Dalzelliane. N. O. Salicariez. 
TAB. DOCCXXVI. 
AMELETIA FLORIBUNDA, Wight. 
Annua erecta glaberrima superne ramosa, foliis alternis lineari- 
us superioribus precipue basi cordato-semiamplexicaulibus, 
— unculis grac S in ramos terminalibus, racemis spicatis 
racteatis subrotundato-ovalibus, bracteolis fere longitudine 
calycis, floribus monoicis, petalis (roseis) calycis tubum equan- 
tibus, staminibus longe exserti 
Ameletia floribunda, Wight, Ilustr. Ind. Bot. p- 206 (excl. re- 
—— to the figure). 
nia floribunda, Wight, Madras Journ. of Science, v. 6. 
‘ ‘34. ¢ ¢. 20. 
Has. A rare plant on hills (apparently in watery places), Maha- 
rane Bombay, Ni immo, Dalzell. 
described it as a new genus, Nimmonia, but afterwards properly 
referred it to Ameletia, unquestionably its proper place: and it 
is nearly allied to A. tenuis, but that has opposite branches, op- 
ro cordate leaves, long tapering spikes, and small (apparently 
white) flowers, the petals scarcely longer than the teeth of the 
calyx—as shown in Dr. Wight’s Icones Plant. Ind. Or. t. 257 B. 
23 describing the four species of Ame/etia in the ‘ Illustrations of 
Indian Botany,’ the figures, by some mistake of the printer, are 
transposed or incorrectly quoted. Under A. Indica (vol. i. a 206) 
should have been quoted “Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. tab. 257 A.” 
Under A. ¢enuis, “tab. 258” should be “tab. 257 B.” Under 
A. floribunda, the reference to Ic. Plant. should be ae omitted, 
or this species is neither red nor described | ere. Under 
A. <ae “tab. 259” should be “tab. 258. 
Fig. 1. Male flower. £2. The same laid open. 13. Female 
dove iid open. /. 4. Transverse section of an ovary :—7mag- 
nified. 
