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simple: capsule 6-8-seeded : lid concave, with 2 spreading teeth, 
almost closed at the bottom, nut-like and including one seed : flowers 
solitary, sessile, nearly. concealed within the broad sheath of the 
petioles, small, greenish-white. 
Coromandel. Common in ri¢e‘fields of the Peninsula, Flower- 
ing uearly all the year. 
(3): T. pecanprum. (Litn.) 
Ident. W. & A, prod. I. p. 355.—Dée. prod. TE. p. 392.=5 
Roxb. fi. Ind. IT, p. 444. 
Syn. Zaleya decandra, Burm. — 
Engray. .Burm. Ind. t, 31. £ 3.—Pluk, t. 120. f. -3.-—Wight’s 
Tcon. t, 296. 
Spec. Guar. Annual: stems diffuse, prostrate, glabrous or’ pu- 
bescent above : leaves opposite, elliptic, obtuse or acute, one of each 
pair a little larger than the other: sepals membranaceous on the 
margin: stamens 10-12: style divided inte two linear segments ¢ 
capsule 4-seeded, with a spurious dissepiment: lid slightly 2-lobed 
at the apex, nearly closed below, nut-like,- 2-seeded : flowers seves 
ral: pedicel on a short peduncle, with scariose bracts and bracteoles; 
small, greenish-white. © Lo 
Penitisala, ‘flowéritig nearly: all the year. 
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GENUS II. SESUVIUM: 
Leasindria Digynia, Se: Syst: 
Deriv. Meaning unknown. 
Gen. Cuar, Fleshy herbaceous plants growing near the’ sede 
side: calyx 5-partite, persistent, coloured inside + petals none: sta« 
mens inserted into the bottom of the calyx: ovary free, sessile : 
style wanting: stigmas 3-5, linear: capsule 3, rarely 4~5-celled, 
debiscing transversely: seeds numerous: embryo curved like a 
hook. 
(1) S. rorrdracasrrum. (Rotil.)’ 
Ident. Roxb fi. Ind. Ii. p. 509. 
Syn. 8S. repens, Rottl. W. § A. prod. J. p. 361.—Dec. prod. 
III. p. 458. ro 
Engrav. Rumph. Amb. VI. t, 72. £1. 
Spec. Cuar.. A fleshy glabrous plant; stems prostrate, rooting 
at the joints: leaves opposite, oval, spathulate or oblong-linear : 
flowers axillary, alternate, solitary, pedicellate, small, green, intere. 
Rally white: stigmas 3. : x 
Sea shores of Salsette. Tratiquebar. Soonderbunds. Fibivers 
ing in the hot season, 
