400 
(1) R. verricinzaris. (Linn.) 
ddent. W.& A. prod. I. p. 303.—Dee. prod. III. p. 76. 
E£ngrav. Rheede Mal. IX. t. 81.—Wight’s Icon. t, 260. 
Spsc. Cuar. Herbaceous: leaves sessile, 4—8-verticelled, lineaf, 
acute: flowers sessile, axillary, solitary : seeds very numerous: 
Peninsula. Common in ditches and tanks everywhere. 
(2) R. Roxpurestana. (Wight.) 
Ident. Whght’s lil. I. p. 206. 
_ Syn. Ammannia pentandra, Roxb. ft. Ind. I. p. 427. Dees 
prod. 111. p. 79.—W. § A. prod. 1. p. 305. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 260. 
Srrec. Cuan. Herbaceous: leaves from linear-lanceolate to 
finear-oblong : petals 5, twice the length of the calycine segmerits; 
obovate, entire or emarginate or 3-toothed: stamens 5, the length 
of the calyx: Gapsule 3-valved ¢ flowe¥s small, red, with 2 subulate 
bracts as long as the calyx. 
Peninsula. Flowering in the rainy season. 
.GENUS II AMELETIA. 
Tetrandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Ameletos, neglected. The present genus wis 
formerly that of Peplis, and is so called from its chatacters having 
been overlooked. 
Gry. Car. Calyx 4-cleft: lobes ovate, very atute, tonverg= 
ing, each sinus with a small tooth-like process: petals none : ovary 
ovate, 2-celled: style filiform: stigina capitate: capsule ovate, ds 
celled, 2-valved, many-seeded« 
(1) A.Inprca. (Dee.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 303.—Dec. prod. III. p: 76. 
Syn. Peplis Indica, Willd—Ammannia Indica, Spr.—A. rez 
pens, Roitl. Dec, prod.i.c. p. 80.—A. nana, Roxb, ft. Ind: I. 
p. 427. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 257. 
Srec. Cuan. Herbaceous, i opposite, obovate, 
fearly sessile: floriferous branches axil aty, forming small bracteat- 
ed spikes which are at length lax and 2-3 times the Jength of the 
leaves: flowers bibracteolate, sessile, solitary in the axils of the 
elongated bracts: 
Peninsula, flowering in the rainy season. 
