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ORDER XVII. ELATINACEZ. 
Annual, marshy plants with opposite leaves and minute sti- 
pules: sepals 3-5, distinct or slightly connate below: petals 
hypogynous, alternating with the sepals: ovary 3-5-celled: 
styles 3-5: stigmas capitate: placente axillary: capsules 3-5- 
celled, 3-5-valved: seeds numerous: albumen none. 
GENUS I. ELATINE. 
Octandria Trigynia. Sex: Sys: 
Deriv. From E£late,a aes, to which the leaves of the species 
have been compared. 
Grn. Cuan. Styles distinct at the base, very short or wanting. 
(1) E. amsieva. (Wight.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 41, 
Engrav. Hook. Bot. Mise. vol. II. t. 5.—Wight’s Ill. I. t. 25. 
Srrc. Cuar. Stems diffuse, rooting: leaves oblong, attenuat- 
ed towards the base: flowers pedicellate, axillary, opposite or 
alternate, with 3 sepals, petals and stamens: stigmas sessile. 
Peninsula. 
(2) E. veRrTICILLATA. (W.& A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 41. 
Syn. E. luxurians, Delile.—Bergia verticillata, Willd.—Dec. 
eon. I. p. 390.— Roxb. fl. Ind. Il. p. 456.—B. aquatica, Roxb. 
Cor.—B. capensis, Linn. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t, 142.—Rheede Mal. IX. t. 78.— 
Pluk. t. 182. f. 6. 
Src. Cuar. Annual: stems branched, rooting from the lower 
joints: leaves lanceolate, attenuated below into a longish petiole 
and serrated, particularly towards the point: flowers densely capi- 
tate, sessile, axillary: sepals and petals 5: stamens 10: styles 
short? flowers very small, white. 
Banks of rivers and rice fields all over India, flowering in the 
rainy season. 
(8) E. ammannowss. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p..41. 
Syn. Bergia ammannoides, Rowb. fl. Ind. II. p. 457.—Dee. 
prod. I. p. 390.—B. pentandra, Camb,—Lechea verticillata, Willd, 
—Dec. prod, I, p. 286, ; 
