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Hab. Common all over Burma in cultivated lands, w^aste places, on 

 roads, etc. Fl. oo . 



2. P. QUADRiriDA, L. Mant. 78 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 464 ; Wight 111. 

 II. t. 102 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 247. {C. meridiana, L Suppl. 248 ; Koxb. 1. c. 

 4G3). 



Hae. Pegu, in waste places, on roads, etc. ; Ava. Fl. C. & R. S. 



Talimim, Adans. 

 1. T. CUNEIFOLIUM, Willd. sp. pi. II. 864 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 465 j 

 Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 247. 



Has. Ava, on the Pagodas at Pagha myo (Wall. 6846). 



TAMABISCINE^. 

 Tamarix, L. 



Conspectus of species. 



Leaves appressed to the terete almost simple branchlets and branches; flowei's sessile, 

 rose-coloured, in dense short spikes, ... ... ... ... 2^. diolca. 



Leaves somewhat spreading on the very short thin and branched branchlets ; flowers 

 pedicelled, white, in loose slender terminal or variously lateral racemes, ...T. gallica. 



1. T. DioiCA, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. IL 101 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 465, t. 577. 

 f. 2. ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 249. 



Hab. Ava, in the hills opposite Pagha Myo. Fl. C. S. ; Fr. E. S. 



2. T. Gallica, L. sp. pi. 386 ; Wight 111. t. 24 f. 1. ; Hf. Ind. Fl. 



I. 248. {T. Indica, Willd. in Act. Not. Cur. Berol, IV. 214; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. 



II. 100). 



Hab. Eather frequent in the tidal savannahs and tidal forests of 

 Lower Pegu. Fl. E. S. ; Fr. C. S. 



ELATINE^. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Tr'ib. I JBERGIE^. Ovary-cells with several ovules. Albumen none. Perianth 

 complete. Fruit a capsule, 



1. Bergia. Sepals acute. Flowers usually 5-merous. Capsule almost crustaceous 

 septicidal or septifi'agal. 



Trib. IL HIPPURIDEM. (inch CallitricTiecB ?). Ovary-cells with a solitary ovule. 

 Perianth complete or incomplete. Seeds albuminous. Fiaiit a drupe. 



2. Myeiophylltjm. Calyx truncate or 4-toothed. Petals 2 — 4 or none. Stamens 

 2—3. Ovary deeply 2- or 4-sulcate ; stigmas 2 or 4, blunt or feathery. Drupe separable 

 into 2 or 4 nut-like carpels. 



Trih. III. CUHATOPHYLLUJE. Flowers unisexual. Perianth 12-phyllous. Ovary 

 1-celled, with a solitary ovule. Fruit a nut. 



3. Ceratophyllum. Stamens several. Styles 2. Fruit a nut. 



Bergia, L. 



Conspectus of species. 

 Glabrous ; flowers white, sessile, ... ... . , , . _B. verticillata. 



Pubescent or hirsute; flowers rose-coloured, shortly pedicelled, .,,B. ammannioides. 



