers : Oct. 



Dalzell without localitj iu Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : S/oc/xS !, Law ! Deccan : 

 Khandala, Coo/ce l—DiSTma. Througliout India, ascending to lO.OOU feet; Ceylon, 

 China. 



8. ELATOSTEMA, Forst. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves alternate or sometimes with a minute 

 leaf subopposed to the normal leaf, distichous, sessile or subsessile, 

 usually very oblique and inequilateral, 3-nerved from the base or shortly 

 above it ; stipules lateral or intrapetiolar. Flowers very minute, 

 monoecious or diaicious, crowded on sessile or pedunculate 1-sexual 

 usually involucrate receptacles ; bracts of the involucre rounded, oblong 

 or ovate, the outer at times with a dorsal spur or horn, ba-*es nearly 

 free or more or less confluent in a fleshy circular or lohed disk, the tips 

 projecting from its margin, rarely the margin entire : iiractcoles densely 

 crowded, those of the male heads usually ohloug, of the female heads 

 spathulate ; florets often in clusters in the heads, each cluster sur- 

 rounded by a partial bract and the head thi-n lobulate. Male fi.owkrs: 

 Sepals 4-5, of which 2 or more are usually tub(MTulate or sjiurrcd on 

 the back. Stamens 1-5, intiexed in l)Uil. Pisiillode minute. J^'r-MAi.!-". 



