420 LXXYiii. STTLiDiEji. (C. B. Clarke.) [Stylidivm. 



gamopetalous, ravely regular. Stamens 2 ; filanjenta connate ■with the style into 

 a column ; anther-celk ultimately suhconfluent. Ovary inferior, 2-celled. Stigma 

 at the apex of the coliimn. Ovules in each cell oo , on the middle of the dis- 

 sepiment. Capsule 1-2-celled, S-valved, the two valves cohering at the base, 

 or at the hase and top. Seeds numerous, minute, albuminous ; embryo minute, 

 next the hilum. — Species 100, Australian, ■with a "few in S.E. Asia, N. Zealand, 

 and Antarctic America. 



1. STVXiXDZVaX, Stcartz. 



Corolla irregularly 5-lobed ; lobes 4, suberect in pairs, and 1 smaller re- 

 curved. Column of stamens elongate, apex at first deflexed, elastically reflexed 

 when irritated. — Species 85 Australian, and 3 Indian. 



1. S. Kunthii, Wall. Cat. 3759; stems short stout usually pubescent 

 when young, leaves terminal subrosulate obovate-orbicular, peduncles 1 or more 

 leafless dichotomous, corolla white. DC. Prodr. vii. 335; JS.f. §• T. in Journ. 

 Linn. Sac. ii. 8. S. Brunonis, Oriff. Notul. iv. 275. S. uligiuosum, Su7-z in 

 Flora, 1872, 303, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 212. 



Throughout Eastern Bengal and British Btema ; in grassy flats, fi:om the Sikkim 

 and Khasia Terai to Chittagong, H.f. ^ T., and Mergni, Griffith. 



Height 1-8 in. Eosulate leaves \-^ in., often petioled, -ndth scattered smaller ones 

 belo^w them. Bracts usually 2, opposite at the forks of the peduncle, ^-^ in., linear- 

 oblong. jF/owers sessile at tile forks, minute. CopsaJc^-i in., linear; valves dehiscing 

 from the top, recurved. 



2. S. ullg'inosum, Stcartz in Gesellsch. Nat. Berlin Mag. 1807, 52, t. 2, 

 fig. 4 ; stem hardly any, leaves subrosulate obovate-orbicular, peduncles 1 or 

 more leafless dichotomous, corolla white. DC. Prodr. vii. 336; H. f. ^- T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 8. S. sinicum, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 1030. 



Ceylon; in moist places. Walker; ne&r Colombo, Champion, Thwaites. Malacca, 

 fide H. f. ^ T. — DiSTEiB. South China, North Australia. 



Glabrous, 1-8 in. — Closely resembling iS. Kunthii, and united thereiirith by Kurz. 



3. S. tenellum, Swartz in Gesellsch. Nat. Berlin Mag. 1807, 51 , t. 2, fig. 

 3, not of Br. ; stem simple erect leafy, leaves scattered oblono; or oblong-obovate 

 gradually smaller upwards, corolla rosy or purplish. JJ.f. 4' T. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ii. 8 ; Kurz in Flora, 1872, 304. S. roseum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1876, 

 pt. ii. 137 ; 1877, pt. ii. 212. 



Dacca ; iu s-wamps, Clarice. Chittagono, Kurz. JFEEGni, Griffith (Kew Dis- 

 trib. n. 3450). Malacca, fide Swartz. 



Stem glabrous, 4-8 in., dichotomous. Lo^wer leaves J in., narrowed to the base ; 

 upper passing gradually into bracts. Braets ^ in., linear, mostly solitary at each fork 

 of the cyme. Flowers s&ssWd. Capstde \-^ in., linear; valves united at the top and 

 T)ase. 



\ KB. minima,; stems 1-2 in., 1-4-flo'wered. — Ghota Nagpore, at Hazaribagh, alt. 

 2000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 



Order LXXIX. GOOSEKOVZEH:. (By (J. B. Clarke.) 



Shrubs or herbs; juice not milky. Leaves alternate or radical, very rarely 

 opposite; stipules 0. i^^jce>*s axillary or terminal, racemose or panicled, irre- 

 gular or regular. Calyx-tuhe adnate to the ovary ; limb 6-fid or nearly obsolete. 

 Corolla-lobes 5, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the corolla, 

 alternate with its lobes; anthers free or connate in a ring round the style. 

 Ovaiy 1-2-celled. Style simple, with a cup-sbaped indusium including the 



