202 



(2) S. MACEOSTACHTA. (JS. W.) 



Ident. "Wight's Icon. VI. t. 1977. 



Spec. Chab. Suffruticoae, erect, hairy all over : leaves long- 

 petioled, opposite, cordate-ovate, acute, 3-nerved, serrated : spikes 

 axillary, filiform, interrupted, 3 — 4 times the length of the leaves : 

 male fascicles 6— 8-flovrered, female 10 — 12 or more. 



Coimhatore. N"eilgherries. Courtallum, in moist shady 

 woods. 



&ENUS IV. ELATOSTEMMA. 



Tetrandria lUoiiogyiiia* Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chae. Mowers monoecious or dioscious, on heads dis- 

 tinguished by the sex, involucred, sessile or pedicelled on a flat, 

 somewhat fleshy receptacle, 1 — 2- — 3-braeteolate : male perianth 

 4 — 5-parted, leaflets equal, concave : stamens 4 — 5 : filaments 

 filiform, at first inflexed : anthers introrse, 2-celled, attached by 

 the back : cells opposite : female perianth 2 — 3 — 4-leaved, leaflets 

 unequal, often very small or none: ovary free, ovate-elliptic, 

 1-celled : ovule 1, basilar, sessile, orthotropal : stigma sessile : seg- 

 ments many-parted : achenia elliptic, seated on a fleshy receptacle, 

 wrapped in bracteoles : seed erect. — Herbs or undershrubs : leaves 

 alternate, oblique, quite entire, coarsely toothed, tubercled, rough, 

 stipulate : capitula axiUary, sessile or shortly peduncled. 



(1) E. suEcrLosuM. {B. W.) 



Ident. "Wight's Icon. VI. t. 2091. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, spreading on all sides by means of suckers : 

 leaves subsessile, ovate-acuminate, unequal-sided, coarsely-serrated 

 except near the base, lineolate, glabrous : male receptacle pedun- 

 cled, involucrate, male flowers pedicelled, 4-lobed : female recep- 

 tacle and flowers sessile, flowers mixed with numerous pedicelled 

 sterile ones : sterile ones simply capitate or 3 — 4-lobed : nut oval, 

 ribbed. 



Neilgherries, near the banks of streams or riUs. 



(2) E. CUSPIDATTJM. {B. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. 1. c. t. 1983. 



Spec. Chae. Dioecious, herbaceous, erect, sparingly branched : 

 leaves subsessile, alternate, very unequal-sided, cuspidately acu- 

 minate, coarsely serrated, sprinkled with a few bristly hairs, and 

 closely lineolate above, pubescent on the nerves beneath : recep- 

 tacles axillary, sessile, oval, peltate, furnished with tooth-like 

 appendages on the margin, some males, mixed with the female 



