Terniola.} cxx. PODOSTEMONACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 63 



long, with a white mesial line, upper shorter. Pedicel about as long as the leaves. 

 Perianth obtusely 3-lobed. Capsule obovoid, crowned with 3 short stigmas. 



3. T. Lawii, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47 ; plant very minute flat, 

 leaves sublanceolate crowded round the base of the sheath which is formed 

 of connate leaves with free recurved tips, pedicel very short. Tulasnea 

 Lawii, Wight Ic. t. 1919, f. 3. Dalzellia Lawii, Wight I. c. 35. 



The CONCAN ; in the Salset River, Law. 



Plant about in. diana. Flowering buds crowded round the margins of the frond. 

 Perianth-segments obtuse. Capsule ellipsoid, obscurely ribbed. 



4. T. long-ipes, Tul. Monogr. Podost. 193, t. 13, f. 2 ; plant minute, 

 narrow, lobed, leaves crowded round the base of the sheath subdistichous 

 linear-elongate acute longer than the pedicel, sheath broad formed of con- 

 nate leaves ciliate. Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47. Lawia longipes, Tul. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xi. 113. Mnianthus longipes, Walp. Ann. iii. 443. 



The CONCAN ; in streams near Bombay, Lain. 



Similar to T. Lau ii ; margins of the lobes studded with buds. Leaves flat, broad 

 at the base, ^-\ in. long. Pedicel lengthening to f in. 



5. T. pedunculosa, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47; plant flat lobed, 

 leaves short subulate all connate into a sheath that is much shorter than the 

 pedicel. Dalzellia pedunculosa, Wight Ic. 35. Tulasnea pedunculosa, 

 Wight 1. c. t. 1919, f. 4. 



The CONCAN ; Bombay, in the Salset River, Law 5 North Canara, Talbot. 

 Probably only a variety of 'T. longipes, as surmised by Weddel, but considered 

 distinct by Wight ; the capsule is the same. 



6. T. foliosa, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47 ; plant broad flat lobed, 

 leaves elongate linear crowded round the base of the pedicel and much 

 shorter than it, none of them connate into a sheath. Dalzellia foliosa, 

 Wight Ic. 35. Tulasnea foliosa, Wight I. c. t. 1919, f. 2. 



The CONCAN ; Bombay, in the Salset River, Laiv. 



Plant about | in. broad ; margin of lobes studded with buds. Leaves numerous 

 in a cluster, J-^ in. long, very narrow, flat, very acute, translucent. Pedicel T ' 5 in. 

 long. 



** Stems elongate, filiform. 



7. T. ramosissima, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvii. 47 ; stem filiform 

 very long floating much branched, branches some like the stems, others 

 short and flowering, leaves alternate narrowly linear almost acicular, sheath 

 very short of connate leaves much shorter than the pedicel. Dalzellia 

 ramosissima, Wight Ic. 35. Tulasnea ramosissima, Wight I. c. 



MALABAE ; rivers in Cochin, Johnson. 



A foot or more long; leafy, stems submerged ; flowering branches floating, 

 attached to the upper face of the stem and accompanied by two very slender branch- 

 lets. Leaves on the sterile branches almost acicular, shorter than on the flowering. 

 Sheath hardly any, its outer leaves short and very acute. Pedicel fc-f in. long. 

 Perianth 3-lobed almost to the middle. Filaments nt length exserted ; anthers 

 oblong, base sagittate. Capsule oblong, narrowed at both ends, 9-ribbed ; stigmas 

 slender, suberect. 



2. HYDROBRYUIVX, Endl. 



Plants small, green, herbaceous, frond-like, spreading over stones, send- 

 ing up buds clothed at the base with distichous scale-like leaves. Floioers 



