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often polygamous: calyx turbinate, obtusely 5-toethed: -petals 
‘erect: stamens about the length of the teeth of the calyx : styles 
shorter‘ than the stamens: earpels 2-3, partially enclosed in the 
ealyx, 2-oveled, 
() C. suxtirotta. (Wall.) 
Ident. Wight’s Spicil. I. p. 53. | 
Engrav. Wight’s Spicil. t. 65. 
Spec. Cuan. An. erect ramous shrub: leaves small, oval or 
subobovate, pointed, glabrous above, clothed beneath with soft white 
hair: peduncles and calyx tomentese: petals round, withering: 
flowers small, white, 3-4 together? fruit about the size ef a pea, 
succulent: seeds 4. 
Neilgherries. Flowering from March to September. 
ORDER LIX. LYTHRACES. 
Herbs shrubs or trees: branches usually quadrangular : 
leaves opposite or alternate, entire, without stipules or glands: 
~ flowers bisexual : calyx tubular er campanulate, lobed: sxstiva- 
tion valvate: petals.alternate with the lobes of the calyx, very 
deciduous, sometimes wanting: stamens inserted a little below 
the petals, equal in number to them or 2-4 times as many ; 
anthers introrse, 2-celled, bursting longitudinally : ovary supes. 
rior, 2-4-celled: ovules numerous: style usually filiform : stigma 
usually capitate: capsule membranous, surrounded by the calyx, 
usually 1-celled by abortion, bursting longitudinally: or irregu« 
larly: seeds numerous: embryo straight : albumen none. 
GENUS I. ROTALA. 
WTriandria Monogynina, Sex : Syst : 
Deriv. The Latin for a little wheel, in allusion to the whorled 
leaves. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx tubular, 3~5-lobed: lobes ovate, acute: 
petals obovate, minute, as long as and as numerous as the calycine 
Yobes: stamens as many as the petals, inserted on the middle of the 
calyx-tube : ovary 3-celled: style very short: stigma capitate: 
capsule 1-celled, Sevalyeds many-seeded i seeds compressed, shin- 
ing, smooth. 
