306 G. King ^Materials for a Flora of ihe Malayan Peninsula. [E?o. 1, 
as the pefcala, hypogynonfl or scarcely perigynons. Omty l-celled with 
2-5 styles} ovoles pai-ietal, numerous. Capsule loctiHcidaily 2-5'Valved. 
(Seerfs namerous ; in tlie Indian species oboraid-ellipsoid, with the testa 
black, smooth y reticulate^ not lax. Distrib. Species 100 ; scattered 
throughout the world except Poljoeaia j very numerous in Australia. 
Lcarca canliue, linear ... ... .,. 1. D, indica, 
Leavea all radionl, spathuJate-cmifiraitS' ... ... 3. I>. Burmtmni. 
1. Dkosera indica, Linn. Sp. PL 282. Stema %ub©rect, from 1-6 
in. high. Leaves cauline, alternate, linear, elongate, very glandular- 
pubescent, hardly broader than the glabrous petiole j the stipules mticii 
ehorter than the petioles. Eacemes leaf-opposed ; flower- pedicels *25 
in. or more in length, glandular-hairy. Siyles 3^ bifid to near the base. 
DO. Prodr. I, 319; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11,313; Wall. Cat. J 244 ; Wi^ht 
IIL t. 20; W. & A. Prodr. 34; P!ancb. in Ann. Sc. Kat. Ser. Ill, Vol. 
IX, 204 ; 1^1 iq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. II, p. 12U ; H. f. & T. in Journ. Ijitin, 
Soc. II, 82 ; Thwaites Enum. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 12 ; Kurz 
in Journ. As. Soc. 1876, Pt. II, 310; Clarke in Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. 
II, 424. B, Finlaijsoniana, Wall. Cat. 3752. D. ssrpensf PJanch. 1. c. 
204. hexagytia, Bianco FL Fiiip. 139 ; Rheedo Hwt. JMal. X, t. 20. 
In swampy places in all the Provinces, except the Andaman nnd 
Nicobsir Islands. DiSTKiB. The southern part of British India, Ceylon, 
Burmsi the Malayan Archipelago, China, tropicat Australia, Africa. 
2. Dboskra BuiiUAKKt, Vahl Symb- III, 50. Qieyi yqvj short ; 
the leaves all radical, spatbakte-cuneate, glandular-pubescent; the 
stipules nearly as long as the petioles. Scapes 1-3, two to eight inches- 
tigh, the raceme occupying the upper fourth only, glabrescent. Ftmoer- 
pcdiceh less than "25 in. long, glabrouH. Siyles 5, not bifid. Don Prodr. 
212; DC. Prodr. 1, 318; Roxb. FL Ind. 11,113; Wall. Cat. 1242; 
Wight. IlL t. '20; Wight Ic. t. 944; W. & A. Prodr. 34 ; Planch, in 
Ann, Sc. Nat, Ser. Ill, Vol. IX, 190 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. II, p. 
J20 ; H. f. & T. in Journ. Linu. Soc. II, 82; Clarke in Hook. fil. FL Br. 
Ind. 11, 424; Thwaites Enum. 21 ; Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 12 ; Kurz 
in Jourw, As. Soc. 1876, PL II, 310. 
In swampy places in all the Provinces, except the Andaman and 
Nicobar Islands. Dihtrib, Plains of British India, Ceylou, tbe lowei- 
Himalaya, llalayan Archipelago, CLiiua, Japan, Australia, West Africa. 
OKn^R XLII. HAMAMELIDE^. 
Trees or ebrabs. ieapes altemate, petiol'ate, simple or palmately# 
lobed J stipules 1-2, rarely wanting, deciduous or rarely persistent. 
Flowers hermnphrodite or unisexual, collected into beads or spikes, 
Culyjs email or U, adtiate to the ovary. Petals 0 or 4-5, perigj'nous or 
