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nutive plant 3 to 4 inches high, branched ; leaves small sessile 

 cordate, ovate, glabrous, ciliated on the margin ; spikes of small 

 red flowers, elongated ; capsules crested pectinate. Vingorla, 

 North Concan. Nimmo. 



XVII. TAMARISCINE.E. 

 1. TRICHAURUS, Arnott. 



I. T. ERICOIDES, Arnott in W. and A. Prod 1, p 40. A beau- 

 tiful shrub, with foliage like the tamarisk, and rather large heath- 

 like flowers. Common in the beds of the Concan and Deccan 

 rivers. Svn. Tamarix ericoides, Rottl. and Willd., Roth. nov. sp. 

 184. 



XVIII. ELATINEJE. 



1. BERGIA, Linn. 



1. B. VERTICILLATA, Willd. DC. Prod. 1, 390. Glabrous ; 

 stem branched, rooting from the lower joints; leaves opposite lance- 

 olate, attenuated into a longish petiole, serrated towards the point ; 

 flowers densely capitate sessile axillary. Syn. Elatine verticillata, 

 W. and A. Prod. 41 ; E. luxurians, Delille ; B. aquatica, Roxb. Cor. 

 t. 142 ; B. Capensis, Linn. Margins of tanks. 



2. B. AMMANNOIDES, Roxb. Fl ItxL ii, 457. Stems branched, 

 erect or ascending ; leaves oblong lanceolate acute, sharply ser- 

 rated ; flowers pedicelled several together in the axils of the leaves ; 

 stems usually rough, with short capitate hairs. Found with the 

 preceding. Wight in Hook. Bot. misc. supp. t. 28. 



2. ELATINE, Linn. 



1. E. ODORATA, Edgeworth in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, p 283. 

 Pubescent ; stem branched, branches decumbent ; leaves oblong 

 elliptic sessile serrated; cymes axillary, few-flowered; flowers 

 pink, 5-divided, decandrous. Pretty common throughout Guzerat. 



XIX. SESUVIACE.E. 

 1. TRIANTHEMA, Sauv. 



1. T. CRYSTALLINA, Vahl., W. and A. Prod. 1, 355. Stems 

 diffuse prostrate, dotted with crystalline specks; leaves oval or 

 spathulate ; flowers several together, protruded from the sheath of 

 the leaves ; stamens 5 ; capsule 2-seeded. Dehgaum, near Cambay. 

 Syn. T. triquetra, Rottl. ; Papularia crystalline, Forsk. 



2. T. OIJCORDATA, Roxb. Flor Tnd. ii, 445. Perennial; stems 



