132 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Stamens 4-5, filaments united for their lower half into a sheath ; anthers 

 opening by pores. Ovary 2-celled, each cell with one pendulous ovule. 

 Capsule much cornpressed lateially, 2-celled, loculicidal, margins tooth- 

 ed. Seeds albuminous, not or scarcely strophiolate. Distrib. Species 

 about 8, natives of Eastern tropical Asia and tropical Australia. 

 Sect. I. Salomonia, DC. Stems leafy. 



1. Salomonia cantoniensis, Lour. Fl. Coch. Ch. 14. A difPuse, much- 

 branched, glabrous annual ; stem and branches winged. Leaves shortly 

 petiolate, ovate-cordnte, 3-nerved, length 25 to '4 in. Spikes numerous, 

 terminal, dense above but lax below, 1-3 in. long ; bracts minute, 

 fugacious. Flowers "05 in. long. Sepals linear. Capsnle flat, i-eniform, 

 its edges with bold recurved triangular teeth. Seeds black, estrophio- 

 late. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 206 ; DC. Prod. 1, 334 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. 44 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, 127 ; Hassk. in Miq. Ann. 

 Mus, Lugd Bat. I, 144. 8. subrotunda, Hassk. 1. c. 146. 



In all the provinces except the Nicobars and Andamans ; in swampy 

 places. Distrib. Bint. India, Malayan Archipelago. 



2. Salomonia oblongifolia, DC. Prod. T, 354. An erect, simple 

 or little-branched, glabrous annual, 3-6 in. high; stem and. branches 

 very slightly winged. Leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, '15 to 

 •4 in. long. Bracts linear, often persistent. Spikes terminal, 1-3 in, 

 long, naked below. Flowers crowded above, "05 in. long. Sepals nearly 

 equal, lanceolate. Capsule reniform, teeth pointed, spreading. Seeds 

 black, estrophiolate. Hook. til. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 207; Hassk. in Miq. 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 147 ; Arn. Pug. Ind. IV; Deless. Ic. Sel. Ill, t. 

 19. S. sessiliflora, Ham. in Don Prodr. 201. S. ohovafa, Wight 111. i, t. 

 22 B. S- canarana, rigida, ? Horneri, ? uncinata and .'' setosa-ciliata, 

 Hassk. 1. c. 147, 148, 149. ? S. dricta, Sieb. et Zucc. Abh. d. k. Baier. 

 Akad. d. Wiss. lY, 2, 152. 



In all the provinces except the Nicobars and Andamans, in swampy 

 places. Distrib. Brit. India, Malayan Archipelago. 



Sect. II. Epirhizanthes, Blume (genus). Parasitic leaves none, 

 or reduced to scales. 



3. Salomonia aphtlla. Griff, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix, 342, A 

 brownish-purple, erccfc, little-branching, parasitic herb, 3-6 in. high. 

 Leaves reduced to a few distant, brown scales. Spikes terminal, dense, 

 1-3 in. long. Bracts minute, persistent. Flowers pale brown, '04 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate. Capsnle transversely ovate, with a single apical 

 tooth. Seeds black, strophiolate. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 207. 

 8. parasitica, Griff. Notul. IV, 638. S. tenella. Hook. fil. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxiii. 158. Epirhizanthes, Bl. Cat. Hort. Buitenz, and in Flor. 

 Bot. Zeit. 1825, p. 133 ; Renter in DC. Prod. XI, p. 44. 



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