99 



Lam. Encycl. Meth. iii, p 331 ; Syn. J exaltata, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 

 401 ; J fruticosa, DC. At Vingorla, and on the Ghauts. 



2. LUDWIG1A, Roxb. 



1. L PARVIFLORA, Roxb. Erect, annual, glabrous, branched; 

 leaves lanceolate ; flowers axillary, subsessile, yellow ; capsule 

 obsoletely 4 to 5-angled, 2 to 3 times longer than broad, 4 to 5- 

 celled. Concan ; very common. Syn. L perennis, Linn. sp. p 

 173; Rheed. Mai. ii, t. 49. 



LXIV. HALORAGE.E. 



1. iMYRIOPHYLLUM, Vaill. 



1. M TETRANDRUM, Roxb. An aquatic floating herbaceous 

 plant; leaves verticellate, lower ones divided into capillary segments ; 

 flowers small, verticelled in the axils of the floral leaves, monoe- 

 cious ; stamens 4 ; carpels nearly smooth, and even blunt on the 

 back. Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 451. In tanks, common. 



2. TRAPA, Linn. 



1. T BISPINOSA, Roxb. Cor. iii, 234; Fl. Ind. i, 428. Herba- 

 ceous, floating plant ; lower leaves opposite, upper alternate, 

 tomentose beneath; flowers axillary; peduncles shorter than the 

 petioles ; fruit 2-horned, horns opposite, straight-conical, very 

 sharp. We have eaten the fruit boiled, and find it very like 

 potatoes. Native name " Shingaree." Water Chesnut of Anglo- 

 Indians. An important article of food in some parts; chiefly 

 found in tanks in Guzerat. 



LXV. CUCURBITACEJE. 

 1. ZANONIA, Linn. 



1. Z INDICA, Linn. Herbaceous, smooth, climbing, dioecious; 

 leaves rather large, elliptic, 3-nerved ; flowers racemose, on long 

 axillary peduncles, pale-yellow, small ; fruit obconico-cylindric, like 

 candle extinguishers. Very rare ; found only near Vingorla; the 

 fruit is ripe in May. 



2. ZEHNERIA, Endl. 



1. Z GARCINI, Stocks in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv, p 149. Stems 

 smooth, climbing; tendrils simple; leaves deeply 3 to 5-lobed, 

 bristle-toothed, more or less scabrous ; bracteas axillary, large, reni- 

 form ciliated; flowers minute; berries red, small, hammer-shaped, 



