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placentas. Style short; stigmas 2, filiform, papillose. Fruit rather 

 large for the size of the plant, dry, globose, 2-celIed, indehiscent, with 

 many minute, angled, dotted* seeds. — Uistbib. A single species inhabit- 

 ing Asia, tropical Australia, and the islands of the Pacific. 



Dentella repens, Forst. Char, Gen. 26; t. 13. Leaves obovate- 

 spathulate or oblanceolate, one-nerved, puberulous, '2 to "3 in. long, and 

 less than "1 in. broad. Flowers "25 to "3 in. long. Calyx-iuhe somewhat 

 compi-essed, shorter than the 5-toothed erect limb. Corolla longer than 

 the calyx. Style bifid nearly to the base. Capstde pellucid-hispid or 

 glabrous, somewhat compressed, broadly ovoid, with 2 vertical grooves, 

 about '1 in. long, crowned by the membranous calyx-tube. Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. I. 532; Wall. Cat. 6206; W. & A. Prod. Fl. Penins. lud. 405; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 115: Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 42. Olden- 

 landia repens, hinn. Ma,nt. 40. Hedyotis repens, Lam. 111. 1424 (not of 

 Don). Lipaya telephioides, Endl. Atakt. t. 13. 



In moist spots near cultivation : in all the provinces. 



11. Argostemma, Wall. 



Small, delicate, flaccid or somewhat fleshy herbs, glabrous or pilose, 

 the hairs sometimes jointed. Leaves usually membranous, the leaves in 

 pairs, equal or very unequal, opposite or sub-verticillate. Stipules entire, 

 persistent, or obsolete. Floivers in pedunculate cymes or umbels. Calyx- 

 tube short, campanulate, turbinate or obconic : its lobes usually 4 or 5 

 (sometimes 3-7). Corolla white, rotate, with 4 or 5 va,lvate lobes. Stamens 

 4 or 5 ; anthers large, elongate, free, connivent or coherent, eiect or 

 declinate, dehiscing by 1 or 2 terminal pores or by longitudinal slits ; 

 filaments short. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules numerous on placentas project- 

 ing from the septum. Style filiform, stigma capiteUate. Capsule 

 membranous or coriaceous, 2-celled, many-seeded, dehiscence valvular 

 or opercular. Seeds minute, angled or compressed ; testa reticulate or 

 muriculate, punctate ; embryo very small, in dense fleshy albumen. — 

 DiSTRiB. Species about 40 or 50, mostly from mountains, in sub-tropical 

 Asia and in Malaysia. 



Leaves of the pairs equal in size, or one smaller but not 

 minute : — 



Leaves numerous, in a pseudo-whorl near the apex of 



the stem ... ... ... ... 1, 4. acuminatum. 



Leaves a single pair at the apex of the stem : — 



Flowers -15 in. long ... ... ... 2. A. pictum. 



Flowers -3 in. long ... ... ... 3. A. suhinequale. 



Leaves two pairs at the apex of the stem ... 2. A. pictum var. 



tcfraphylla, 



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