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Stamens 4-5, filaments united for their lower half into a sheath ; anthers 

 opening hy pores. Ovary 2-celled, each cell with one pendulous ovule. 

 Capsule much compressed laterally, 2-celled, loculicidal, margins tooth- 

 ed. Seeds albuminous, not or scarcely strophiolate. Distrib. Species 

 about 8, natives of Eastern tropical Asia and tropical Australia. 

 Sect. I. Salomonia, DC. Stems leafy. 



1. Salomonia cantoniensis, Lour. Fl. Coch. Ch. 14. A diffuse, much- 

 branched, glabrous, annual ; stem and branches winged. Leaves shortly 

 petiolate, ovate-cordate, 3-nerved, length '25 to '4 in. Spikes numerous, 

 terminal, dense above but lax below, 1-3 in. long ; bracts minute, 

 fugacious. Flowers '05 in. long. Sepals linear. Capsule flat, reniform, 

 its edges with bold recurved triangular teeth. Seeds black, estrophio- 

 late; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 206. DO. Prod. I, 334; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. 44 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, 127 ; Hassk. in Miq. Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. 1, 144. S. suhrotunda, Hassk. 1. c. 146. 



In all the provinces except Nicobars and Andamans ; in swampy 

 places. Distrib. Brit. India, Malayan Archipelago. 



2. Salomonia oblongifolia, DC. Prod. I, 354. An erect, simple 

 or little-branched, glabrous annual, 3-6 in. high : stem and branches 

 very slightly winged. Leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, '15 to 

 •4 in. long. Bracts linear, often persistent. Spikes terminal, 1-3 in. 

 long, naked below. Floivers crowded above, "05 in. long. Sepals nearly 

 equal, lanceolate. Capsule reniform, teeth pointed, spreading. Seeds 

 black, estrophiolate. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 207; Hassk. in Miq. 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 147 ; Arn. Pug. Ind. IV ; Deless. Ic. Sel. Ill, t. 

 19. S. sessiliflora, Ham. in Don Prodr. 201. S. ohovata, Wight 111. i, t. 

 22 B. S. canarana, rigida, ? Homeric ? uncinata and ? setosa-ciliatay 

 Hassk. 1. c. 147, 148, 149 ? S. striata, Sieb. et Zucc. Abh. d. k. Baier. 

 Akad. d. Wiss. IV, 2, 152. 



In all the provinces except Nicobars and Andamans, in swampy 

 places. Distrib. Brit. India, Malayan Archipelago. 



Sect. II. Epirhizanthes, Blume (genus). Parasitic leaves none, 

 or reduced to scales. 



3. Salomonia aphtlla, Griff, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix, 342. A 

 brownish-purple, erect, little-branching, parasitic herb, 3-6 in. high. 

 Leaves reduced to a few distant, brown scales. Spikes terminal, dense, 

 1-3 in. long. Bracts minute, persistent. Flowers pale brown, -04 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate. Capsule transversely ovate, with a single apical 

 tooth. Seeds black, strophiolate. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 207. S. 

 parasitica, Griff. Notul. IV, 538. S. tenella, Hook. fil. in Trans. Linn. 

 Sec. xxiii. 158. Epirhizanthes, Bl. Cat. Hort. Buitenz, and in Flor. 

 Bot. Z«it. 1825, p. 133; Renter in DC. Prod. XI, p. 44. 



