130 LYTHRACEiE. 



Ameletia, DC. {Wight, ill. I, p. 205-6.) 



1. indica, DC. {pr. 3, p. 76 ;— J^. and A. pr. 1, p. 303 ;— Wight, ill. 1, 

 p. 206 ; icon. 1, if. 257, A. — Ammannia nana, Roxb. ? fl. ind. 1, p. 

 427 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 448.) Peninsula of India, Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Fl. minute ; and fr. R. S. 



2. rotundi/olia, "Wight {ill. \. p. 206 ; — icon. 1, t. 258. — Ammannia ro- 

 txindifolia. Buck. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 425 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 446 ; — 

 DC. pr. 3, p. 79 ; — W. and A. pr. \, 306.) Neelgherries, Khassya 

 Mountains, Deyra-Dhoon. © Fl. small, red ; and fr. R. S. 



Ammannia, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 77 ; — Wight, ill. p. 205-6.) 



1. vesicatoria, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 426; ed. Carey, 1, j!>. 447 ; — DC. 

 pr. 3, p. 78 ;— TF. ««<? A. pr. 1, ;>. 305 ;— J. GraA. C«/. J5. j»/. jo. 67.) 

 RtW^tt? Dad-Mart. © Both Peninsulas of India, Bengal, (Serampore,) 

 Saharunpore. Fl. minute, red ; and fr. R, S. The whole plant has 

 a strong muriatic, not disagreeable smell. Its leaves, being extremely 

 acrid, are used by the native practitioners of India to raise blisters in 

 rheumatism, &c. Bruised and applied to the part intended to be 

 blistered, they perform their office in half-an-hour, and most effectual- 

 ly. {Ainslie.) 



2. indica, Lam. {DC. pr. 3. p. 77 -.—W. and A. pr. I. p. 305.) © Both 

 Peninsulas of India, Bengal, (Serampore.) © Fl. minute, reddish, and 

 fr. R. S. 



3. multiflora, Roxb. (/. ind. I, p. 426 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 447 ■,—DC.pr. 

 Z,p. 79; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 305.) Peninsula of India, Bengal, 

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



Nes^a, Commers. {DC. pr. 3, p. 90;— Wight, ill. p. 205-6.) 



1. triflora, H. B. and Kth. {DC. I. c. ,— W. and A. pr. 1, p. 307 ; — 

 Wight, icon. 1, t. 259. Lythrum triflorum, L. fil.) %. Mauritius. Fl. 



small, blue ; and fr. nearly the whole year. 



2. octandra, Wight, {ill. 1 p. 205-6. — Ammannia octandra, L. ,• — DC. 

 pr. 3. p. 80 ; — Roxb. Coram. 2, t. 133 ; — fl. ind. p. 425 ; — ed. Carey, 

 \,p. 446 ^—W. and A. pr. \,p. 304 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 67.) © 

 Peninsula of India, Saharunpore. Fl. small, bright red ; and fr. R. S. 



3. myrtifolia, Lindl. (Heimia myrtifolia, Lk.) 5 Brazil. Fl. sn\p,llish, 

 yellow, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



Lytiikum, L. {DC.pr. 3. p. 80.) 



1. Salicaria, L. {DC. o. c. p. 82 ;— E. B. 15, /. 1061.) Purple Loose- 

 strife. %. Europe. W. Asia. N. Holland. Fl. middle-sized, pale purple, 

 R. S. It is the only species of the order yet described from N. 

 Holland, if we except Rotala ? decussata, DC. 



2. virgatum, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 83 ;—B. M. 25, t. 1003.) % Siberia. 

 Russia, Tauria, Austria, Germany, Belgium. Fl. middle-sized, red- 

 dish-purple, R. S. 



CupnEA, Jacq. 



1. ligustrina, Schlecht. and Cham. 3 S. America. C. S. 1840. 



