568 LXI. LTTHEAOEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) lAmmannia. 



Wight Ic. t. 260 ; Balz. ^ Gibt. Bomb. Fl. 96 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 614. 

 R. apetala, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 108. — Mheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 81. 



Deccah- Peninsula ; Wight, 'Bottler. Concan, Law. Ceilon, abundant, Thwaitea. 

 — DiSTEiB. Australia. Tropical Africa. 



Erect or shortly creeping ; stems 3-6 in. Leaves J— ^ in., sometimes somewhat 

 ovate at the base. Lower whorls ot flowers often distant, upper sometimes almost spi- 

 cate. CaZyx tubular ; teeth 3-5, small. P«ta/s small, fugacious, or 0. Stamens 3-5. 

 Capsule ellipsoid, longer than broad. Seed half-obovoid, the plane face somewhat 

 excavated. — Hypobrichia Spruceana, Benth. in Herb. Spruce which has been reduced 

 to a synonym of Botala vertidllaria, differs in its inflorescence and short calyx. • 



7. A. dentelloldes, Kv/rz in Joum. As. Sac. 1870, pt. ii. 76; leaves 

 opposite linear, flowers sessile axillary, capsule S-valved. 



SiKKiM Teeai near Siligori ; Kurz, C. B. Clarke. 



Stems 2-4 in., procumbent. Leaves J-y in., linear or narrow oblong, obtuse. 

 Flowers scattered, not at aU spicate. Calyx-tvhe elongate-campanulate, 5-ribbed; 

 teeth 5, triangular, acute ; teeth and sometimes the whole tube with minute scattered 

 hairs, accessory teeth 0. Petals minute. Capside ellipsoid, much longer than broad. 

 Seed half-eUipsoid, excavated on the plane face. 



** Calyx in fruit hemispheric, tube as broad as or broader than long. 



8. A, pyg'maea, Kurz in Seemann Joum. Bot. v. 376; very minute, 

 leaves opposite linear, flowers sessile axillary, capsule 2-valved. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 2000 ft., H.f. # T. ; Eajmahal Hills (Bengal), Kwrz ; through- 

 out Chota Nagpoeb, alt. 1000-2000 ft., C. B. Clarke. Calcutta ; Botanic Garden, 

 Kurz. 



Stems tufted, 1-3 in. Leaves J-i in., linear or narrow-oblong, at the base narrower 

 almost petioled, obtuse often with two points (as described by Harvey in Suffrenia 

 capensis). Flowers not spicate, most minute. Calyx-tube short ; teeth 4, triangular, 

 accessory teeth 0. Petals if any minute, not yet seen. Stamens 2 (occasionally 3-4 

 Kwz). Capsule spherical, slightly acute. Seeds black, half- ellipsoid or nearly half- 

 spherical, excavated on the plane face. — Kurz says the capsule is 3-valved : the very 

 perfect examples from Chota Nagpore have the capsule 2 valved Suffrenia capensis, 

 Harvey Thes. Capens. ii. t. 189, differs from the Indian plant only in the larger and 

 longer capsule. Compare Botala filiformis, Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 468, 

 where Harvey's linear-leaved plant is united with the European Suffrenia which has 

 oblong, broad-based leaves. 



9. A. slmplicluscula, Kurz in Joum, As. Sac. 1871, pt. ii. 64; leaves 

 opposite narrow-oblong, flowers solitary axUlary shortly pedicelled, capsule 3- 

 valved. 



Chittagong; tropical rice fields; H.f. if T., Kurz. 



Stems decumbent, 1-2J in. Lower haves | in., almost petioled, upper shorter, 

 somewhat obovate. Flowers small, lower distant, upper approximate. Calyx-tube 

 short ; teeth 4, triangular, accessory teeth 0. Capsule globose, much longer than the 

 calyx. Seeds black, subhemispheric, excavated on the plane face. 



10. A . pentandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 426 ; cauline leaves opposite ellip- 

 tic-oblong sessUe faintly nerved, flowers solitary axiUarj' sessile, capsule 3-ceUed. 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 79 ; W. 8^ A. Prodr. 305 ; Wall. Cat. 2102 ; Blume Mus. Bot. 

 ii. t. 46 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 85. A. nana, Boxb. in Wall. Cat. 

 2105. A. rubra, Ham. in Dm Prodr. 220; Wall. Cat. 2107. A. subspicata, 

 Herb. Hohenack. No. 1611. A. densiflora, Roth Nov. Sp. 99; DC. I.e. 79; 



