660 LXix. FicoiDE^. (0. B. Clarke.) I7}ri(mthema. 



gins. Flowers solitary, axillary pedicel J in. Cali/x within a bright rose ; seg- 

 ments J in., cuspidate. Stamens 15-40, free or nearly so. Styles 3, less commonly 

 4 or 5, Capsule | in. Seeds not very many, obtusely keeled on the margin. 



3. TRIAMTBEDEA, 



Difi^e prostrate branched herbs, glabrous or papillose. Leaves petioled, 

 opposite, unequal, from linear to ovate or obovate, entire ; petioles connected at 

 base by their dilated membranous margins ; stipules 0. Flowers small, axillary, 

 sessile or peduncled, solitary or in cymes or clusters. Cdlyx-tvhe short or long, 

 lobes 6, often cuspidate, coloured within. Petals 0. Stamens 6-10 or more, 

 inserted near the top of the calyx-tube. Ovary free, 1-2-ceUed; styles 1 or 2, 

 subulate ; ovules 1 or many, basal. Capmle membranous or coriaceous, clavate, 

 circumseiss, the upper portion often carrying away 1 or 2 seeds attached to or 

 enclosed in it, the lower portion 2-oo -seeded. Seeds reniform ; embryo annular. 

 — DisifiiB. Species 10, tropical and subtropical. 



* Styhl. 



1. T. monogryna, Linn. Mant . 69 ; calyx-tube scarious thin closely 

 sheathed by the base of the petiole, stamens about 15. DC. Prodr. iii. 352, PL 

 Grass, t. 109. T. obcordata, Soxb. Sort. Beng. 34, Fl. Ind. ii. 445 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 6837, excl. F; W. ^ A. Prodr. 355; Wight Ic. t. 228; Dalz. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 14 ; Kurt in jowm. As. Soe. 1877, pt. ii. 110. T. pentandra j3. ob- 

 cordata, DC. Prodr. iii. 352. 



Throughout Iin>iA.and Ceylon, common. — ^Distblb. Malaya, Western Asia, Africa, 

 Tropical America. 



Glabrous. £ea«es J-lJ in., obovate; petiole J in. .Pteroers solitary. Calyx-lobes 

 obtuse, cuspidate. Stamens 10-20. Capsule | in., scarious below, beak exserted 

 coriaceous somewhat mitriform adnate to the enclosed seed, lower part 3-5-seeded. 

 Seeds black, scarcely shining, with concentric broken undulating raised lines. 



2. T. crystalllna, Vahl. Symh. i. 32; calyx-tube herbaceous vrith 

 many ribs not sheathed by the base of the petiole, stamens 5. Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 34, Fl. Ind. iL 444; Wall. Cat. iB840; W. ^ A. Prodr. 355; Fdgw. 

 in Jmim. Linn. Soc. vi. 203 ; Dah. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 14 ; Kurz in Joum. As. 

 Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 110. T. triquetra, BoUl. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 352. T. sedifolia, 

 Visian. PI. jEg. t. 3. Fapularia crystaHuia, Forsk. Fl. JEg. Arab. 69. 



From the Pcnjab to Ceylon : not in Bengal. — Distbie. Throughout Africa. 



Minutely papiUose or glabrous. Leaves 4-| in., narrowly oblanceolate or ellip- 

 tie ; petiole very short or obscure Flowers often very many, solitary densely 

 clustered. Calyx-lobes triangular, cuspidate. Capside -^ in. ; beak a circular corky 

 flat disc depressed in the centre, deciduous often with one seed attached beneath or 

 imperfectly included by a membrane. Seeds 2, super-imposed, discoid, black, scarcely 

 shining, with concentric broken undulating raised lines. 



** Styles2. 



3. T. pentandra, Linn. Mant. 79 ; stamens 5, beak of the fiiiit mitri- 

 form separating into two 1-seeded parts, lower portion of the j&:uit 2-seeded.. 

 DC. Pi-odr. iii. 352 ; Edgw. in Jowm. Linn. Soc. vi. 202 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii, 

 766. T. obcordata,- Wall. Cat. 6837 F. T. Govindia, Wall. Cat. 6838. 



The Punjab, Scindb and plains of North- West Indl&. — Disibib. Western Asia 

 and Tropical Africar 



