27. Oldenlandia.] 77. B.JJBIAQE2E. 



L. •2--5" (in our area). Fls. minute white in 3-7-fld. umbels at the- 

 ends of the branches and also sometimes axillary. Capsule very- 

 small OS-'Oe". 



On sand dimes on the Orissa coast I FI., Fr. Sept.-March. 



L. often clustered witVi recurved margins. Stipules with several In'istles. 

 Sepals narrow lanceolate nearly as long- as capsule and not much shorter than the 

 corolla-tuhe. Crown of capsule onlj- reaching- the top of the hypanthium. Seeds- 

 .»<hortl3' oblong-, obscurely angled. 



7. 0. arenaria, Haines {Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xv. No. 7). 



A herb glabroiis or nearly so with many diffuse striate stiff branches 

 4-8" long-, linear sessile leaves S-d" long Avith recurved margins 

 connected at base by membranous truncate stipules without bristles. 

 Fls. minute on short stout pedicels about as long as themselves in 

 dense terminal umbels. Sepals lanceolate minute about half as long 

 as the corolla tube. Corolla fvmnel- shaped. Cajjsule broadly-oblong, 

 not didymous, •12"-*15" long (3-3"7 mm.), top slightly raised above 

 the hypanthium but not as long as the sej)als. Seeds pale brown, 

 ellipsoid, obscurely angled. 



Sands of Orissa coast. Fl.. Fr. Aug-Oct. 



8. 0. brachiata, Wight. 



A very slender erect annual 3-S" liigh with acutely 4-6-angled 

 glabrous stem and linear or almost filiform leaves •5-l'3" long. 

 Flowers minute on capillary pedicels in elongate lax terminal cymes 

 and sometimes also a few axillary. Sepals minute distant subulate. 

 Crown of capsule slightly raised above the hypanthium. 

 Patna, Hcnnilfon ! This is so far the only record from our area. 



9. 0. dichotoma, Koen. 



A very slender copiously paniculately branched annual 8-18" high, 

 branches terete Avith 2 raised hispidulous lines each side, the ultimate 

 ones filiform. L. linear to linear-lane, or narrowly lanceolate, 1-2", 

 sec. n. scarcely visible. Fls. very minute bluish 'IS" diam. solitaiy 

 on long filiform pedicels, or 2-nate on axillary peduncles and in 

 terminal capillai-y panicles ; peduncles and pedicels •4-l"3" long. 



Frequent in Chota Nagpur in open places or on rocks. Kuru (Ranchi), Gamble f 

 Hazaribagh, C/arZf! Manbhum, CTari-c ! Behar^ A'jfrr ! Neterhat ! Fl.,Fr, Ang.- 

 March. 



It is closely allied to the last, and TT'ullich'n type sheet (620-t) shows the .slender 

 stems with i raised hispidulous lines. Sepals very minute subulate about half as 

 long as coi'olla tube, sometimes hispidulous. Capsule not exceeding the hyp., only 

 •06", often splitting- with the hyp. to the base. Seeds about 20 (cells about 'O-seeded, 

 J.D.H.), globose-oblong, granulate. 



10. 0. nagporensis, Brace. Syn. O. senegalensis, Hiern {F.B.I.). 



A very slender annual with linear leaves 1-22" long and wiry stem 

 terminating in a wide spreading very lax cymose panicle. Cyme- 

 branches divaricate, pedicels capillary 1- 2" long, flowers minute, pink, 

 sepals subidate, much shorter than the slender corolla-tube, which is 

 •08-12" long only, petals acuminate. Capsules -15" long and broad. 



Hazaribagh, Clarke ! Sing-l)hum ! Fl. Sept. -Oct. Fr. Nov. 

 Leaves acuminate, margins flat or recurved. 



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