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divisions of the limb short lanceolate acute, erect in the fruit, ovary 

 3-celIed ; germinating radicle cylindric, rather obtuse. Syn. 

 Eruguiera parviflora, W. and A. Prod. 1, 311; Rhizophora 

 parviflora, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 461. Salt marshes; not common. 



4. CARALLIA, Roxb. 



1. C Integehrima, DC. Prod. 3, p 33. — A small tree, with 

 corky bark and obdvate dark-green polished leaves, quite entire ; 

 peduncles short axillary trifid ; flowers small; stigma 5-lobed; fruit 

 size of a pea. Syn. C integrifolia, Graham Cat. ; C zeylanica, 

 Arnott ; C chinensis, Arnott. Wood strong and fit for furniture. 

 The Ghauts ; pretty common. Native name " Punschi." 



LXII. LYTHRACE^. 



1. ROTALA, Linn. 



1. R Verticillakis, Linn. Maut. p 175. — Herbaceous, aqua- 

 tic; leaves in verticles 4 to 8, linear-acute; flowers axillary, solitary 

 minute, sessile ; capsule covered by the calyx, 1-celled ; seeds very 

 numerous. In ditches, tanks, &c. ; common. 



2. AMELETIA, DC. 



1. A Floribunda, Wight Hook. Ic. PI v ix, p 826. — Annual, 

 erect, quite smooth, branched upwards ; leaves alternate linear, the 

 upper ones especially, cordate, stem-clasping ; peduncles very 

 slender, on terminal branches; racemes spiked, bracteated; brac- 

 teoles almost as long as the calyx; flowers pink, monoicous; 

 stamens long exserted. Syn. Nimmonia floribunda, Wight in 

 Madr. Jour, vi, p 34, t. 20. On bare rocky ground on the 

 highest Ghauts ; also below the Ghauts at Sivapore. 



2. A Tenuis, Wight Ic. t. 257 b. — Stems somewhat pro- 

 cumbent at the base, afterwards erect, most slender; leaves 

 opposite, orbicular ; spikes terminal ; flowers solitary, longish- 

 pedicelled, from the axil of a linear bract ; bracteoles large, stamens 

 included; capsule ovate, 2-valved. Banks of the Penn River; not 

 common. 



3. A RoTUNDiFOLiA, Wight. Ic. t. 268. — Stems diffuse pro- 

 cumbent ; branches erect ; leaves large, orbicular, opposite, sessile ; 

 spikes congested near the extremities of the branches ; flow'Srs 

 solitary in the axils of broad ovate-cordate or orbicular bracteas ; 

 bracteoles very minute ; stamens longer than the calyx ; capsule 

 4-valved. 



4. A Indica, DC. Prod. 3, p. 76. — Procumbent ; leaves obovate 



