Haloragis.'] LVI. HALOKAGEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 431 



139. Goniocarpus scaber, Koen. fy Sims Ann. Sot. i. 547, t. 12 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 66. G. tetragyna, Labill Fl. Nov. Holl. i. t. 53. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 5000-6000 ft. ; between Nunklow and Myrung, and at Kul- 

 long ; J. D. H. $ T. Thomson. DISTRIB. China, Malaya, Australia, New Zealand. 



A suberect rigid herb 4-10 in. high with many branches. Leaves f in. in the 

 Khasia examples oblong acute,, as in the Chinese ; in the New Zealand much shorter 

 often ovate ; opposite, the upper sometimes alternate, passing by degrees into the 

 bracts. Flowers sessile, very small. Sepals triangular with a cartilaginous recurved 

 border. Petals twice the sepals, scabrous-pilose on their backs. Fruit with 8 (often 

 obscure) ribs, tubercular, scabrous and covered also with most minute white points, 

 1-celled, 1 -seeded. The Australian specimens agree with those of Bengal in these 

 minute points ; and moreover the fruit appears in the Australian specimens uni- 

 formly 1-seeded (as stated correctly by Kcenig for the Chinese plant) and not 

 4-seeded (as stated and figured by La Billardiere). 



2. SEPICUXiA,iwm. 



Herbs, small, decumbent, branching. Leaves opposite or alternate (often on 

 the same plant). Flowers monoecious, minute, clustered in the same axils, the 

 females sessile the males pedi celled. MALE; calyx-tube short, lobes 4 ovate 

 acute ; petals 4, cucullate ; stamens 8 ; stigmas 4, r-udimentary. FEMALE : calyx- 

 tube long, lobes 4 ovate acute ; petals and stamens ; ovary 1-celled ; styles 4 

 spreading with papillose or plumose stigmas ; ovules 4, pendulous. Nut minute, 

 ovate, 1-seeded, 8-ribbed or smooth. DISTKIB. Species 2*-4 in the marshes of 

 warm Asia, Africa, and America. 



1. S. zeylanica, Arn. in Herb. ; suffruticose, leaves linear or linear ob- 

 ovate entire or with 1-3 linear small teeth on each edge, fruit glabrous 8-ribbed 

 tuberculate on the ribs. S. indica, Thwaites portion, viz. O.P. No. 447, 146. 

 Haloragis oligantha, Arn. Pugillus PI. Ind. Or. 18, not of W. 8f A. Prodr. 



CEYLON; Adams Peak, Thwaites. 



Glabrous. Stems 6-16 in. Leaves -f in. opposite and alternate on the same 

 stem, densely approximated. Pedicels of the male fl. equalling the leaves. Stamens 

 S. Fruit most minutely puncticulate between the ribs not pilose. 



VAB. minor; stems very delicate scarcely 2 in. S. indica Thwaites ft. minor 

 No. 146 partly. Ceylon, Central Provinces ; Thwaites. Appears worthy of specific 

 distinction, but Mr. Thwaites treats it as a variety. 



2. S. indica, Thwaites Enum. p. 123 partly ; leaves obovate-oblong or 

 obovate dentate-serrate, fruit with minute glands and very small white hairs, ribs 

 very obscure or generally altogether wanting. S. brevipes and S. hirsuta, W. 

 <$ A. Prodr. 338. S. hirsuta, Wight. Ic. 1001 ; Arn. Pugillus PI. Ind. Or. 18. 

 Serpicula sp., Wall. Cat. 7488. 



CEYLON and MTS. of the DECCAN PENINSULA, alt. 6000-8000 ft., frequent. MY- 

 SORE, T. Lobb. 



Pilose, or sometimes glabrous except the ovary and calyx. Leaves |-i in. 

 usually minutely ciliate on the edges, opposite with the upper ones alternate, or with 

 some lower leaves alternate also ; or all opposite. Pedicels of the male flowers 

 usually as long as the leaves, often much longer. Stamens 8. Fruit generally very 

 free from ridges or tubercles. 



