404 oix AOANTHAoma). (C. B. Clarke.) [CardardTiera. 



In drying-up rice-swamps, S. Madbas ; frequent. Cbtlon ; Wallcer. Sikkim 

 Tbbbai ; Herb. Ghiffiih. 



Annual, l-lj ft., erect or decumbent, branching from the base. Leaves 1 by J m., 

 glabrous or subpubescent. Spikes 1-3 in., scarcely interrupted at the [base even in 

 fruit; bracts J in., from elliptic to cordate, glabrous or puberulons ; bracteoles \ in., 

 obovate or elliptic. Sepals \ in., linear, pubescent. Corolla j in., puberulons. 

 Anthers of the posterior statoens half as large as of the anterior. Capsule J in., 

 minutely pilose upwards. — Much confused by the older botanists with the universal 

 HygropJiila polysperma, to which I suspect Miquel's Javanese C. uUginosa should be 

 referred. 



ft Whorls or splices aonllary ; fruiting interrupted, at the base. 



2. C. GriflBthii, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1074 ; leaves spathtilate oblong 

 or elliptic crenulate pubescent, spikes terminal interrupted at the base in 

 fruit, corolla i in. Adenosma Griffithii, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 xi. 454. 



TJpPEE Assam; Suddiya, Orifftth (Kew Distrib. n. 6087). — Disteib. N. Eurma. 



Annual, decumbent, rooting ; branches 1 foot, pubescent. Leaves 1| by f in., 

 snbpetioled, obtuse; on the barren shoots smaller, broader. Spikes 1—4 in., pubescent, 

 axillary and forming terminal panicles ; lower bracts distant (at least in fruit), leaf-like, 

 often containing 2-3 powers ; proper bract i by ^ in., elliptic ; bracteoles | in., 

 narrowly oblong. Sepals linear-lanceolate. Corolla purple, puberulons. Anthers of 

 the posterior stamens smaller than those of the anterior. Ovary nearly glabrous, a 

 few gland-tipped hairs aboqt its apex. Capsule | in. 



3. C. balsamica, Senth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1074; brandies glabrous 

 upwards, leaves petioled oblong creuate, flowers mostly in axillary whorls, 

 sepals longer than the bracts linear-Janceolate one larger than the others. 

 EueUia balsamica, Linn.J\ Suppl. 289. Adenosma balsamea, Spreng. " 

 ii. 829; Wall. Cat. 9082; Wight Ic. t. 446; Nees in DC. Prodr. si.'{ 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc, ix. 454. 



S. Deooan Peninsula and Ceylon ; in rlce^swamps, frequent. 



Annual, decumbent or erect, branches 6-15 in. ; glabrous, or the inflorescence 

 puberulons; lineolate with raphides. Leaves 2 by f in., obtuse, base attenuate; 

 petiole J in.; lower leaves sometimes pectinate or pinuatifid. Whorls usually 

 numerous, distinct ; flowers l-5-.nate ; bract \-^ in., obovate or elliptic ; bracteoles 

 similar, but smaller, in crowded whorls, often suppressed. Sepals \ in., not widened 

 upwards. Corolla ^ in,, nearly glabrous. Anthers of the posterior stamens smaller 

 than the anterior. Capsule nearly J in., puberulons upwards. 



Vae. Thymus ; leaves J in., corolla \ in., capsule scarcely J in. Adenosma 

 Thymus, Nees in Wall. Fl. As. Itar. iii. 79, and in DC. Frodr. xi. 69, excl. syn.; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. iSoc. ix. 454. EueUia eernua, S'^Me; Wall. Cai. 2380 

 (part of letter B only), not of S,oxb. — Deccan Peninsula, Seyne. Nees and T. 

 Anderson place this next C. triflora, Ham., from which Nees carefully distinguishes it ; 

 the example is almost certainly a starved specimen of C. balsamica. 



4. C. verticillata, Benth. in. Gen. PI. ii. 1074 ; branctes pubescent 

 upwards, leaves often petioled oblong or elliptic creuate, flowers mostly in 

 axillary whorls, sepMs longer than the bracts linear-spathulate. Buellia 

 verticillata. Wall. Cat. 2409. Adenosma verticillata, Nees in Wall. PI. 

 As. Bar. iii. 79, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 69 ; Wight Jo. 1. 1524; T. Anders, in 

 Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 454. 



Deccan Peninsula; Carnatic, Seyne, Wight; Conoan, Stocks, &c. Cbtlon j 

 jThwaites. 



Leaves often somewhat pubescent, especially on the midrib beneath. Inflorescence 



