Bhdbdia.] c. boraginbj;. (0. B. Clarke.) 145 



-or minutely 2-lobed. Dritpe with 4 crustaceous 1-seeded pyrenes. Seeds 

 oblong, albumen thin. 



1. R. lycioldes, Mart. JVov. Gen. §■ Sp. ii. 137, t. 195 ; JDC. Prodr. ix 

 612 ; Fresen. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Fasc. xxii. 58, t. 9, flg. 9. R. viminea, Dalz. <§■ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 170 ; Hook. Ic. Fl. t. 823 ; Brand. For. Fl. 341 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. ii. 211. R. fluvialis, Fdffew. PI. Banda, 61. R. crebrifolia, Miers Contrib. ii. 

 222, t. 84. Rotula aquatica, Lour. Fl. Coehinch, 121 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 631. 

 Ehietia viminea. Wall. Cat. 906; DC. I.e. 509. E. cuneata, Wight Ic. t. 

 1385. — Careyae sp. Miq. in PI. Hohmaek. n. 688. 



India, alt. 0-2500 ft. ; from Kumaon and Assam to Cistlon and Teuasserim, 

 frequent ; especially on gravelly banks flooded by rapid streams. — Distbib. Tropical 

 ■ S.E. Asia, Africa, and Brazil. 



Height 2-6 ft. Leaves | by | in. Flowers j in. Drupe J in., yellow or brown- 

 red, nearly dry. 



6. TOVRNEFORTXA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, often ramblmg or subscandent. Leaves alternate, entire. 

 Cymes terminal, rarely lateral or extra-axillary, dichotomous, scorpioid ; flowers 

 numerous, dense, sessile or very shortly pedicelled, ebracteate, white or greenish- 

 yellow. Sepals 5 or 4, lanceolate or ovate. Corolla-tvie cylindric (short La 

 T. argentea), naked in the throat ; lobes 5 or 4, small, patent. Stamens 5 or 4, 

 included in the tube, filaments short ; anthers oblong. Ovary 4-celled ; style 

 terminal, short, shortly 2-lobed (in the Indian species) ; ovules 1 in each cell. 

 Drupe small, ovoid, scarcely fleshy, not distinctly separating into 2 or 4 

 pyrenes; pyrenes two 2-celled 2-seeded (in the Indian species). Seed straight or 

 curved, albuminous. — Disteib. Species 100 ; in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



Sect. 1. Kallota. An erect, densely silky shrub. Leaves narrowed at 

 i:he base. Cwolla subrotate, tube very short. 



1. T. arg'entea, Linn. f. Suppl. 138 ; branches and leaves on both 

 surfaces fulvous-sericeous, leaves obovate-lanceolate, cymes very dense. Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 8^ WaU. ii. 4; Blume Bijd. 844; DC. Prodr. ix. 514.— 

 Rumph. Serb. Atnboin. iv. t. 5.5. 



Seashores of Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula. Nicobabs ; Kure, — Disteib. 

 Malaya, Australia, Mauritius. 



Branchlets thick. Leaves 6 by 2 in., acute or subobtuse; petiole ill-defined. 

 Peduncles terminal, or from an upper axil, 1-5 in. ; cymes often forming a panicle 6 

 in.diam. ; flowers sessile. Sepals ^ in., ovate, densely woolly, ultimately glabres- 

 cent. CoroZto-teJe hardly as long as the sepals ; lobes ^ in., ovate, crenulate. Stigma 

 subsessile, obscurely 2-lobed. Drupes j in. diam., subglobose. 



Sect. 2. Fittonia. Rambling or subscandent shrubs. Leaves obtuse at 

 i:he base, distinctly petioled. Corolla 5-merous, narrowly tubular. 



* Drupes shortly pedicelled (all from the DecearC). 



2. T. Keyneana, WaU. Cai. 910 {Heyne's specimen) not of DC; leaves 

 •oblong-lanceolate, corolla-tube ^-^ in. T. cymosa, Heyne in Herb. Bottler, not 

 of lAnn. 



Deccan Peninsula, Heyne ; Nilgherries (near Nadooputtah), Wight. 



BrancHels sparsely scabrous-hairy. Leaves 5 by \\ in., acuminate, base cuneate or 

 rhomboid, mature sparsely minutely ecabrous-hairy on both surfaces ; nerves 7 pair, 

 closely hairy when young ; petiole ^ in. Cymes terminal and extra-axillary, sparsely 

 scabrous-hairy. Calyx-teeth i in., lanceolate. Drupes ^ in., or pedicels |- in. — 

 Wallich appears to have received a small quantity of this species, and to have named 



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