80 • xcTi. lOGANiACEji. (C. B. Clarke.) IMitrasacme. 



Calyx campanulate, 4-fid. Corolla urn-shaped ; lobes 4, valvate. Stamens 4, 

 included; anthers ovate. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, connate, separating from 

 the base upwards, usually finally divergent, stigma capitate or 2-lobed ; ovules 

 many in each cell, placentse peltate. Capsule subglobose, laterally sub-com- 

 pressed, truncate or sub-2-horned ; carpels dehiscing by separating from each 

 side of the septum from above. Seeds very many, minute, subglobose, testa 

 smooth, reticulated. — Species 28 ; from Bengal to Japan and New Zealand, 

 common in Australia. 



1. IH. nudicaulis, Reinw. in BlumeBijd. 849; leaves subradical elliptic 

 minutely hairy, scapes terminated by a lax simple or compound umbel. A. DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 12 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 92. M. chinensis, Oriseb. in PL 

 Meyen. 61 ; A. DC. I. c. 660. 



Khasia, and Jaiktea Mts., alt. 4000 ft., frequent. — Disthib. China, Malaya. 



Annual. Sea'pe 3-5 in., very slender. Leaves \ 'in., subsessile, obtuse or aente, 

 minutely hispid-floeculose. 'Pedicels ^-\.\ in., glabrous ; bracts ^ in., lanceolate. 

 Calyx i in., divided halfway down into acute lobes, glabrous. Corolla ^ in., throat 

 hairy. Capsule i in. diam. 



2. m. alsinoides, Br. Prodr. 453 ; leaves oblong acute glabrous, pedicels 

 axillary solitary or 2-3 clustered in the upper axils. A. DC. Prodr. ix. 11. M. 

 indica, Wight Ic. t. 1601 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn, Soc. i. 92. M. pusiUa, Dah, 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 136 ; Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 165. M. crystaUina, 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 87, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 383,/^r. 2. 



India, alt. 0-2000 ft., widely scattered; Assam and Bengal; Chota Nagpoeb; 

 Deccan Peninsula; Pegu and Tenasseeim. Cetlon. — Disteib. Borneo, Philip- 

 pines, Australia. 



Annual ; stem 6 in., weak, branched, nearly glabrous. Leaves j--J in., sessile, 

 soaberulous. Pedicels ^-| in., scaberulous. Ca^/x i in., acutely lobed half-way 

 down. Corolla J in., throat hairy. Capsule i in. diam. — The Bengal examples are 

 lax straggling, exactly agreeing with the Malay and Australian ; the Madras and 

 Ceylon ones are shorter (2-3 in. high), suberect. 



3. IH. polymorpha, Br. Prodr. 462 ; stems patently glandular hairy 

 below, leaves oblong, umbels terminal or from the upper axUs, pedicels long 

 unequal glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. ix. 10 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 353 with syn. 

 M. capiUaris, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. i. 420 and Cat. 4348 ; 

 Don Prodr. 129; A. DC. I.e. 11; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 92. M. 

 trinervis, Spanoghe in lAnneea. xv. 335 ; A. DC. I. c. 660. M. malaccensis, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1601. Limnophila campanuloides, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3908. 



Nepal; in the valleys, Wallich. Pegu to Malacca, frequent. Deocan Peninsula ; 

 Mangalore, HohenacJtsr, n. 590. Disteeb. China, Japan, Malaya, Australia. 



Annual ; stem 2-15 in., erect. Leaves i by ^ in., sessile, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Umbels 1-8 in., compound or simple, capillary ; pedicels j-l^ in. Calyx §-J in., lobed 

 acutely halfway down, ciliate pubescent or glabrous. Corolla J in., throat hairy. 

 Capsule nearly \ in. — The Pegu examples of M. capiUaris are 14 in., and agree 

 altogether with Australian ones named M. polymorplui by Bentham. The tropical 

 Australian plant has larger capsules and is said to be perennial. The Nepal and 

 Mangalore specimens are 3-4 in. high only, resembling the Japanese. 



Vae. Parishii ; umbels small dense long-peduncled, flowers large. — Tavoy ; Parish. 

 Disteib. Cochinchina. Peduncles 1-3 in., with a terminal umbel, and sometimes a 

 sessile umbel in the middle ; pedicels numerous, 0-i in. — This is not much like any 

 one of the numerous forms of the Australian M. polymorpha, but some of the Malay 

 examples of M. polymorpha show a tendency to the Var. Parishii. 



