424 Liv. DEOSEEACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Brosera. 



1. DROSESA, Linn, 



Perennial herbs, scapigerous or witli a leafy stem, glandulaivpilose. _ Leaves 

 rosulate or alternate, usually crrcinate in vernation ; stipules or scariose and 

 adnate to the petiole. Calyx free from the ovary, ■t-S-partite, sepals persistent. 

 Petals 4-8, hypogynous or scarcely perigynous, white or rose, withenng persis- 

 tent. Stamens as many as the petals, hypogynous or scarcely perigynous. Ovary 

 1-ceUed with 2-6 styles ; ovules parietal, numerous. Capsule loculicidaUy 

 2-5-valved. Seeds numerous, in the Indian species ohovoid-ellipsoid with the 

 testa black smooth reticulate not lax. — Disteib. Species 100, scattered through- 

 out the world except Polynesia ; very numerous in Australia. 



1. D. Burmanni, VaM. Symb. iii. 50 ; leaves all radical rosulate cuneate- 

 spathulate, stipules equalling half the petiole, scapes 1-3 glabrous, flowers race- 

 mose with glabrous pedicels, styles 5 undivided. Don R-odr. 212 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 818 ; Roxh. Ft. Ind. ii. 113 ; WcM. Cat. 1242 ; Wight. El. t. 20 (the styles incor- 

 rect) ; Wight Ic. t. 944 ; W.SrA. Prodr. 34 ; Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iii. 

 vol. is. 190 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. ii. p. 120 ; H. f. S^ T. in Joum. Linn. 

 Sac. ii. 82 ; Thwaites Enum. 21 ; Balz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 12 ; Kurz in Joum. 

 As. Soc. 1876, pt. ii. 310. 



Throughout IiroiA in the Plains, from Cetlon and Bombay to the base of the 

 HiUAiAYA and Bubmah ; abundant ; ascending to 4000 ft. in the Himalaya, and 8000 

 ft. in the Deecan. — Distkib. China and Japan, Malaya, West Africa, Australia. 



Leaves ^-1 J in. long. Scapes 2-8 in. high ; pedicels erect in fruit. Calyx minutely 

 papillose. 



2. D. indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 403 ; stem decumbent elongate with alternate 

 long linear leaves, racemes leaf-opposed, styles 3 bifid to the base. DC. Prodr. 

 i. 319 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 313 ; Wall. Cat. 1244 ; Wight HI. t. 20 {the styles inr 

 eorreef) ; W. 8^ A. Prodr. 34 ; Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iii. vol. ix. 204 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. ii. p. 120; R. f. §• T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 82; 

 Thwaites Bnum. 21 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 12 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soo. 

 1876, pt. ii. 310. D. Finlaysoniana, WdU. Cat. 3752. D. serpens. Planch. 1. c. 

 204 ; Rheede HoH. Mai. x. t. 20. 



CetiiON and the Deccan as far north as Chota Naopoke, frequent ; Bobma and 

 the Malay PEMnrsutA (but not known in the Gangetio Plain). — Disteib. China, 

 Malaya, Tropical Australia, Africa. 



Stems 2-12 in., simple, rarely branched. Leaves 1-3 in., very glandular-pubes- 

 cent, hardly broader than the glabrous petiole. Bacemes 2-6 in. ; pedicels ^-| in. 

 Sepals lanceolate, minutely glandulose or nearly glabrous. Seeds obovoid; testa 

 prominently reticulated, not scrobiculate nor differing essentially from the seeds of 

 the other two Indian species. 



3. D. peltata, Sm. in Willd. S^. PI. i. 1546 ; stem erect leafy, leaves 

 alternate long petioled lunate peltate, sepals ovate glabrous erose or fimbriate, 

 styles 3 fimbriate. DC. Prodr. i. 319 ; iSto. Fxot. Bot. t. 41 (wrcmg as to colour 

 of the flowers) ; Don Prodr. 212 ; Wight HI. t. 20 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. i. 34 ; 

 Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iii. vol. ix. 296 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1876, 

 pt. ii. 310. D. lunata, Sam. ; DC. Prodr. L 319; Wall. Cat. 1243; JSook. Ic. 

 PL t. 54 ; Planch. 1. c. 296 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. ii. p. 120 ; S. f. ^ T. in 

 Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 82 ; Thwaites Fnunf. 22. D. gracilis and D. folioaa. Hook, 

 f,; Planch. 1. p. 297,!29!8. D. Lobbiana, Turcz. (Jde Kurz). 



