570 LXI. LYTHKACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ammannia. 



folds usually present but small. Capsule reddish, exactly like that of A. baccifera. 

 Seed half-obovoid, excavated on the plane face, one end much smaller than the 

 other. A. verticillata, Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 743, has the leaves attenuated to the 

 base; and is therefore A. baccifera, Linn., for the only character by which A. bacci- 

 fera can be distinguished from A. salicifolia. 



13. A. cordata, W. fy A. Prodr. 304 ; glabrous, leaves sessile oblong cor- 

 date subamplexicaul, flowers 2-5 shortly pedicelled in each axil, capsule globose 

 covered by the calyx-teeth. Wall. Cat. 6322. A. salicifolia, Monti var. 0. 

 Thwaites JEnum. 12-1. 



EAST BENGAL, Noakhali, C. B. Clarke. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Wight. CEYLON , 

 Thwaites. 



Glabrous, erect, 12-18 in., leaves and branches opposite. Cauline leaves 11^ in., 

 margins often white cartilaginous. Flowers very shortly pedicelled, but not congested. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate with 4 green striations ; teeth 4, triangular, connivent over 

 the capsule; accessory teeth as 4 small prominent horns. Capsule globose, much 

 larger than that of A. salicifolia, not becoming red pseudo-baccate as does that of 

 A. baccifera and A. salicifolia. Seeds subhemispheric, excavated on the plane face. 



14. A. lanceolata, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 2106 B., C. ; leaves opposite 

 oblong-elliptic attenuate to the base scarcely petioled, flowers 2-5 shortly pedi- 

 celled in each axil, calyx campanulate minutely pubescent, petals large. A. 

 verticillata, W. 8f A. Prodr. 304, exclud. all syn. A. salicifolia, Thwaites Enum. 

 121, as to var. a. only. Rheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 84?. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, Wight. Bed hills of the Carnatic; G. Thomson. CEYLON; 

 Thwaites. 



Erect, 4-16 in., branches numerous, opposite. Cauline leaves 1-1^ in., margins 

 often white cartilaginous, younger leaves usually puberulous punctate or subpubes- 

 cent. Flowers not congested, often whorled ; bracteoles linear, obtuse, green, as long 

 as the calyx. Calyx-tube campanulate, ovoid; teeth 4, triangular, short, with 4 

 shorter triangular exterior teeth. Petals exceeding much the calyx, larger than in 

 any other species of Eu- Ammannia. Capsule globose. Seed subhemispheric, ex- 

 cavated on the plane face. 



15. A. seneg-alensis, Lamk. III. t. 77, f. 2.; leaves opposite elongate- 

 oblong sessile subauriculate at the bas3, cymes peduncled compound, capsule 

 i in. diam. globose. DC. Prodr. iii. 77. A. auriculata, Willd. Hort. Serol. 

 t. 7 ; DC. I. c. 80 ; Soiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 743. 



Plains of the PUNJAB and of NORTH-WEST HINDOSTAN, ascending to 5000 ft. 

 Royle, T. Thomson, Edgeworth. DISTEIB. Afghanistan. Persia. Egypt. Tropical 

 Africa. Australia. 



Glabrous, erect, 6-24 in., branches sharply quadrangular. Cauline leaves 1-2 in. 

 Bractcoles on the cyme-branches minute, linear. Calyx campanulate, with 4 or 8 

 green lines becoming indistinct in fruit ; teeth 4, broad-triangular, teeth obscure. 

 Petals or caducous. Stamens 6 or 8. Capsule becoming ultimately red, much 

 exceeding the calyx-tube. Seeds half-ellipsoid, excavated on the plane face. This 

 species is distinct so far as the Indian material is concerned. Some African ex- 

 amples have the cyme much closer and are doubtfully separable from A. salicifolia 

 above. Kurz (in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 85. 86) gives Chittagong as a locality 

 for this plant: which may be so, or his plant may have been A. cordata No. 13. 



16. A. multiflora, Eoxb. FL 2nd. i. 426; leaves opposite elongate-oblong 

 sessile subauriculate at the base, cymes peduncled compound, capsule i in. 

 diam. globose. DC. Prodr. iii. 79 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 305; Wall Cat. 2101; 



