660 LXIX. FicoiDEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Trianthema. 



gins. Flowers solitary, axillary pedicel in. Calyx within a bright rose ; seg- 

 ments \ in., cuspidate. Stamens 15-40, free or nearly so. Styles 3, less commonly 

 4 or 5. Capsule | in. Seeds not very many, obtusely keeled on the margin. 



3. TRIANTHE1VIA, Linn. 



Diffuse prostrate branched herbs, glabrous or papillose. Leaves petioled, 

 opposite, unequal, from linear ta ovate or obovate, entire ; petioles connected at 

 "base by their dilated membranous margins ; stipules 0. Flowers small, axillary, 

 sessile or peduncled, solitary or in cymes or clusters. Calyx-tube short or long, 

 lobes 5, often cuspidate, coloured within. Petals 0. Stamens 5-10 or more, 

 inserted near the top of the calyx-tube. Ovary free, 1-2-celled ; styles 1 or 2, 

 subulate ; ovules 1 or many, basal. Capsule membranous or coriaceous, clavate, 

 circumsciss, the upper portion often carrying away 1 or 2 seeds attached to or 

 enclosed in it, the lower portion 2-oo -seeded. Seeds reniform ; embryo annular. 

 DISTJRIB. Species 10, tropical and subtropical. 



* Stylel. 



1. T. monog-yna, Linn. Mant.69; calyx-tube scarious thin closely 

 sheathed by the base of the petiole, stamens about 15. DC. Prodr. iii. 352, PL 

 Grass, t. 109. T. obcordata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 34, Fl. Ind. ii. 445 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 6837, excl. F; W. # A. Prodr. 355; Wight Ic. t. 228; Dalz. 8> Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 14 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, -pt. ii. 110. T. pentandra /3. ob- 

 cordata, PC. Prodr. iii. 352. 



Throu^lAout INDIA and CEYLON, common. DISTRIB. Malaya, Western Asia, Africa, 

 Tropical Inlierica. 



GrlabnusV Leaves ?-l in., obovate; petiole in. Flowers solitary. Calyx-lobes 

 obtuse, cispi date. Stamens 10-20. Capsule gin., scarious below, beak exserted 

 coriaceou.' somewhat mitriform adnate to the enclosed seed, lower part 3-5-seeded. 

 Seeds black, scarcely shining, with concentric broken undulating raised lines. 



2. T. cjrystallina, Vahl. Symb. i. 32; calyx-tube herbaceous with 

 many ril>s nJpt sheathed by the base of the petiole, stamens 5. Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 3t, Fif. Ind. ii. 444 ; Wall. Cat. 6840 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 355 ; Edgw. 

 in Journ. Lin^n. Soc. vi. 203 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 14 ; Kurz in Journ. As. 

 Soc. 1877, pt.i ii. 110. T. triquetra, Rottl. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 352. T. sedifolia, 

 Visian. PI. ;$. t. 3. Papularia crystallina, Forsk. FL JEg. Arab. 69. 



From the PUNJAB to CEYLON : not in Bengal. DISTBIB. Throughout Africa. 



Minutely pajbillose or glabrous. Leaves -J in., narrowly oblanceolate or ellip- 

 tic ; petiole vervy short or obscure Flowers often very many, solitary densely 

 clustered. Calyw-lobes triangular, cuspidate. Capsule ^ in. ; beak a circular corky 

 flat 'disc depressed in the centre, deciduous often with one seed attached beneath or 

 imperfectly included by a membrane. Seeds 2, super-imposed, discoid, black, scarcely 

 shining, with concentric broken undulating raised lines. 



** Styles 2. \ 



3. T. pent^tndra, Linn. Mant. 79 ; stamens 5, beak of the fruit mitri- 

 form separating ilirto two 1-seeded parts, lower portion of the fruit 2-seeded.. 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 35:2 ; Edgw. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 202 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 

 766. T. obcordatm, Wall. Cat. 6837 F. T. Govindia, Wall. Cat. 6838. 



The PUNJAB, SCI!NDE and plains of NORTH-WEST INDIA. DISTBIB. Western Asia- 

 and Tropical Africa. 



