975 



vv/) L. PARviroLiuM. (Griseh.) 



ident. balz. Bomb. flor. p. 158.— Dec. prod. IX. p. Hi. 



Syn. Villarsia pamfolia. Wall. 



Spec. Char. Very iniputfe : leaveS cordate-orbjCulat, stnall, 

 hiembranAeeous : petioles beariilg the flowers imihediately below 

 the leaf: capsule ittany-seeded : Sefeds minlite, rough. 



Malwan. Siirat. Common ih tanks but diiBcult to find on 

 account of its small size. 



ORDER CXI. BIGNOXIACEi^. 



Calyx lobed or ientirej sometinles sjtathaceous : corolla mono- 

 i»etalous, hypogyiiousi diecidubilSi irregular, 4-5-ldbed or sub- 

 bilabiate, lobes imbrieslting iii s^stivation : stamens usually 4, 

 fertile, didynamous, •*^ith a sterile filament, sometimes all fer- 

 tile; anthers 2-celledj cells parallel and contiguousi or separate 

 and diverging; opening longitudinally: disk glandulose, tumid, 

 embracing the base of the ovary: dvary 2, rarely 1-celled, 

 ovules several or numeroiiSi attached to the lateral placentae, 

 usually united in the axis by a short process whichj -with the 

 thickened placentae, afterwards becomes the spongy partition : 

 style filifoa'm, stigma bilamellate or bifid : lamellae anticous and 

 jJosticous : capsule 2^vaLved, 2-celled, often lopg, compressed, 

 sometimes spuriously 4-celledi the septum either parallel to tho 

 valves, or contrary to them, finally separating and bearing the 

 seeds: seeds transverse^ compressedj winged, exalbnminous: 

 embryo straight next the hilum, cotyledons flatj foliaceous or 

 fleshy.— Trees or shrubs : stems erect, scandent, or twining: 

 leaves opposite, sometimes simple, usually compound, the petiole 

 Sometiflies produced into a tendril : stipules none, but sometime? 

 replaced by accessory leaflets : inflorescence usually panicled o* 

 racemose. 



