lA'Vi. rir(»n>i;.ir. 



A common weed. DkX'C.vn : Puona, ]\'uudi-i>ii< \ Sind : Karachi, Woodrow \ — 

 DisTKiB. Throughout India; Ceylon and most Iropical regions. 



2. Trianthema triquetra, Itottl. S,- Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. 

 Keitc JSc/ir. V. 4 (1^U;}) p. 181. A snnill diffuse miich-bnmcliecl herb 

 3-12 in. high, with a woody rootstock ; stems and branches slendi'r, 

 usually red, covered with minute papillie ; brandies numerous, prostrate, 

 divaricate, tho upper part more or less triquetrous. Leaves opposite or 

 alternate, |-J by jV-y v in-, linear or liuear-lauceolate, subacute, fleshy, 

 more or less covered with crystalline papilla); petioles sliort, dilated and 

 slightly sheathing at the base. Flowers sessile or nearly so, several in 

 an axil, not enclosed in the sheath of the petiole. Calyx yjj-^ in. long; 

 lube obconic, with many slender ribs; lobes broad, triangular, about 

 equalling the tube. Stamens 5 ; anthers purple. Style simple. Fruit 

 enclosed in the calyx-tube, 2-seeded, the cap flat, much depressed in the 

 centre, carrying away with it 1 seed. Seeds 2, orbicular-renifi)rm, com- 

 pressed, concentrically striate on the faces, about -J^ in. in diam., black. 

 Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 2, p. 2(39 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind Pl. p. 6.3. Trianthema 

 cn/stallina. Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 355 (not of Vahl) ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p.' 14 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 660 ; Woodr. iu Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (laUS) p. 642; Watt, Diet. Eeon. Prod. v. 6, part 4, 

 p. 76. — Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



As Trimen (I. c.) has pointed out, this plant appears to be quite 

 distinct from T. crijstallina, Yahl, from Arabia and Nubia. 



KoxKA^ : Stocks] Dkccan: Bijapup, ffoot/rowi ! S. M. Country : Barlami, CooA-* I 

 Gujarat: Dehgaon near Oambay. Dalzcll S; Gibson. Sind: Stocks, 5121 — DisTRiii. 

 India (Paujab, Sind, W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



3. Trianthema pentandra, TAnn. Mantiss. (1767) p. 70. Diffuse, 

 much-branched, from a few inches to 1^ ft. high ; stems and branches 

 more or less papillose (sometimes glabrous), angled and grooved. 

 Leaves g-lj by \-^ in., elliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly obovate, 

 glabrous or more or less papillose, rounded (rarely subacute) at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base ; petioles distinct, \~k in. long, dilated at the base, 

 slightly sheathing. Flowers sessile or subsessile, in few- or many- 

 flowered axillary fascicles ; bracteoles thinly membranous. Calyx 

 -jig— g in. long, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes ovate-oblong, colored within, 

 with a short apiculation at the back below the apex. Stamens 5. 

 Styles 2. Capsules ^ in. long, exserted, the cap with broad deflexed 

 horns, niitriform, dividing into two 1-seeded portions, the lower half 

 of the capsule containing 2 seeds. Seeds yV^rV ^'^- ^'^ diam., orbieular- 

 renit'orm, compressed, rugulose, dull-black. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 660 ; Aitch. 

 Pb. & Sind PI, p. 65 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Na^ v. 11 (1898) p. 642; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Pi'od. v. 6, part 4, p. 77. — Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 



A common weed in Sind. Konkan : Stocks] Deccan : Poona, TFooc^row. S. M. 

 Country: HiiA-Am, Woodrow ] Sind: Stocks, o^]; Atulir, CooA'f !; Karachi, Wooc?row I 

 DisTRiB. India (Panjab, N.W. Provinces, Sind, W. Peninsula); Tropical Africa. 



4. Trianthema decandra, Linn. Mantiss. (1767) p. 70. Stems 

 elongate, prostrate, not much branched, angular and striate, glabrous. 

 Leaves subfleshy, f-l? by j-f in., the opposite pairs somewhat unequal, 

 elliptic-oblong, rounded and usually apiculate at the apex : petioles 

 ■J-.4 in. long, puberulous, much diluted and amplexicaul at the base, but 



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