570 Lxi. LYTHEACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) lAmmanma. 



folds usually present but small. Capsule reddish, exactly like that of A. baccifera. 

 Seed half-obovoid, excavated on the plane face, one end much smaller than the 

 other. — A. verticUlata, Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 743, has the leaves attenuated to the 

 base ; and is therefore A. baccifera, Linn., for the only character by which A, bacci- 

 fera can be distinguished from A. salicifolia. 



13. A. cordata, W. %■ A. Prodr. 304 ; glabrous, leaves sessile oblong cor-- 

 date subamplexicaul, flowers 2-5 shortly pedicelled in each axil, capsule globose 

 covered by the calyx-teeth. Wall. Cat. 6322. A. salicifolia, Monti var. 0. 

 Thwaites jEnum. 121. 



East Bengai, Noakhali, C B. Clarke. Dbccait Peninsula; Wight. Ceylon; 

 Thwaites. 



Glabrous, erect, 12-18 in., leaves and branches opposite. Cauline leaves 1-1^ in., 

 margins often white cartilaginous. Flowers very shortly pedicelled, but not congested. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate with 4 green striations ; teeth 4, triangular, connivent over 

 the capsule; accessory teeth as 4 small prominent horns. Capsule globose, much 

 larger than that of A. salicifolia, not becoming red pseudo-baccate as does that of 

 A. baccifera and A. salicifolia. Seeds subhemispheric, excavated on the plane face. 



14. A. lanceolata, Heyne in Wail. Cat. 2106 JB., C. ; leaves opposite 

 oblong-elliptic attenuate to the base scarcely petioled, flowers 2-5 shortly pedi- 

 celled in each axil, calyx campanulate minutely pubescent, petals large. A. 

 verticillata, W. ^ A. Prodr. 304, exclud. all syn. A. salicifolia, Thwaites Ermm. 

 121, as to var. u. only. — Pheede Sort. Med. ix. t. 84?. 



DeCcan Peninsula, Wight. Eed hiUs of the Oamatic ; (?. Thomson. Cetlon ; 

 Thwaites. 



Erect, 4-16 in., branches numerous, opposite. Cauline leaves 1-1^ in., margins 

 often white cartilaginous, younger leaves usually puberulous punctate or subpubes- 

 cent. Flowers not congested, often whorled ; bracteoles linear, obtuse, green, as long 

 as the calyx. Calyx-tuhe campanulate, ovoid; teeth 4, triangular, short, with 4 

 shorter triangular exterior teeth. Petals exceeding much the calyx, larger than in 

 any other species of Eu-Ammarmia. Capsule globose. Seed subhemispheric, ex- 

 cavated on the plane face. 



15. A. seneg'alensis, Lamh. III. t. 77, f. 2.; leaves opposite elongate- 

 oblong sessile subauriculate at the bass, cymes peduncled compound, capsule 

 i in. diam. globose. DC. Prodr. iii. 77. A. auriculata, WiUd. Hort. Berol. 

 t. 7 ; DC. I. c. 80 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 743. 



Plains of the Punjab and of North-West Hindostan, ascending to 6000 ft. 

 Boyle, T. Thomson, Edgeworth. — Dxsteib. Afghanistan. Persia. Egypt. Tropical 

 Africa. Australia. 



Glabrous, erect, 6-24 in., branches sharply quadrangular. Cauline leaves 1-2 in. 

 Bracteoles on the cyme-branches minute, linear. Calyx campanulate, with 4 or 8 

 green lines becoming indistinct in fruit ; teeth 4, broad-triangular, teeth obscure. 

 Petals or caducous. Stamens 6 or 8. Capsule becoming ultimately red, much 

 exceeding the calyx-tube. Seeds half-ellipsoid, excavated on the plane face. — This 

 species is distinct so far as the Indian material is concerned. Some African ex- 

 amples have the cyme much closer and are doubtfully separable from A. salicifolia 

 above. Kurz (in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 85. 86) gives Chittagong as a locality 

 for this plant: which may be so, or his plant may have been A. cordata No. 13. 



16. A. multiflora, Poxb. Fl. Ind. i. 426; leaves opposite elongate-oblong 

 sessile subauriculate at the base, cymes peduncled compound, capsule ^ in. 

 diam. globose. DC. Brodr. iii. 79; W. §■ A. Prodr. 305; WaU. Cat. 2101; 



