Microcarpcea.] cm. SCROPHULARINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 287 



solitary, sessile, ebracteolate. Calyx tubular, 5-angled, 5-fid. Corolla very 

 short, tube broad ; lobes 5, broad, spreading, 2 upper subconnate. Stamens t 

 2 perfect, filaments filiform; anthers confluent, 1-celled; staminodes 0. 

 Style filiform, stigma capitate recurved. Capsule included, ovoid, 2-grooved, 

 loculicidal ; valves entire, separating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds 

 few, ovoid. 



UK. muscosa, Br. Prodr. 436; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 433; 

 Miquel FL Ind. Sat. ii. 700. M. alterniflora, Blume Bijd. 744 ; Benth. I. c. 

 Paederota minima, Joen. in Itetz Obs. v. 10. 



LOWER BENGAL, on the Mahanuddy river, J. D. JET. fy T. T. TENASSEEIM. 

 MALABAE ; at Quilon, Wight. CEYLON, not uncommon. DISTEIB. Java, China, 

 Australia. 



Stems tufted and interlaced, 2-4 in. long, rooting at the nodes, angles of stem and 

 calyx sometimes ciliate. Leaves ^-^ in. long. Flowers in one axil only of each pair 

 of leaves, about T ' s in. long. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx, as is the minute 

 capsule. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



M. DIANDEA, Griff*. Notul. iv. 101, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 417, f . 2, according to the 

 description, differs from the generic character of Microcarpcea in the 5 -partite calyx ; 

 as also from Q-lossostigma and Limosella, of which it has the habit. I have seen no 

 specimens j it is a native of Bengal, and may be the following genus. 



29. PEPXiXDXUftX, Delile. 



Very small, prostrate or creeping, glabrous herbs. Leaves opposite, 

 fleshy, obovate, quite entire. Flowers minute, axillary, 1-3-nate. Calyx 

 tubular, 5-ribbed, obtusely 5-toothed. Corolla-tube short ; lobes 5, broad, 

 subequal. Stamens 2, included, filaments arched ; anthers 1-celled ; stami- 

 nodes 0. Ovary 2-celled ; stigma dilated, spathulate, recurved. Capsule 

 globose or ovoid, septicidal, or bursting irregularly ; valves entire or 2-fid, 

 separating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds numerous, small, ovoid. 

 Species 2, an endemic Australian and the following. 



P. humifusum, Del. Fl. Mg. 4, t. 4, f . 1 ; flowers subsessile, 

 capsule globose obtuse. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 422 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 427. Hedyotis maritima, Linn. f. Suppl. 119. Oldenlandia maritima, 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 97. Psederota cochlearifolia, Koen. mss. ; Wall. Cat. 3920. 

 Microcarpaea cochlearifolia, Sin. in Bees' Cyclop. ; Wight in HooJc. Bot. 

 Misc. iii. 95, Suppl. t. 29. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA, Koenig, &c. ; Pondicherry, Perottet. CEYLON ; at 

 Trincomalee, Olenie. DISTEIB. Kurdistan, Egypt, Australia. 



Stems interlaced, 4-8 in. long, rather stout, forming large tufts. Leaves -^ In - 

 usually obovate, sometimes ovate or orbicular, succulent, narrowed into short petioles 

 which are connected by a membrane. Calyx about ^ in. long, larger in fruit, 

 membranous with 5 strong ribs. Corolla-tube included. Filaments thickened and 

 angularly incurved at the base. Capsule nearly enclosed in the membranous tubular 

 calyx, membranous, usually bursting irregularly. 



30. GXiOSSOSTXGBXA, Am. 



Very small, glabrous, creeping herbs. Leaves opposite _or fascicled, linear 

 or spathulate, quite entire. Flowers minute, axillary, solitary, ebracteolate. 

 Calyx campanulate, obtusely 3-4-lobed. Corolla-tube short; lobes 5, sub- 

 equal. Stamens 2 or 4, filaments filiform; anther-cells diverging, tips con- 



