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WILLIS : PODOSTEMACEÆ 
D. stylosa Bourdillonii ; D. stylosa, Wight; Podostemon 
stylosus, Benth. 
Thallus as in preceding form, but rather larger. Stamens 
much exceeding ovary. Stigmas usually equalling 
ovary, but variable. Fruit pedicel 10-20 mm. S. India. 
Anamalais, Wight ! Malabar, Rev. E. Johnson ! Tra- 
vancore, at Mundakayam, 300 feet, T. F. Bourdillon ! 
D. stylosa kanarensis. 
Thallus to 6 cm. or more, with basal foot, spreading in all 
directions. Bracts usually with longer persistent tips 
than in other varieties, so that they appear more or less 
acuminate. Stamens variable in length. Stigmas 
equalling ovary. Pedicel of fruit 20-40 mm. S. India. 
S. Kanara, at Sullia, C. A. Barber, S. Ind. Flora, 2,117 ! 
Also at Beltangadi, do. 2,521 ! N. Kanara, Taylor, 1,129, 
seems to be this, but may be a separate variety ; it 
requires further investigation. 
This form is easily recognized by its long fruiting pedicels 
and the acuminate bracts, and is probably specifically 
distinct. 
Species Exclusce. 
Dicræa apicata, Tul.^ Monogr. Podost., p. 204 ; Hooker, 
FI. Brit. India, V., p. 68 = Hydrobryiim olivaceum, var. 
griseum. Dicræa selaginoides, Willisiaselaginoides. 
PODOSTEMON (Michx., Willd., Pers., Kunth., Lindl., 
Nutt,, Griffith, Endl., Meisn., &c.), Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat., 3 
ser., t, XL, p. 102, and in Podo. Monogr,, p. 128 ; Wedd. in 
DC. Prodr., p.p.; Hooker in FI. Brit. Ind., p.p.; Warming, 
I.C., p.p.; Lads, Bong., p.p.; Polypleurum, Warming 
(non Taylorj, p.p. (?); excl. Dicræa, Tul.; Hydrohryum, 
Tul., and Mniopsis, Tul. 
Fruit anisolobous, 8-ribbed, dehiscent, with oo seeds. 
Thallus thread- or ribbon-like ; secondary shoots ascending, 
several-flowered, with long subulate leaves and no scaly 
