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* V. aqrestis, Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 487, with diffuse trailing 
stems, flowers from the axils of similar leaves all down the stem on 
arcuate pedicels, larger calyx and capsule, and shallowly cup-shaped 
seeds fastened by one face to the placenta. 
6. BRYODES, Benth. 
Calyx campanulate, divided to the base into 5 lanceolate segments. 
Corolla campanulate, with 4 short rounded lobes. Stamens 2, included, 
inserted low down in the tube ; staminodes 0. Ovary ampullseform ; 
style arcuate, filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsule globose, membranous, 
with many minute seeds. — A single endemic species. 
1. B. micrantha, Benth. in DC. Brod. x. 433. A minute glabrous 
moss-like herb with trailing or suberect stems. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, linear-oblong, entire, T \ in. long. Flowers solitary, sessile in 
the axils of the leaves. Calyx £ line long. Corolla scarcely exserted 
from the calyx. 
Mauritius, in watery places, JBojer ! Endemic. 
7. ALECTRA, Thunb. 
Calyx campanulate, deeply 5-toothed, 10-ribbed. Corolla with a 
campanulate tube, and oblique broadly 5-toothed limb. Stamens didy- 
namous, included ; anthers often bearded on the back and mucronate 
at the base. Ovary globose ; style filiform, declinate ; stigma nearly 
or quite entire. Fruit a globose capsule, included in the persistent 
calyx. — Annual parasitic herbs, turning black when dried. Distrib. 
Cape and tropics of both hemispheres. Species 12. 
1. A. indica, Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 339. Stems erect, f-1 foot 
high, square, hispid, simple or branched. Leaves subsessile, ovate, 
toothed, the lower an inch long. Flowers in a lax spike in the upper 
3-4 inches of the stem, bracteated by reduced leaves. Calyx under i 
inch long, bristly ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, as long as the campanulate 10- 
ribbed tube. Corolla yellow, half as long again as the calyx. Capsule 
black, glabrous, the size of a pea. 
Mauritius, at the survey camp near Tamarin Falls, growing amongst grass and 
on logs, Horne ! Also East Indies. 
8. STRIGA, Lour. 
Calyx with a strongly-ribbed oblong or cylindrical tube and 5 sub- 
equal long teeth. Corolla with a cylindrical curved tube and a bilabiate 
patulous limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, included in the tube ; filaments 
very short. Ovary oblong ; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsule 
oblong, emarginate, included in the calyx tube, black, opening elastically. 
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