350 LYTRRACJE^. [JLmmannia. 



Stamens 2, or occasionally 3-4. Capsule glol)ose, 2-valved, slightly acute. 

 Seeds tlack, ^-ellipsoid or nearly spherical, excavated on the plane face. 

 Dehra Dun (King). Distrib. N. Kanara, Eajmahal Hills, Chota Nagpnr' 

 Khasia, Burma ; also a weed in the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 



5. A. pentandra, :r.oxI. Fl. Ind. i, 427 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 305 ; F. B. I. ii, 

 568. A. densiflora, Both ; W. ^ A. Prod. I.e. 



Stems 6-12 in., often with many opposite branches divergent at right angles 

 and covered with flowers. Cauline leaves about 1 in. long, opposite, 

 elliptic-oblong, sessile, faintly nerved ; upper floral leaves bract-like, 

 oblong, broad-based. Flov-ers solitary, axillary, sessile, not in distinct 

 spikes ; bracteoles subulate, as long as the calyx. Calyx-teeth 5, lan- 

 ceolate, very acuminate ; accessory teeth 5, subulate, often as long as the 

 primary. Petals 5, narrow-obovate, small or 0. Capsule spherical or 

 globose, depressed. Seeds black, hemispheric, excavated on the plane-face. 



Common in moist ground. Disteib. Throughout India ; also in China, 

 Australia and Trop. Africa. 



6. A. baccifera, Linn. ; D. ^ G. Bomh. Fl. 97 ; F. B. I. ii, 569 ; Watt. 

 E. D. A vesicatoria, Boxh. Fl. Ind. i, 426 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 305 ; Royle 111. 

 213. A. indica, Lamh. ;W.<^ A. I.e. 



Glabrous. Stems erect, 6-8 in. or more. Leaves usually opposite, 2-5 in. 

 long, usually narrow but obtuse, narrowed to the base. Flowers in very 

 condensed axillary racemes or clusters shorter than the leaves, or in 

 loose but very short axillary cymes ; brads filiform, shorter than the 

 pedicels. Calyx-tube widely campanulate ; teeth 4, broadly triangular ; 

 accessory teeth small. Petals U or very minute. Capsule depressed- 

 globose, imperfectly circumsciss above the middle. Seeds subhemis- 

 pheric, black, excavated on the plane face. 



In moist places, very common throughout the area. Distrib. Throughout 

 Trop. India, extending to Australia and Trop. Africa. The leaves »re 

 intensely acrid and are used by natives to raise blisters in the curing of 

 rheumatism and fever, 



7. A. salicifolia, Monti ; D. <^ G. Bomh. Fl. 97 ; F. B. I. ii, 569. A. 

 glauca, Wall. ; W. Sf A. Prod. 305. 



Glabrous. Stems erect, up to 2 ft. high. Leaves and branches opposite. 

 Cauline leaves about 2 in. long, sessile, lanceolate, rounded or cordate at 

 the base. Fioiuers densely clustered in the axils. Oo-lya; in fruit hemis- 

 pheric ; teeth 4, erect, triangular, shorter than the capsule, accessory 

 folds small. Capsule globose-depressed, reddish. Seeds ^ obovoid, ex- 

 cavated on the plane face, one end much smaller than the other. 



Eohilkhand (T. Thomson), Etawah dist. (Duthie), Banda (Edgeworth). 

 Distrib. Punjab Plain, Kumaon up to 4,000 ft., Bengal, W. and S. 

 India ; also in Trop. Africa. 



8. A. senegalensis, Lamh. ; F. B. I. ii, 570 ; Watt E. D. 



Glabrous. Stems erect, 6-24 in., branches sharply 4-angular. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, 1-2 in. long, elongate-oblong, subauriculate at the base. 



