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DIscHIDIA BENGHALENSIS. BENGAL 
DIscHIpIA. 
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Class and Order. 
- Penranpria Dieynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AscreprapEz. ) 
Generic “Character. 
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Cor. urceolata, quinquefida. Corona staminea laciniis 
subulatis patentibus recurvis. Masse Pollinis erecte, basi 
affixe. Stigma muticum. Folliculi leves. Semina co- 
mosa. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Discuipia * benghalensis; foliis ellipticis tereti-compressis 
carnosis glaucis.-  __ toc 
Discrip1a benghalensis. Colebr. in Linn. Trans. v. 12. p. 
357, Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 844. 
Sere, 
_Descr.. Whole plant succulent;glaucous green, para- 
“Sitic. Stem scandent and ¢ . anched, terete, here 
and there sending forth slender, branching, fibrous roots, 
actescent. Leaves opposite, an inch and an inch and a 
oe 
half long, elliptical, rather obtuse, tereti-compressed, entire, 
Upon short, rounded, fleshy footstalks. Flowers placed in 
Small, axillary, almost sessile umbels, white. Calyx of five 
feshy, rounded lobes. Corolla urceolate : tube globose, 
limb of five erect, oval, acute, fleshy teeth. Corona of five 
Segments, linear, branching at the top into two falcate, re- 
curved, subulate lacinia. Anthers confluent at the a 
, J Na ovato- 
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* So named by Mr. Brown, from ds, two 
Consequence of the dividing of the segments of the 
