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Siiti/iem 4-5, filaments united for their lower half into a sheath ; anthers 
oponiug by pores. Ovary 2-celIcd, eacli coll with one pendulous ovule. 
Capsule mnch compressed laterally, 2-collcd, loculicidal, margins tooth- 
ed. Seeds albuminous, not or scarcely etropbiolatc. Distrib. Species 
about 8, natives of Eastern tropical Asia and tropical Australia. 
Sect. I. Salomon i a, DC. Stems leafy. 
h Salomonia cantoniensis, Lour. Fl. Coch, Ch. 14. A diffuse, much- 
branched, glabrous, annual ; stem and branches winged. Leaves shortly 
petiolate, ovate-cordate, 3-nerved, length 25 to -4 io. Spikes numerous, 
terminal, dense above but lax below, 1-3 in. long ; bracts minute, 
fugacious. Flowers 05 in. long. S&pah linear. Capsule flat, reniform, 
its edges with bold recurved triangular teeth. Seeds black, estrophio- 
late; Hook. fil. Ft Br. Ind. I, 206. DC. Prod. I, 334; Benth. Fl. 
Hongk. 44 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, 127 ; Hassk. in Miq. Ann. 
Mus. Lugd. Bat. 1, 144. S. subrotunda, Hassk. 1. c. 146. 
In all the provinces except Nioobars and Audamansjin Bwarapy 
places. Distrib. Brit. India, Malayan Archipelago. 
2. Salomons oblonoifolia, DC. Prod. I, 354. An erect, simple 
or little-branched, glabrous annual, 3-G iu. high : stem and branches 
very slightly winged. Leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, '15 to 
•4 in. long. Bracts linear, often persistent. Spikes terminal, 1-3 in. 
long, naked below. Flowers crowded above, *05 in. long. Sepals nearly 
equal, lanceolate. Capsule reniform, teeth pointed, spreading. Seeds 
black, estrophiolate. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 207; Hassk. in Miq. 
Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 147 ; Am. Pug. Ind. IV; Deless. Ic. Sel. Ill, t. 
10. S. sessilijlora, Ham. in Don Prodr. 201. S. obovata, Wight 111. i, t. 
22 B, S. canarana, rigida t ? Uorneri, ? uncinata and ? setosa-ciiiata, 
Hassk. 1. c. 147, 148, 140 ? S. stricta, Sieb. et Zucc. Abh. d. k. Baier. 
Akad. d. Wiss. IT, 2, 152. 
In all the provinces except Nicobars and Andamans, in swampy- 
places. Distrib. Brit. India, Malayan Archipelago. 
Sect. II. EriiiniZAxniEs, Blumo (genus). Parasitic leaves none, 
or reduced to scales. 
3. Salomonia aphylla, GrifF. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix, 342. A 
brownish-purple, erect, little-branching, parasitic herb, 3-6 in. high. 
Leaves reduced to a fow distant, brown scales. Spikes terminal, donee, 
1-3 in. long. Bracts minute, persistent. Flowers pale brown, -04 in. 
long. Sepals ovate. Capsule transversely ovate, with a single apical 
tooth. Seeds black, strophiolate, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 207. S. 
parasitica, Griff. Notnl. IV, 538. S. teihella, Hook. fil. in Trans. Linn. 
Sec. xxiii. 158. Epirhizanthes, Bl. Cat. licit. Buiteuz. and in Flor. 
Bot. Zeit. 1825, p. 133 ; Reuter in DC. Prod. XI, p. 44. 
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