200 Lxxv. EnBiACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Syermacoce. 



Stamens 4, on the throat or tuhe of the corolla, filaments short or long ; anthers 

 linear or oblong. Ovary 2-oelled ; style filiform with 2 short arms or a capi- 

 tate stigma ; ovules 1 in each cell, on the middle of the septimi, amphitropus. 

 Fruit of 3 coriaceous or crustaceons mericarps which dehisce variously. Seeds 

 oblong, grooved ventrally, testa thin often 'granulate ; cotyledons thin, broad ; 

 radicle inferior. — Disteib. Species about 150, tropical and subtropical. 



* Capsule dehiscing septicidally, hoth mericarps then dehiscing ventrally. 



1. S. stricta, Linn. f.\ DC. Prodr. iv. 554; annual, stem usually erect 

 and leaves more or less scabrid, leaves from linear to ovate acute, cahrx hispid 

 or pubescent, teeth slender, seeds linear-oblong highly polished. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 i. 370 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 137. S. lasiocarpa, Br. in Wall. Cat. 

 832. S. pusilla, Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey ^ Wall. i. 379 ; Cat. 823 ; 

 Bon Prodr. 134. S. filina, Gardneri, and angustifolia. Wall. Cat. 830, 834, 835. 

 S. triaridra. Ham. in Don Prodr. I. c. Bigelovia stricta, Rlume Bijd. 945. 

 B. lasiocarpa, Roxhurghiana, and Kleinii, W. Sr A. P-odr. 437. B. myriantha, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 334. Borreria pusiUa, DC. I. c. 543. B. gracilis, Miq. 

 in PI. Hohen. No. 705. 



Teopicai. Himalaya from Kashmir eastwards, ascending to 5500 ft., and throughr 

 out India to Singapore and Cetlon. — Distrib.' Tropical Asia and Africa. 



Stem 6-14 in., simple or branched from the base, angles more or less scabrid. 

 Leaves subsessile, 1-2 by J-^ in., green when dry, narrowed at. both ends, horizonial 

 or deflexed, more or less coriaceous, glabrous or with scabrid nerves beneath. Heads 

 globose, usually very many- and dense-flowered ; bracteoles filiform, exceeding the 

 calyx. Corolla ^ in. long, white. Stigma subglobose. Capsule narrowed at the 

 base, glabrous below, rather membranous. — The two most prominent forms of this 

 variable plant are small fruited ones with globose heads and very narrow leaves, the 

 S. pusilla, DC, and B. myriantha, Miq., and a large coarser plant, S. lasiocarpa, Br.; 

 but there are no limits between these forms. 



2. S. ocymoides, Burm. Fl. Ind. 34, t. 13, f. 1 ; perennial, glabrous or 

 nearly so, stems branched from the base decumbent and ascending, leaves ovate 

 elliptic or lanceolate acute glabrous or scabrid above, calyx glabrous or glabrate, 

 teeth lanceolate, seeds oblong black granulate opaque. S. stricta, Schlecht. in 

 PI. Hohen. No. 998. S. ramosa, tenera, ocymoides, and Roxhurghiana, Wall, 

 Cat. 831, 833, 6185, 6186 excl. B. Borreria ocymoides, DC. Prodr. iv. 544. 

 Bigelowia Roxhurghiana, Wight Cat. 1360 {not of W. 8f A. P-odr.). B. laevi- 

 Caulis and setidens, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 334, 336. 



Westbkn Pekinsula; from Malabar and the Nilgheeet Hills southwards, 

 -Heyne, &e. Malacca, Griffith; Ceylon, Gardner, &c. — Disthib. Malay Islands, 

 Mauritius, Trop. Africa. 



Boot more or less woody (except in seedlings). Branches 4-16 in., stout or more 

 often slender, rarely scabrid on the angles and only beneath the leaves. Leaves much 

 broader than in S. stricta, often membranous, quite glabrous or scabrid above, some- 

 times petioled. Flowers fewer and in smaller heads than 8. stricta, with usually 

 shorter bracteoles. Calyx rarely puberulous, teeth often unequal. Seeds usually 

 broader and shorter than in S. stricta. — I follow Wallich in referring this to Bur- 

 mann's plant. Wight & Arnott's B. Roxbwrghiana is not Wallich's 6186 of that 

 name, nor is it 'Wight's plant of that name, nor is Wight & Arnott's B. Kleinii 

 Wallich's S. ocymoides. No. 6186, as cited; both these plants of W.& A. having hispid 

 calyces are referable to 8. stricta. 



** Capsule septicidal, one meiricarp remaining closed hy the septum {which 

 finally separates as a membranous plate) , the other dehiscing ventrally. 



3. S. hispida, Linn.; DC. P-odr. iv. 555; procumbent, scabrid hirsute 

 or hispid, leaves obovate spathulate oblong or elliptic obtuse or acute margins 



