Ammanni.\.1 LYTKUACEM, 84^ 



1. A. peploides, 8'^Yen<3. • F. B. I. ii, 566. A nana, Uoxh. i, 427 ( not 

 of Wall.). Ameletia indica, D. C. ; W. Sf A. Prod. 303 ; D. Sf G. Bomb. 

 Fl, 96. 



3-12 in. high, erect, or decumbent and rooting. Leaves opposite, h-f 

 in. long, elliptic or oioovate, sometimes almost petioled; midrib and 

 nerves prominent beneath. Floiue^s in short axillary branches, sessile,- 

 solitary in the axils of reduced leaves ; bracts in pairs, minute, filiform! 

 Calyx-tube elongate-campanulate, ridged, with 4 acute triangular teeth 

 at its mouth. Petals 4, minute or 0. Capsule 2-valved, ellipsoid. Seeds 

 narrowly oblong, subfalcate, angular ; hilum obsciire. 



Common in rice-fields. Distrib. Throughout the warmer parts of India^ 

 Andaman Islands as aVeed of cultivation ; also in China, Afghanistan 

 and Persia. 



2. A. rotundifolia, Buch.-Ham. in Don Prod. 220 ; Roxb. Fl. hid % 425 - 



W. <f- A. Prod. 306. Ameletia rotundifolia, D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 96. 



Stems 4-6 in., extensively creeping and rooting. Leaves orbicular, i in. 

 •in diam., sessile or shortly stalked, approximate below, distant towards' 

 the spikes. Flowers sessile, closely packed in terminal simple or panicled 

 spikes, dimorphic as regards the relative length of stamens and style, 

 , solitary in the axils of bract-like leaves; bracteoles or very minute. 

 Calyx-tube campamilate, not elongate ; teeth 4, triangular, acute", 

 without interjected folds. Petals 4, obovate, twice as long as the cal.- 

 teeth, rose-coloured. Capsule 4*valved, ellipsoid, a little longer than 

 broad. Seeds brownish-yellow, ellipsoid, peltate. 



Abundant in swampy ground and rice-fields Distrib. Throughout the 

 plains of India and up to 6,1'00 ft. on the Outer Himalaya ; also in China 

 and Formosa. 



3. A. tenuis, Clarice in F. B. I. ii, 567. Ameletia tenuis, WiqU :I).ScG 

 Bomb. Fl. 96. 



Stems erect or shortly creeping at the base, simple and 3-4 in. or much 

 branched and up to 10 in. high. Leaves opposite, \-h, in. long, sessile or 

 nearly so, ovate or elliptic, often acute. Flowers sessile, closely packed, 

 in terminal spikes, dimorphic ; peduncles filiform ; floral leaves one to 

 each flower, oblong or lanceolate ; bracteoles lanceolate, exceeding half 

 the length of calyx. Calyx-tube campanulate, rather elongate ; teeth 4, 

 actite, without interjected folds. Petals 4, obovate, not much longer 

 then the calyx teeth. Capsule 2-valved, ellipsoid, much longer than 

 broad. Seeds 2^,^ in A. rotundifolia. 



Common in wet ground and in the shallow pools of rocky river-beds in. 

 Bundelkhand, also in the districts of Agra and Etawah. Distrib. 

 Bengal and Central India. 



4. A. pygmaea, Kurz in Seem. Journ. Bot. V, 376 ; F. B. I. ii, 568. 



A minute annual with tufted stems 1-3 in. long. Leaves ^-| in., opposite,, 

 linear or narrow-oblong, almost petioled, obtuse or often with 2 points. 

 Flovjers sessile, axillary, not in spikes, most minute. Calyx-tube short,- 

 teeth 4, triangular, accessory teeth 0, or if any extremely minute.. 



