1898.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of tJic Malayan Peninsula. 13 
SiNPfAroRE ; Pfnang ; Pkrak ; Andaman Islanhs, nnd probably in 
all the other pi-ovmces; Distrib. British India, Ceylon. 
A widely distribnted plnmt to which nifiiy nnmea have bo-tsn given. It is 
readily tIiBt.irij<tiisheii from repena. Linn, (the only other species common to the 
tiTipios of both worlds) hy its narrower leaves, membraneaB capsule and erect habit. 
2. LuDWioiA, Lian. 
Herbs, Leaves alternate, undivided, sub-entire. Flmoers upnally 
axillary, solita-ry, aesBile or nearly so, peduncle 2-bracteate at its apex. 
Cahjx-tuha scarcely produced above the ovai"y» linear in the Indian 
species ; teeth 3-5, acute, persistent. Petals 3-5 (or 0), epigynoua, 
yellow. Stamens equal in number to tlie calyx-segmenta, epigyuous. 
Ovartf inferior, 4-5-celled ; style simple, stigma capitate ; o vales very 
many, attaclied in 2 or more vertical rows to the inner angle of each 
cell. Capmk lineal' or oblong (in tlie Indian species), J^S-celled, oj>en- 
iug by terminal poros or breaking up irregularly along tiie aides. Seeds 
numerous, obovoid^ smooth, raphe obscure or prominent but not large, 
without coma. DfaTRia. Species 20, mostly in Worth America] extend- 
ing from the cool temperate zone to the equator ; chiefij inhabiting 
mars lies. 
CapHulea inflated, seed B in aeveral rows .,. ... 1, L, parijxjl&ra. 
Gapsales filiform, not inflated aeedi in a single row in 
each cell „. ... ... ... 2, L, jproBtrat^, 
1. LtiBWiGU PARvrPLORA, Rosb. Hort. Beng. 11 ; Flor. Ind, I, 419, 
An erect glabrous herb 8-24 in, high. Lmves lanceolate, linear-lanceo- 
late or linear-oblong, narrowed to each end, 1-3 ie long, and •25-*75 in. 
bi'oad» Flowers on bhorb pedicels, usually 4-fid, Fetals small. Capsule 
inflated, obsoletely 4-angled, smooth, crawned for sometime by the 
persistent calyx- teeth, *35-*5 in. long. Seeds in many rows in each cell, 
DC. PiX)di-. Ill, 59; Wight 111. t. 101; W. & A. Prodr. Dalss. & 
Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 99; Benth. Flor, Austral. Ill, 307; Boiss. Flor. 
Orient. II, 752 j Knrz in Jonrn. As, Soc. 1877, Pt, II, 91 ; Clarke in 
Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. 11, 588. L. hjtkroidm, Blume Bijd. 1134; 
DC- 1. c. D. jussimuhs. Wail. Cat, 6335 (not of Linn, and others'), 
PEBAK ; Scortechini 442 ; Wray 2720. Distrib, Brifciah India 
and Ceylon. 
2. LowiGrA PROSTRATA, Roxb. Horfc. Beng. 11 ; Flor. Ind.*I, 420, 
Stem prostrate, or decumbent at the base and then erect, 8-24 in. long, 
glabrous, Leat'&s lanceolate or linear-lauceolatej acute or acuminate, 
tapering to the base, 2-4 in. long and '35-'75 in. broad. Flowers some- 
times mrtre than one in an axil, sessile, 4-fid. Petals lanceolate, longer 
than the calyx. Capsule 4-angled, thin, filiform, not at all iufluted, 
