618 HYDROCHARACE*. 



2. alternifolia, Roxb. {jl. ind. 3, p. 750 ; — Wight, in Hook. hot. mi.<<c. 3, 

 p. 344, t. 11;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 199.) ?3T^^tr^ Riisnojhanji. 

 © Coromandel. The Concans. Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet. Fl. very 

 small. R S. ; fr. C. S. 

 Blyxa, Pet. Th. {Gen. madagasc. No. 14; — L. C. Rich, in Mem. d'i7ist. 

 [1811.] 2, p. 63, t. 4, 5 \—EndL gen. pi. \,p. 161.) 

 1 . octandra, Rich. (/. c. — Vallisneria octandra, Roxb. Coram. 2, t. 1 65 ; 

 /. ind. 3, p. 752 ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 900 ; excl. syn. L. ; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 199.— Saivala valisnerioides, Hb. Buch.) «1t^1 (l^HTt^ll 

 Pata-seyala. O Coromandel. The Concans. Bengal, (Serampore.) 

 Nepal. Fl. small, white. R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



C. Stratiote^e, (Stratiotideae, .£w<//. ^ew, p/. \,p. 162.) 

 Enhalus, L. C. Rich. {Endl. I. c.) 



1. acoro'ides, L. C. Rich. {I. c. — Stratiotes acoro'ides, L. ; — Spreng. syst. 

 2, p. 467; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 251. — Acorus marinus, Rumph. 

 6, p. 191, t. 75, /. 2.) © Moluccas. The Concans. Has been in- 

 troduced into H. C. G. .'' The whole plant has a sulphureous smell. 

 The fruit is eatable, as well raw, as when they are roasted under hot 

 ashes, or boiled in water, when the nuts acquire the taste of boiled 

 chesnuts. The natives of the Moluccas make nets of the tough threads 

 which remain after the putrified leaves ; these nets are said to be very 

 durable in sea-water. (Rumph.) 

 Ottelia, Pers. (Syn. 1, p. 400 ;—Z. C. Rich. Mem. d'inst. [1811.]— 

 Endl. gen. pi. \,p, \ 62. ) 

 1. alismdides, Pers. (/. c. ; — L. C. Rich- I. c. — Stratiotes alismo'ides, L. 

 sp. 754 ; — Forsk, ceg. p. 101 ; — Sm. exot. hot. 1, p. 27, t. 15. — Dama- 

 sonium alismoides, R. Br. pr. p. 344 ; annot. — Damasonium indicum, 

 Willd. ; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 163 i—Schult. syst. 8, p. 1593;— Bl. en. 

 pl.jav.fasc. \,p. 30 .—Roxb. Carom. 2, A 185 ;Jl. ind. 2, p. 216 ;— 

 B. M. 30, t. 1201 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 200.— Hymenotheca 

 laxifolia, Salisb. MSS. ;—Rheed. l\,t. 46.) *tt^ ^^11 Panee-kula. © 

 Sunda Islands. Ceylon. Coromandel. Bombay. The Concans. Melloon. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet. Assam. Nepal. Egypt. Fl. 1-2 inches in 

 diameter, whitish, fugacious, longitudinally veined, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



* Vallisneria nana, R. Br. © Tropical N. Holland. — V. Physcium, Juss. 



© Cochin China Stratiotes aloides, L. ; E. B. 6, t. 379. © Europe. 



— Bootlia cordata. Wall. {A. as. rar. 1. t. 65. Prome. Taong-Dong. — 

 Hydrocharis cellulosa. Hb. Buch. Nathpur. Goruckpore. Silhet. — 

 Ottelia sessilis, (Damasonium sessile, Hb. Buch.) Mahujadabad. — O. 

 javanica, (Damasonium javanicum, Bl.) Java. — 0. ovali/olia, (Damaso- 

 nium ovalifolium, R. Br.) Port Jackson. — O. tranquabariensis , (Dama- 

 sonium tranquebarieuse, Hb. Schreber.) Tranquebar. 



