lAIII. LVJllU.VCE.t. 509 



0. Ammannia mnltiflora, Ju>.,h. Ilort. Ben<i. (181 4) p. 11. Stem 

 erect, 0-24 in. high, 4-gunou.s or sometimes almost 4-\vingefl, more or 

 less terete at the ver}' base ; brandies numerous, slender, acutely quadr- 

 angular. Leaves opposite, sessile, linear-oblong or Crarely) elliptic- 

 oblong, dilated and subauriculate at the base, the leaves on the stem 

 g-i^ by g-^ in., those on the b anches smaller. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, or in peduncled 3-many-flo\vered simple or compound cymes ; 

 peduncles and pedicels very slender, somewhat variable in length ; 

 bracts beneuth the branches of the cyme linear, acute, ^jj-o'-jy in. long. 

 Calyx -ii-(y-jf; in. long, campanulate or often hemispheric, marked with 

 8 faint vertical lines (scarcely ribs) ; teeth 4, shortly triangular, much 

 shorter than the calyx-tube. Petals 4, obovate, about J^j in. long, violet, 

 very caducous, often wanting. Capsules globose, not wholly covered by 

 the calyx, usually red. Seeds broadly ,^-obovoid, almost pointed at 

 one end, excavated on the plane face. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 570 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 97; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 038.— 

 Flowers: Nov. 



KriNKAy : Stocks] Deccan : m vmicr-holes, BaJzclI (^- Gibson ; Xelgaon near Poona, 

 WoodrvV)\ S. M. Cocntuy : Belgaiiin, liitchie, 1063 !— Distkib. Throughout the 

 plains of India ; Afghanistan, Persia, Australia. 



10. Ammannia baccifera, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 120. Glabrous, 

 6-24 in. high ; stems erect, 4-gonous, often with numerous horizontal 

 or ascending branches which gradually become shorter towards the 

 summit. Leaves opposite (rarely alternate), 1-21 by §-§ in., sessile, 

 linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subacute or obtuse, much narrowed 

 at the base. Flowers in dense axillary clusters or in loose but very 

 short cymes, forming whorls in the axils ; bracts filiform, shorter than 

 the pedicels. Calyx J^ — ^ in. long ; tube hemispheric ; teeth 4 (rarely 

 5), short, broadly triangular, acute ; accessory teeth inconspicuous. 

 Petals or minute. Capsule depressed, globose, red, irregularly cir- 

 cumsciss above the middle, not wholly covered by the calyx. Seeds 

 subhemispheric, excavated on the plane face. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 509 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 97; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 224; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 638 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 218. 

 Ammannia vesicatoria, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1«14) p. 11 ; Grab. Cat. p. 07. 

 — Flowers : Nov. — Vi;rn'. Bhar-Jdmbhal. 



Tolerably common in moist places. Konkav : Law I ; Salsette, Graham. Deccas : 

 margin of P;islian tank near l^oona, Woodrow I Gujarat : Surat, Kanitkar I, Woodrow] 

 Kanaka: Kala naddi, i?//c^jV, ll'BT ! Sixd: Mulir, near Karachi, ffbo<iiryw. — Distrtb. 

 Throughout India in moist places ; Ceylon, Afghanistan, Malaya, China, Australia, 

 Tropical Africa. 



The plant has a strong muriatic but not disagreeable odor. Its leaves are used by 

 the natives to raise blisters, for which purpose they are very efficacious, but cause 

 much more pain than cantharides. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



11. Ammannia salicifolia, Mont!, in Comm. Bonon. v. 1 (1767) 

 p. 112. Stem erect, sometimes reaching 3 ft. high, purple, smooth, 

 4-gonous in the upper part, almost terete in the lower. Leaves opposite, 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, rounded or often cordate 

 at the base, those on the stem lg-2| by g-| in,, those on the branches 

 |-1 by Y!7-j\ in. Flowers numerous, densely clustered in the axils in 

 almost sessile cymes; pedicels very short. Calyx ^'^-yL in. Jong, sub- 



