Eahragis.] lti. haloeagb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 431 



139. Gonioearpus scaber, Kom. 8r Sims Aim. Bot. i. 647, 1. 12 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii, 66. G. tetragyna, Labill. Fl. Nov. Holl. i. t. 63. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 5000-6000 ft. ; between Nunklow and Myrung, and at Kul- 

 long; J. B. H. ^ T. Thomson. — Disteib. China, Malaya, Australia, New Zealand. 



A suberect rigid herb 4-10 in. high with many branches. Leaves J in. in the 

 Khasia examples oblong acute, as in the Chinese ; in the New Zealand much shorter 

 ■often ovate ; opposite, the upper sometimes alternate, passing by degrees into the 

 bracts. Flowers sessile, very small. Serpals triangular with a cartilaginous recurved 

 border. Petals twice the sepals, scabrous-pilose on their backs. Fruit with 8 (often 

 obscure) ribs, tubercular, scabrous and covered also with most minute white points, 

 1-eelled, 1-seeded. — The Australian specimens agree with those of Bengal in these 

 minute points ; and moreover the fruit appears in the Australian specimens uni- 

 formly 1-seeded (as stated correbtly by Koenig for the Chinese plant) and not 

 4-seeded (as stated and figured by La Billardiire). 



2. SEXtPICVXiA, Xtm. 



Herbs, small, decumbent, brancbing. Leaves opposite or alternate (often on 

 the same plant). Flowers monoecious, minute, clustered in tbe same axils, the 

 females sessile the males pedi celled. Mat.t:; calyx-tube short, lobes 4 ovate 

 acute ; petals 4, cueuUate ; stamens 8 ; stigmas 4, rudimentary. Femaie : calyx- 

 tube long, lobes 4 ovate acute ; petals and stamens ; ovary 1-ceUed ; styles 4 

 spreading vyith papillose or plmnose stigmas ; ovules 4, pendulous. Nut minute, 

 ovate, 1-seeded, 8-ribbed or smooth. — Disieib. Species 2^ in the marshes of 

 ■warm Asia, Afiica, and America. 



1. S> zeylanlca, Am. in Serb. ; sufflaticose, leaves linear or linear ob- 

 ovate entire or with 1-8 linear small teeth on each edge, fruit riabrous 8-ribbed 

 tubercvdate on the ribs. S. indica, Thwaites partim, viz. O.P. No. 447, 146. 

 Haloragis oligantha, Am. PugUlus PI. Ind. Or. 18, not of W.8f A. Frod/r. 



Cbtlon; Adams Peak, Thwaites. 



Crlabrous. Stems 6-16 in. Leaves J-f in. opposite and alternate on the same 

 stem, densely approximated. Pedicels of the male fl. equalling the leaves. Stamens 

 8. Fruit most minutely punctioulate between the ribs not pilose. 



Vab. minor; stems very delicate scarcely 2 in. S. indica Thwaites $. minor 

 No. 146 partly. Ceylon, Central Provinces ; Thwaites. Appears worthy of specific 

 distinction, but Mr. Thwaites treats it as a variety. 



2. S. indica, Thwaites Fnum. p. 123 partly ; leaves obovate-oblong or 

 obovate dentate-serrate, fruit -with, minute glands and very small white hairs,, ribs 

 very obscure or generally altogether wanting. S. brevipes and S. hirsuta, W. 

 <j- A. Prodr. 338. S. hirsuta, Wiffht. Ic. 1001 ; Arn. Puc/Ulus PI. Ind. Or. 18. 

 Serpicula sp., Wall. Cat. 7488. 



Cetlon and Mts. of the Deccah Peninsutla, alt. 6000-8000 ft., frequent. Mt- 

 aOBB, T. Lobb. 



Pilose, or . sometimes glabrous except the ovary and calyx. Leaves ^-^ in. 

 usually minutely ciliate on the edges, opposite with the upper ones alternate, or with 

 some lower leaves alternate also ; or all opposite. Pedicels of the male flowers 

 usually as long as the leaves, often much longer. Stamens 8. Frmt generally very 

 free from ridges or tubercles. 



