Boerhaavia.] cxiv. NYCTAGiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 709 



* Flowers capitate. 



1. B. repens, Linn.; diffusely branohed, leaves linear ovate oblong 

 or rounded obtuse or acute, base rounded or cordate, heads small in terminal 

 or axillary panicles, flowers minute capitate, fruit I in. long shortly olavate 

 S'ribbed viscid all over, top rounded. £oiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1045 ; Dale. Sf 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 213. 



Throughout India ; from the Paujab to Assam and south to Travancore and 

 Singapore ; ascends in the hot Himalayan valleys to 7000 ft. Cetlon. — DiSTEiB. 

 Tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa and America. 



. Boot fusiform, very stout ; rootstoolc woody ; branches 6-24 in., glabrous or 

 pubescent. Leaves i-2 in. , thick, usually white beneath ; petiole as long as the blade 

 or shorter. Panicle with very slender branches. Perianth red. Stamens 2-3.— 

 I have refrained from quoting any but Indian authorities for this plant, the whole 

 genus appearing to me to be in a state of utter confusion. B. ascendens, Willd. ; 

 hirsuta, Willd., and visoosa, Lag., are probably the same as this. I am further 

 unable to draw any line between the following forms, two of which are characterized 

 by Boiasier. 



S. repens proper ; small, branches 6-10 in. not very stout appressedly pubescent, 

 leaves small ovate or oblong often acute rarely cordate green above white beneath. — 

 B. repens, Delile Fl. JSg. t. 3, f . 1. 



Vae. procumhens ; branches 2-3 ft. usually slender glabrous, leaves larger broader 

 . often rounded white beneath, inflorescence panicled. B. procumhens, Serb. Sdnks 

 in Soxb. Fl. Ind. i. 146; Wight Ic. t. 874; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 167. 



Vab. diffusa ; more robust, branches long stout glabrous pubescent or viscous, 

 leaves 1-2 in. ovate obtuse or acute usually cordate green beneath, inflorescence chiefly 

 axillary. B. d:iSxiss., Linn. Sp. PI. d; Wall. Cat. &nO; Boiss.l.o.lOi5. B.repanda, 

 Wall. Cat. 6769, in part. — Rheede Sort. Mai. vii. t. 56. 



2. S. crispa, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 6771 ; stout, erect, scaberulously 

 pubescent, stem, subsimple, leaves shortly petioled oblong or ovate-oblong 

 rounded at both ends coriaceous scabrid on both surfaces, nerves very 

 numerous and strong beneath, flowers few capitate in a laxly branched 

 panicle with capillary peduncles, fruit ^ in. long clavate 5-ribbed glandular, 

 top rounded. B. rugosa. Bottler mss. 



Deocan Peninsula; Beyne. 



A robust species. Leaves 1-1 J in., very thick and hard, margin crisped ; petiole 

 stout, 1-4 in. Panicles with decuived branches. —The specimens of this very distinct- 

 looking plant are in fruit only. 



** Flowers umhelled or whorled. 



3. B. repanda, Willd. Sp. Fl. i. 22 ; subscandent, branches long 

 pale, leaves triangular-ovate or -cordate acute or acuminate repand-sinuate, 

 umbels long-peduncled axillary and terminal few-fld., pedicels long slender, 

 fruit i in. long slender glandular. Chois. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, 455; Wall. 

 Cat. 6769, excl. part of B; Wight Ic. t. 1766; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 213. B. umbellata, Wight mss. Valeriana ohinensis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 15, 

 t. 6, f. 3. 



Uppee Gan&btic PiAiN and Rohilkund, Wallich, Fdgeworth, &c. The 

 CoNCAN, StocTes. Mtsobe, Tbavancobb and the Cabnaiio, Wight, &c. Pegu and 

 BuEMA, Wallich. — DiSTBlB. Beluchistan. 



Branches diffuse, subscandent, glabrous or pubescent, 6 ft. long. Leaves 1-3 m., 

 base usually truncate or cordate ; petiole slender, J-IJ in. Peduncles 1-2 in., very 

 slender, 2-6 fid. ; pedicels |-1 in., capillary. Perianth pink, tube i in. long ; limb 

 J in. diam. Stamens far exserted. Fruit slightly clavate, covered with large glands, 



