HALORAGE/E COMBRETACE^. 35 



Tbapa, L. CDC. pr. 3, p. QZ;—W. and A. pr. l,p. 337.) IValer Cal- 

 trops. 



1. bispinosa, L. (DC. o. c. p. 64 ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb. Corom. 3, 

 t. 234 ;/. ind. l,p. 428 ; ed. Carey, 1, |;. 449 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 75 ;—Rheed. 11, /. 33.) ^tt^^fff Panee-phul. fn^t<n Singara. 

 Both Peninsulas of India, Bengal, (Serampore,) Nepal. Fl. smallish, 

 white, May and June ; fr. C. S. — Fruit sold in the bazar, and eaten 

 by the Natives. In Guzerat it forms an important article of food. 

 During the Hooly festival a red dye is made of it, mixed with a 

 yellow dye procured from the flowers of Butea frondosa, Roxb. 



2. quadrispinosa, Roxb. (Fl. ind. l,p. 430; ed. Carey, l,p. 451.) 

 Silhet. In H. C. G. fl. R. S.; fr. C. S. (Roxb.) The Kernels of this 

 species are also eaten by the Natives. 



SUB-ORDER.— HALORAGE^, R. Br.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 37. 



Herbaceous, or more rarely shrubby plants, generally growing in damp 

 places, ditches, and stagnant waters, occasionally on hills, of 10 genera, 

 comprising 36 species : 7 N. American ; 3 S. American ; 2 European ; S 

 from New Holland and the South Sea Islands ; 1 from Australasia ; 2 from 

 China and Japan ; 1 from Bourbon ; 2 from S. Africa ; and 7 from India. 

 Of the latter, 4 belong to Myriophyllum ; 1 to Haloragis ; and 2 to Serpi- 

 cula. — We are not acquainted with the distribution of Mejonectes, R. Br. ; 

 Riesenbachia, Presl., and Gongylocarpus, Schlecht. — Properties unimport- 

 ant. 

 Myriophyllum, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 68; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 338.) 



Water-Milfoil. 



1. verticillatum, L. (DC. /. c.;—Roxb. H. B. p. 12;— E. B. 4, t. 218.) 

 © Europe, N. America, Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. small, yellow, R. 

 and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



2. indicum, Willd. (DC. I. c.;—W. and A. pr. \,p. 339.) Ceylon, 

 Coromandel, Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. minute, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



3. tetrandrum, Roxb. (Fl. ind. 1, p. 451 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 470; — DC. 

 j)r. 3, p. 69 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 76.) © Peninsula of India, 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. minute, white, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



4. tuberculatum, Roxb. (Fl. ind. 1, p. 451 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 471.) 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. minute, bright red, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



ORDER XX.— COMBRETACEiE, R. Br.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 38. 



THE MYROBALAN TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, simjjle or climbing, of 22 genera, and about 140 

 species : 44 inhabiting S, America, Mexico, and the W. Indies ; 6 Senegal ; 



