498 '_ BENGAL PLANTS. [4 
+Herbs growing in water; submerged except flower-spike [p. 497) 
Hydrolyt 
yi ‘yi 
*Calyx thickly herbaceous or coriaceous; trees or shrubs with ¢ 
Spicuous, often showy flowers :—[p. 
Flowers secund; ae sais calyx curved; leaves — 
neath ; calyx-tube free from o W 
Flowers symmetrical ; san ot Ty ane calyx straight; eaves 
not dotted :— 
Calyx-tube free ~ 2D — 
Stamens definite 
Stamens rere as many as lobes of calyx; petals 03 capsule 
ed 
2-celled, 2-valv: 
Stamens 8, twice as many as lobes of calyx; pial 45 4; -_ 
4-celled, — arsed a wees wsonia. 
Stamens numerou 
Fruit capsular; folds free, not imbedded in pulp :— ii 
tamens in one row; capsule 4-8-celled; seeds small, fa faintly 
evo csvnccodctecconnede pee eee 
Stamens in two or more rows; capsule 3-6-celled ; seeds large, 
with a broad wing troemia 
Fruit berry-like, 10-15-celled ; seeds imbedded i in pulp. 
Calyx-tube adnate to ovary ; stamens in several rows; fruit ei 
coriaceous pericarp ; seeds pulpy .. ee vo-Pu 
342, annia Lin ‘ 
Annual glabrous herbs of marshy a ; branches often 
angled; leaves opposite and alternate, sometimes whorled, 
stipules 0. Flowers small, often dimorphic, axillary, st 
solitary, or in terminal spikes, or in small axillary, 3-chotom in 
ges: pose under calyx usually 2. Sepals 3-0, connate #7 
a small, campanulate or subtubular calyx, often with min! 
teeth or folds between the lobes of limb. Petals 3-5, small, of 
sometimes obsolete, inserted on calyx-tube between the 
—— 2-6 or 8, inserted on the calyx-tube. Carpels 2-5, con wt 
a 2-5-celled, or by absorption of septa 1-celled 0 
partie i the calyx-tube; ovules numerous on axial : 
style filifo: orm, short or long ; ; stigma capitate. Frutt a globose * 
ellipsoid, membranous capsule, tty in the calyx, ite 
2-4 valves or dehiscing irregularly or transversely. 
small, ellipsoid or nearly hemispheric, with rounded inc : 
Taphe on somewhat flattened i inner face. 
