325 



(2) D. EEPENS. fJR.WJ 



Idmt. Wight 1. c. t. 2078. 



Spec. Chak. Procumbent, rooting at the joints, glabrous except 

 a decurrent line of hairs from the insertion of the leaves : leaves 

 scarcely sheathing, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute: flowers 

 axillary, 2 or 3 from each axil : filaments glabrous : capsule ovate, 

 cells about 8-seeded in two rows. 



Quilon in low wet ground, flowering from October to December. 



GEMIS VII. DICTT08PERMUM. 

 Vviandvia Honogrynla. Sex: Systi 



Deriv. From Dictyon, a net, and Sperma, seed. 



GrEir. Char. Perianth 6-parted, 3 outer lobes calycine, inner 

 ones petaloid, all withering : stamens 3, rarely 5, all fertile, middle 

 one opposite the odd petal, slightly dissimilar, when 5, two sterile 

 opposite the lateral petals : ovary S-celled, with 1 ovule in each : 

 ovule attached to the middle of the axis, horizontal : style filiform, 

 stigma capitate : capsule 3-celled, 3-valved : valves septiferous : 

 seed solitary, oblong, somewhat convex, reticulate on the back : 

 embryo lateral : albumen homy, white. — Herbaceous erect plants : 

 stems simple : leaves sheathing at the base, entire : inflorescence 

 panicled, terminal : flowers solitary, or two or three aggregated in 

 a short sheathing bract, pedicelled : filaments beardless. 



(1) D. MONTAIirUM. (R.W.)> 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vi. t. 2069. 



Spec. Chab. Erect : leaves longish-petioled, lanceolate, acumi-. 

 nate, round, glabrous except on the margins : sheaths pubescent, 

 truncated : panicle lax, terminal : branches slender, bearing a few 

 flowers on the extremities : petals somewhat larger than the sepals : 

 petaline stamen modified, filaments longer, and cells of the anther 

 somewhat divaricated: style simple: stigma capitate: capsule 

 globose, smooth, shining, papery, fragile : seed corrugately reticu- 

 lated on the back. 



Courtallum. Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries, in damp shady 

 woods, and on banks of streams. 



(2) D. ovAxiMLnw. (R.Wy} 

 Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2070. 



Spec. Chab. Erect: leaves sheathing, short-petioled, oval, 

 acumiuate, acute, shortly pubescent on both sides : panicles terminal, 

 sessile, compact, many -flowered : flowers short-pedicelled, at length 



