327 



(2) H. OLABEK. (R.W.) 



Idmt. Wight 1. c. t. 2067. 



Spec. Chae. Procumbent, diffuse, rooting at the joints, glabrous, 

 except decuirent lines of hairs from the insertions of the leaves arid 

 sheaths: leaves lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous: sheaths pubescent: 

 peduncles about the length or a little longer than the leaves, fili- 

 form : involucre cordate, acuminate, ciliate at the base : flowers 

 deep orange yeUow. 



Palghaut jungles. Bolamputty hiUs. Flowering in October and 

 November. 



GENUS IX. FLAGELLAKIA. 



Hexandvla Tvigfynla. Sew; Spat: 



Deriv. From FUgellMm, a whip, alluding to the long flexible 

 branches. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx 6-parted, coloured, persistent : inner segments 

 larger : stamens 6, hypogynous : filaments filiform, free : anthers 

 oblong, fixed by the back, 2-celled, dehiscing lengthways: ovary 

 free, sessile, 3-celled : ovules solitary, basilar, sessile, anatropal : 

 stigmas 3, sessile, filiform, spreading : drupe pea-shaped, crowned 

 by the stigmas, 1 -seeded : seed sub-globose : testa membranaceous, 

 thin : hUum basilar : chalaza terminal orbicular : embryo lenti- 

 cular : ver}' small, half-immersed in mealy albumen : radicle 

 inferior. 



(1) F. IsTBicA. f Linn. J 



Ident. Limi., sp. 475. — Eoxb. flor. Ind. II. 154. 



Migrav. Eheede Mai. vii. t. 53. — Eumph. Amb. v. t. 59. — Eed. 

 Lil. t. 257. 



Spec. Chae. Perennial, scandent : leaves narrow, ending in long 

 slender spiral tendrils, contracted and sheathing at the base : flowers 

 terminal, panicled, bracteolate, white, inconspicuous : berries globose, 

 red, smooth, pulpy, 1 -seeded, with two abortive ovules. 



Eocks near the sea, South Concan. Peninsula. Silhet. Flowering 

 in the rains. 



ORDER CLXVII. XYRIDACE-ffi. 



Flowers densely spiked, hermaphrodite, surrounded hy a 

 single scale : calyx double, each 3-sepaled : outer lateral sepals 

 keeled, glumaceous, persistent, anterior more tender and larger. 



