Mieroearpma.] cm. soROPHULAEiNEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 287 



solitary, sessile, ebraoteolate. Callus tubular, 5-angled, 6-fid. Corolla very 

 stort, tube broad ; lobes S, broad, spreading, 2 upper subconnate. Stamens, 

 2 perfect, filaments filiform; anthers confluent, 1-celled; staminodes 0. 

 Sti/le filiform, stigma capitate recurved. Capsule included, ovoid, 2-grooved, 

 loculicidal ; valves entire, separating from tbe placentiferous septum. Seeds 

 few, ovoid. 



ItX. muscosa, Sr. Prodr. 436; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 433; 

 Miquel m. Ind. Bat. ii. 700. M. altemiflora, Blume Bijd. 744 ; Benth. I. c. 

 Paederota minima, Eoen. in Eetz Obs. v. 10. 



LowBB Bbnaai, on the Mahanuddy river, J. D. S. & T. T. Tbnasseeim:. 

 Maiabae ; at Quilon, Wight. Ceyion, not uncommon. — Disteib. Java, China, 

 Australia. 



Stems tufted and interlaced, 2-4 in. long, rooting at the nodes, angles of stem and 

 calyx sometimes ciliate. Leaves ,'j-i in. long. Flowers in one axil only of each pair 

 of leaves, about .j'^ in. long. CoroUa-tuhe shorter than the calyx, as is the minute 

 capsule. 



DOtrBTFTrl. SPEOIES. 



M. DIANBEA, Griff. Notul. iv. 101, and Ic. PI. Asiai. t. 417, f . 2, according to the 

 description, differs from the generic character of Microcarpcea in the 5-partite calyx ; 

 as also from Qlossostigma and Limosella, of which it has the habit. I have seen no 

 specimens ; it is a native of Bengal, and may be the following genus. 



29. PEFIiIDZUia, Delile. 



Yery small, prostrate or creeping, glabrous herbs. Leaves opposite, 

 fleshy, obovate, quite entire. Flowers minute, axillary, 1-3-nate. Calyx 

 tubular, 5-ribbed, obtusely 5-toothed. Corolla-tube short ; lobes 5, broad, 

 subequal. Stamens 2, included, filaments arched ; anthers 1-oelled ; stami- 

 nodes 0. Ovary 2-celIed ; stigma dilated, spathulate, recurved. Capsiile 

 globose or ovoid, septicidal, or bursting irregularly ; valves entire or 2-fid, 

 separating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds numerous, small, ovoid. — 

 Species 2, an endemic Australian and the following. 



P. humifusum, Del. Fl. .Xg. 4, t. 4, f. 1 ; flowers subsessile, 

 capsule globose obtuse. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 422 ; Boiss. Fl, Orient. 

 iv. 427. Hedyotis maritima, Linn. f. Sujtpl. 119. Oldenlandia maritima. 

 Roth Nov. ^. 97. Paederota cochlearifoha, Koen. mss. ; Wall. Cat. 3920. 

 Microcarpffia cochlearifolia, Sm. in Bees' Cyclop.; Wight in SooJe. Bot. 

 Misc. iii. 96, Suppl. t. 29. 



S. Dbcoak Peninsula, Koenig, ha. ; Pondicherry, Perottef, Ceylon j at 

 Trineomalee, Glenie. — Djsteib. Kurdistan, Egypt, Australia. 



Stems interlaced, 4-8 in. long, rather stout, forming large tufts. Xeaves J-J in., 

 usually obovate, sometimes ovate or orbicular, succulent, narrowed into short petioles 

 which are connected by a membrane. CaU/m about ^ in., long, larger in fruit, 

 membranous with 5 strong ribs. Corolla-tube included. Filaments tMckened and 

 angularly incurved at the base. Capsule nearly enclosed in the membranous tubular 

 ■calyx, membranous, usually bursting irregularly. 



30. GBOSSOSTZeniA, Am. 



Yery small, glabrous, creeping herbs. Leaves opposite or fascicled, linear 

 or spathulate, quite entire. Flowers minute, axillary, solitary, ebracteolate. 

 Calyx oampannlate, obtusely 3-4-lobed. Corolla-tube short ; lobes 5, sub- 

 equal. Stamens 2 or 4, filaments filiform; anther-cells diverging, tips con- 



