284 



(2) S. LAciNiATDM. (JClein.) 



Ideni. Klein, in Willd. Sp. IH. p. 369.— Dec. prod. IX. p. 250. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1345. 



Spec. Char. Stem prostrate, hispid : all the leaves tripartite, 

 laciniated. 



Balaghaut mountains in the Carnatic. 



(3) S. PRosTRATUM. {Rete.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. toI. IV. & t. 1346, 



Spec. Char. Leaves orbiculate, crenated, hispid above, white'* 

 tomentose beneath : .flowers solitary, pednncled : stem difiiise. 



Sand hills along the Sea Coast. Near Madras, towards the 

 Adyar. 



GENTS n. PEDALIUM. 



Dldynattila Anglospermla. Sex: Sytti 



Deriv. From Pedalioti, a raddei* j in reference to the dilated 

 aigies'of the fiiiit. 



Gen. ;Chae. Calyx 5-parted, persistent, upper lobe shorter ; 

 conjla taibular, 5-cleft, lobes roundedj lowest oile larger : sta- 

 mens four, mcluded : anthers approximateii crosswise : style fili- 

 form : stigma 2-cleft : frttit nut-like, indehiscent, ovately pyra- 

 midal, somewhat 4-sided, increased at the base by four conical 

 simple spmes, irregularly 3-eeDed, 2 upper cells 2-seeded, third 

 Bterile : seeds pendulous, ovate-oblong. 



(1) P. MUREx. {Lir^n.) 



Ident. Linn. Sp. 892. — Dec. prod. JX. p. 256. — Roxb. floT* 

 Ind. m. p. 114. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1615. — Rheede Mai. X. t. 72.— 

 -Burin, flor. tind. t. 45. fig. 2. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous annual, succulent, exhaling the odour 

 of musk: leaves opposite, petioled, oval, dentately cut, ,obtuse, 

 somewhat cuneate at the base : pedicels axillary, l-fio,wei;ed, shorter 

 than the petiole, furnished with a gland at the base on both sides : 

 flowers yellow. 



Malabar. Cape Comorin. Kattywar. Deccan. Sea shores of 

 ahe Peninsula, flowering nearly all the year. The fresh leaves, 

 if stirred in water, render it mucilaginous. 



