412 xxix. LINEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Reinrvardtia. 



pogynous, connate below, alternating with as many interposed subulate 

 staminodes. Glands 2-3, adnate to the staminal ring. Ovary 3-5-celled, 

 cells 2-locellate ; styles 3-4, filiform, free or connate below, stigmas sub- 

 capitate ; ovules 1 in each locellus. Capsule globose, splitting into 6-8 

 cocci Seeds reniform, DISTRIB. The following are the only 'species. 



1. R. trigryna, Planch, in llnrik. Loud. J,,urn. Rot. vii. 522 ; leaves 

 elliptic-obovate with the tip rounded or elliptic and subacute quite entire or 

 minutely crenate-serrate, styles 3 free or connate at the base. R indica, 

 Dumort. Comm. Rot. 19. It. repens, Pf<m<-h. !.<-. ~rl?,. Linum triuynnin, lin.i-l. 

 Fl.Ind. ii. 110; Xnuih K.rot.Rot. 31, t. 17; Rot. Mwj.i. 1100; Wall. Cat. 1505; 

 W.&A.Prodr. 134. L. repens, l)<,n /'/<//: 217. Marndimimtrigynum, Reichb. 

 Ic. Fl. Germ. iii. 68. Kittelocharis trigyna, Alef. in ttL Zt'd. 18631 282. 



Hilly parts of India, from the Prx.i \r. :ist\v:inls to SIKKIM, ascending to 6000 ft. 

 BEHAR, ASSAM, and CHITTAGONG, and southwards from the BOMBAY GHATS to the 



NlLOHIRI H1LLB. 



A tufted glabrous undershrub, 2-3 ft. lush, with erect and prostrate rooting 

 rather stout soft branches. Leaves 1-3 in., narrowed into slender petioles, usually 

 rounded and mucronate at the tip, and then quite entire. !> t BOmetimea acute or even 

 suddenly acuminate, and tlu-n minutely nvnate-s. rrate. Flmrfr* often 1 in. diam., hut 

 variable iu number, size, length of p- -die.-!, and of sepals, which are sometimes in. 

 long. Capsiib- .shorter than the sepals, the si/e of a small pea. If, as is pn>l>al'le, this 

 and the following species are varieties of one, Dumurtier's name of R. indica should 

 be retained for both. 



2. R. tetragryna, ri<nflt. in //>/>. Ln<l. ,/</nt. Jl>t. vii. :.i'3 ; leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate m-nate-siTi-ati-, styk-s 3-4 united lflo\v. 

 It. trigyna, J)<tlz. <( (,'ifm. lloml. J-7/-. 1C. Linum ti-tra.L'ynum, Coleb. in 

 Wall. Cat. 1506; Renth. in Ht. />',,/. uml, ,- tun. \\i-x\. L. Cicanobum, Don 

 Prodr. 217. 



In the same regions as //. tritfi/na, but usually in dampor localities. 



Masily distinguished from the common type of Ii. triff/mt \>\ the much larger lanceo- 

 late leaves, ami more numerous styles, but variable in tiie former respect, and I suspect 

 that the two are varieties of one. 1 have a note to the e licet that o styles o cur. 



3. ANISADENIA, Wall. 



Perennial herbs. Leaves alternate or somewhat whorled at the top of the 

 stem, coriaceous, serrate ; stipules intrapetiolar, striate. Flowers in ter- 

 minal spike-like racemes, white or pink ; bracts minute, coriaceous, concave, 

 grooved, caducous, pedicels at length refiexed. /v///x :>, lanceolate, cori- 

 aceous, strongly nerved, 3 outer with spreading gland-tipped bristles, 

 2 inner glandular. Petals 5, contorted, fugacious. Staiio-H* f>. liypogymms, 

 filaments connate below, alternating with interposed staminodes. Gland* 

 usually 3, adnate to the staminal tube, one very large. OtwyS-celled; 

 styles 3, stigmas terminal ; ovules 2, collateral in each cell. ( '>' />*>//(' oblong, 

 membranous, indehiscent ? 1 -seeded, tieed oblong, testa adherent to the 

 thin albumen ; embryo straight, green, cotyledons plano-convex. DISTRIB. 

 The following are the only species. 



1. A. saxatilis, Wall. Cat. 1510; stem glabrous leafy at the summit, 

 leaves 2-5-in. glabrous above sparingly pubescent or glabrous beneath. 

 A. Khasyana, Griff. NotuL iv. 534; Ic. PI. Asv.d. t. 593 (middle Jig ure). 



CENTRAL and EASTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Nipal, Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 ft., and 

 the KHASIA MTS., alt. 5-6000 ft. 



Stem curved at the base, ascending, rather stout, ofien 1 ft. long below the foliage, 



