591 L\X. UUUIACK.E. 



long ; stipules short, creuate. Flowers few, minute, iu axillary aud' 

 terminal very lax and open cymes ; peduncles and pedicels long, capillary. 

 Calyx-teeth very minute. Corolla pule rose-colored ; tube short, cyliudric. 

 Capsules jL- iu. in diam., appearing after dehiscence as 4 connate cups, 

 globose, puberulous, broadly didymous, much protruded, the calyx-teetli 

 being about the middle of the capsule. ^eeds 4-12, semiellipsoid, 

 rounded on the back, deeply excavated on the face, microscopically 

 reticidate, black. Woodr. in Journ. J3omb. Nat. v. 11 (1S98) p. 045.. 

 lledtjotis latifolia, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 13^5 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 116. Hedyotls liheedei, Wight & Aru. Prodr. p. 4'J9. — Eheede, 

 Hort. Mai. v. 10, p. 49, t. 25.— Flowers : July. 



Konkan: Sioc/csl, I)alseU\; 'M-wl^kn, Bahell tf- Gibson; near Matlieran, IVoodrow;, 

 bills near Matlieran, Ka>iit/ccir\\ Ghdts near Groa, Woodruw. — Distkib. India (\V.. 

 Peninsula). 



4. Anotis carnosa, Bcnth. tj; Ilooh.f. Gen. PI. v. 2 (1873) p. 59, &. 

 lloolc. f. Fl. B. I. V. 3 (188U) p. 74. Annual, 4-6 in. high, diffusely 

 branched from the base. Leaves f-l^ by ^.-g in.,, elliptic-lanceolate,, 

 subobtuse, thick and fleshy, scaberujous with, papilla) above, pale beneath 

 and with recurved margins, attenuated at the base into, a short petiole 

 or almost sessile; stipules truncate or almost obsolete. Flowers sessile, 

 3-6, iu capitate cymes which are sessile and axillary, or peduncled and. 

 terminal, each head of flowers with 2 large floral leaves (bracts) at its. 

 base ; peduncles j-1 iu. long. Calyx \ in. long, externally papillose ;. 

 teeth ^ in., long, slightly longer than the tube, linear-oblong, acute,. 

 Avhen in. fruit abaut ^ the way down from the top of the capsule. 

 Corolla purple, -^ in. long ; lobes ovate, Ti'^ in. long. Capsules g-^ in.,, 

 broader than long, sess-ile, 2-lobed, 2-ce"lled, glabrous, crowned by the 

 large papillose calyx-teeth ; cells 3-6-seeded. IS^eds elliptic or orbicular 

 in horizontal section, compressed, convex on. the back, excavated on the 

 face, pitted, black. J/edt/otis carnosa, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2. 

 (1850) p. 135 ; Dalz. & G'ibs. p. 116. 



KoNiiAN : on rockj sea-shore Mai wan, DahellV; sandy margins- of rivulets Ooran, 

 Dubclll Kanaka: Laiv\ — Disthib. India (W. Peninsula). 



5. Anotis quadrilocularis.» IIogIc. f. Fl B. I. v. 3 (1880) p. 74, 

 Annual, 6-18 in. high, with many flaccid spreading glabrous cyliudric 

 branches. Leaves ;j-l| by ^-^ in., thinly memjbranous,. subacute, more 

 or less hairy on both surfaces, pale beneath, shortly tapering at the base; 

 petioles g-| in. long ; stipules short, truncate, the upper with sliort 

 bristles. Flowers sessile or nearly so, solitary or 2-4 together iu the 

 axils (those on short branchlets with a single paii* of leaves appearing 

 terminal). Calyx-teeth -^^ in. long, broadly ovate, acute, apiculate, ciliate 

 in fruit, about \ the way down from the top of the capsule. Corolla 

 i in. long ; lobes J^ in. long, ovate, subacute, pubescent on the back. 

 Capsules sessile, broader than long, usually 4 (sometimes 2 or 3) -lobed, 

 usually 4 (sometimes 2 or 3) -celled. Seeds 3 in each cell, hemispheric 

 or semiellipsoid, deeply excavated on the face, pitted; black. Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. \. 2, p. 318. IIcd)jotis qaadrilocidaris, Thw. Enum. p. 144. 



Belgaum, RiicJdc, 191 ! 



I have seen only cue specimen from the Bombay Presidency collected by liifcJ/ie at 

 Belgaum. — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



