420 LXXTIII. STYLIDIEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Stylidium. 



gamopetalous, rarely regular. Stamens 2 ; filairenta connate with the style into 

 a column ; anther-cells ultimately subconfluent. Ovary inferior, 2-celled. Stigma 

 at the apex of the column. Ovules in each cell GO , on the middle of the dis- 

 sepiment. Capsule 1- 2-celled, 2-valved, the two valves cohering at the base, 

 or at the base and top. Seeds numerous, minute, albuminous ; embryo minute, 

 next the hilum. Species 100, Australian, with a few in S. E. Asia, N. Zealand, 

 and Antarctic America. 



1. STYLI33ZUEX, Swartz. 



Corolla irregularly 5-lobed ; lobes 4, suberect in pairs, and 1 smaller re- 

 curved. Column of stamens elongate, apex at first deflexed, elastically reflexed 

 when irritated. Species 85 Australian, and 3 Indian. 



1. S. K-unthii, Wall. Cat. 3759; stems short stout usually pubescent 

 when young, leaves terminal subrosulate obovate-orbicular, peduncles 1 or more 

 leafless dichotomous, corolla white. DC. Prodr. vii. 335; H.f. 8f T. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 8. S. Brunonis, Griff. Aotul. iv. 275. S. uliginosum, Kurz in 

 Flora, 1872, 303, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 212. 



Throughout EASTERN BKNGAL and BRITISH BIRMA ; in grassy flats, from the Sikkim 

 and Khasia Terai to Chittagong, H.f. # T., and Mergui, Griffith. 



Height 1-8 in. Rosulate leaves - in., often petioled, with scattered smaller ones 

 below them. Bracts usually 2, opposite at the forks of the peduncle, ^-\ in., lir.enr- 

 oblong. Flowers sessile at the forks, minute. Capsule ^-^ in., linear; valves dehiscing 

 from the top, recurved. 



2. S. uliginosum, Sicarta in Gesellsch. Nat. Berlin Mag. 1807, 52, t. 2, 

 fig. 4 ; stem hardly any, leaves subrosulate obovate-orbicular, peduncles 1 or 

 more leafless dichotomous, corolla white. DC. Prodr. vii. 336; H. f. # T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 8. S. sinicum, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 1030. 



CEYLON; in moist places, Walker; near Colombo, Champion, Thwaites. MALACCA, 

 fide H.f. $ T. DISTRIB. South China, North Australia. 



Glabrous, 1-8 in. Closely resembling S. Kunthii, and united therewith by Kurz. 



3. S. tenellum, Swartz in Gesellsch. Nat. Berlin Mag. 1807, 51, t. 2, fig. 

 3, not of Br. ; stem simple erect leafy, leaves scattered oblong or oblong-obovate 

 gradually smaller upwards, corolla rosy or purplish. H.f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ii. 8 ; Kurz in Flora, 1872, 304. S. roseum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1876, 

 pt. ii. 137 ; 1877, pt. ii. 212. 



DACCA; in swamps, Clarke. CHITTAGONG, Kurz. MERGUI, Griffith (Kew Dis- 

 trib. n. 3450). MALACCA, ./We Swartz. 



Stem glabrous, 4-8 in., dichotomous. Lower leaves % in., narrowed to the base; 

 upper passing gradually into bracts. x Bracts in., linear, mostly solitary at each fork 

 of the cyme. Flowers sessile. Capsule ^-f in., linear ; valves united at the top and 

 base. 



VAR. minima,', stems 1-2 in., 1-4-flowered. Chota Nagpore, at Hazaribagh, alt. 

 2000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 



OKDEE LXXIX. G-OODENOVXEJS. (By 0. B. Clarke.) 



Shrubs or herbs; juice not milky. Leaves alternate or radical, very rarely 

 opposite ; stipules 0. Flowers axillary or terminal, racemose or panicled, irre- 

 gular or regular. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary ; limb 5-fid or nearly obsolete. 

 Corolla-lobes 5, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the corolla, 

 alternate with its lobes; anthers free or connate in a ring round the sty?e. 

 Ovary 1-2- celled. Style simple, with a cup-shaped indusium including 'the 



