99 



Lam. Encycl. Meth. iii, p 331 ; Syn. J exaltata, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 

 401 ; J frulicosa, DC. At Vingorla, and on the Ghauts. 



2. LUDWIGIA, Roxb. 



1. L Parviflora, Roxb. — Erect, annual, glabrous, branched; 

 leaves lanceolate ; flowers axillary, subsessile, yellow ; capsule 

 obsoietely 4 to 5-angled, 2 to 3 times longer than broad, 4 to 5- 

 celled. Concan ; very common. Syn. L perennis, Linn. sp. p 

 173; Rheed. Mai. ii, it. 49. 



LXIV. HALORAGE^. 



1. MYRIOPHYLLUM, Vaill. 



1. M Tetrandrum, Roxb. — An aquatic floating herbaceous 

 plant; leaves verticellate, lower ones divided into capillary segments ; 

 flowers small, verticelled in the axils of the floral leaves, moncE- 

 cious ; stamens 4 ; carpels nearly smooth, and even blunt on the 

 back. Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 451. In tanks, common. 



2. TRAPA, Linn. 



1. T BisPiNOSA, Roxb. Cor. iii, 234 ; Fl. Ind. i, 428.— Herba- 

 ceous, floating plant ; lower leaves opposite, upper alternate, 

 tomentose beneath; flowers axillary; peduncles shorter than the 

 petioles; fruit 2-horned, horns opposite, straight-conical, very 

 sharp. We have eaten the fruit boiled, and find it very like 

 potatoes. Native name " Shingaree." Water Chesnut of Anglo- 

 Indians. An important article of food in some parts; chiefly 

 found in tanks in Guzerat. 



LXV. CUCURBITACEiE. 



1. Z ANON I A, Linn. 



1 . Z Indica, Linn. — Herbaceous, smooth, climbing, dicecious ; 

 leaves rather large, elliptic, 3-nerved ; flowers racemose, on long 

 axillary peduncles, pale-yellow, small ; fruit obconico-cylindric, Hke 

 candle extinguisliers. Very rare ; found only near Vingorla; the 

 fruit is ripe in May. 



2. ZEHNERIA, Endl. 



1. Z Gaecini, Stocks in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv, p 149. — Stems 

 smooth, climbing; tendrils simple; leaves deeply 3 to 5-Iobed, 

 bristle-toothed, more or less scabrous ; bracteas axillary, large, reni- 

 forra ciliated; flowers minute; berries red, small, hammer-shaped, 



