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diinovpliic, in dense terminal racemes (almost spikes), I-J in. lonjj, on 

 Ion"; Hiit'orm peduncles ; pedicels very short ; bracts 1 to each flower, 

 ■j^-i in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, 1-nerved; bracteoles jV i"- long, 

 linear, acnte, herbaceous, 1-nerved. Calyx j,y~8 ^"- ^"^"S '■> ^^^^^^ elongate- 

 camjianulate ; teeth 4, triangular, acute, -^ in. long ; accessory teeth 0. 

 Petals jTr in. long, oblong-obovate, bright rose-colored. Stamens and 

 style of 2 kinds, the flowers having either long exserted stamens and a 

 short included style, or a long exserted style and stamens not exserted 

 beyond the calyx ; stamens 4. Stigma 2-lobed, the lobes ^L in. long, 

 papillose. Capsule ellipsoid, 2-valved, much longer than broad. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, brown-yellow. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 638. Ameletia JhribumJa, Wight, 111. p. 20G ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 96. 

 Nimmoia Jloribunda^ Wight, in Madr. Journ. Lit. & Science, v. 5 (1837) 

 p. 312, t. 20. Niinmonia JJorihutida, Grab. Cat. p. 83. — Flowers : Dec- 

 Jan. 



Bare rocky ground on the liighest Glials, BaJ-ell cf- Gibson. Deccan : Maliablesliwar, 

 H. M. Birdu'ood, Cooke I, Wood row I, Dal~eU\, Law I — Distrib. Apparently endemic on 

 the bills of the Bombay Presidency. 



The plant is very common in Mabablesbwar, where it is known as the " Mahableshwar 

 Leather." — It grows in large dense patches on the bare damp rocks. 



4. Ammannia Rotala, F. Mueller, Fragm. v. 3 (1862-63) p. 108. 

 Stems 3-6 in., often procumbent and rooting at the very base, then erect, 

 slightly branched, more or less striate. Leaves sessile, ^-1 by ^^"tV '°'' 

 in whorls of 4-8, linear, truncate or bifid at the apex, 1-nerved. 

 Flowers 3-4-merous, sessile, in axillary whorls, 1 flower in the axil of 

 each leaf, the lower whorls distant, the upper approximated. Calyx 

 tubular, very thin, slightly constricted at the mouth ; teeth 3-4, small, 

 erect, triangular, acute. Petals usually 3 (rarely 4), small, fugacious 

 or 0, when present rose-colored. Stamens 3. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule 

 ellipsoid, nearly as broad as long, 3-valved. Seeds ^-obovoid, yellowish- 

 brown, the plane face often excavated. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 567 ; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. v. 2, p. 224. Rotala verticiUans, Linn. Mantiss. v. 2 (1771) p. 175 ; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 260, A ; Grab. C.tt. p. 67 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 96.— 

 Flowers : Dec. 



KoNKAN : Latvl Kanara : Halihal, Tnlhot ex Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. 

 Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Australia, Tropical Africa. 



5. Ammannia pentandra, Roxh. Fh Tnd. v. 1 (1832) p. 427. 

 Stem stout, 4-gonous, rooting at the base, 3-12 in. long, with numerous 

 4-gonou3 opposite slender branches covered with flowers. Leaves 

 opposite; those on the stem |-| by ^-fV ^'^•' sessile, oblong, obtuse or 

 subacute, sometimes rounded at tlie base ; those on the branches smaller 

 and bract-like. Flowers sessile, solitary in the axils of nearly horizontal 

 floral leaves (bracts), 1 flower to each bract, the lower whorls of flowers 

 distant, the upper approximate, almost spicate ; bracteoles subulate, as 

 long as or longer than the calyx. Calyx shortly campanulate, tV^tV ^"• 

 long, very slightly longer than broad, semiglobose in fruit ; teeth usually 

 5, small, triangular, very acute ; accessory teeth longer than the primary, 

 subulate. Petals 5, small, fugacious. Stamens 5. Capsule subglobose, 

 3-valved. Seeds hemispheric or broadlv | -ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 56S ; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 2, p. 224 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 11 (1S98) p. 638.— Flowers : Aug. 



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