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Class and Didar: 
Clisnneel Mownoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium 5-partitum.. Stam. 5, connata in tubulum 
subcylindraceum, ovario longiorem, apivibus distinctis, cum 
vel absque dentibus in ter jectis. Anthere uniloculares. 
Stylus 1. Stigmata 2. Utriculus monospermus, evalvis. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
GoMmPHRENA perennis ; caulibus ascendentibus nodosis foliis 
ovato-oblongis, deorsum angustatis, capitulis di-tri- 
phyllis termmalibus verticillatisque. 
Gompurena perennis; foliis lanceolatis, oo 455 
rota a 2 roprio distinctis. — Lin. 
. p- 1321. Pe 2 Syn. 1. 
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Descr. Stems weak, rounded, hairy, with adpressed 
hairs pointing upwards, swelled and coloured red at the | 
joints. Leaves opposite, oblong-oval, gradually narrowed 
downward. Capitula of flowers terminal, and sometimes 
verticillate, with an involucrum, which, in our * plant, con- 
sisted of three, sessile, oval, muc C and ciliate leaflets. 
Calyx flesh-coloured, three cleft, with tk hree e unequi ral bractes_ 
closely embracing the base. Stamuniferous tube orange- _ 
coloured, very little —— than the calyx, five clef — a2 
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