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Dipynami1a ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scropuutarineg. ) 
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= Calyx tubulosus plicatus, apice obliqtte 5-de 
ntatus vel 
Generic Character. 
“ 
superiore bifido, inferiore trifido, laciniis subplanis, Sta- 
mina fertilia 4, didynama, 2 superiora brevia filamentis 
integris, 2 inferiora ad basin labii inferioris inserta filamen- 
tis elongatis arcuatis, basi appendice dentiformi vel filiformi 
auctis. Anthere per paria coherentes vel approximate, 
biloculares, loculis divergentibus divaricatisve apice conflu- 
entibus. Stylus simplex, stigmate complanato bilamellato 
vel simplici (?). _Capsula oblonga, calyce brevior, bivalvis, 
valvulis integris margine_planis, dissepimento: parallelo 
placentifero demuam libero.—Herbe ramose, glabre vel 
villose, basi diffuse. Folia opposita, sepius dentata. Flores 
axillares, oppositi vel Jasciculati, interdum racemosi. Benth. 
Specific Character and. Synonyms. 
Torenta cordifolia; foliis ovatis, pedunculis axillaribus 
subfasciculatis, corollis calyee ovato basi rotundato 
subduplo longioribus. Benth. ~ : 
Torenta cordifolia. Roxb. Corom. Pl. v. 2. p, 32. f. 161. 
Ibid. Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 95. Pers. Synops. v. 2. p. 167. 
Benth. Scrophul. p. 39. 
Corosinam. Rheede, Hort. Malab. v. 9. t. 68. 
_ This little annual, which, we learn from Dr. Roxsuren, 
'S a rare native of the moist pastures about Samulcottah ee 
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