è MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Phrynium. 
1. P. dichotomum. R. : 
dio. dichotomous. Leaves cordate. | 1 
Thalia cannaformis. Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. 1. 16. 
Arundastrum. Tonchat seytam. Rumph. amb. 4. p. 22. t. 7. 
Donax Arundastrum. Lourier. Cochin-ch. 15. 
Sans. TH, Vula, TACT Godunika, AA’, Bhudra, siste, i 
Bhudroudunee, SERSRT, Shurakasthika, qanmi, Kulyaninee, 1 
HATA, Bhudra-bula, WET, Ghata, wet, Patee, TH#T, Vula- — 
hwa. E Se | 
Beng. Moocta-patee, Pattee-patee,* or Madar-patee. 
This elegant shrub, is a native of Bengal, as well as of various — 
other parts of India, &c. F — time thé hot season ; seeds PING ; 
inthe rains; ^ .-— 
Root ramous, woody, perennial. — Stems straig 
simple to the branches, abou vi : 
three to five, "or six feet high, wre beautiful, highly polished green 
colour. Branches numeroüs, dichotomous spreading in every di- | 1 
rection, smooth like the stem, but jointed at every division — Leaves © 
alternate, petioled, ‘ovate-cordate, smooth, ‘entire, acute, from 4 to — j 
8 inches long; veins numerous, very fine and parallel — Petioles à 
sheathing, except a small portion, one tenth,” orless, at the apex, | 1 
which is round, and may be called tbe proper petiole —Racemes _ 
terminal, generally solitary, jointed, a little &exuous —Bractes glu- 
maceous, in pairs on the joints of the raceme, each p irembricing $ I 
between them a two-flowered pedicel.— Flowers pair’d} onacom- — i 
mon pedicel, from the alternate joints of the rachis, large, pure i 
white.— Pedicels clavate, thick, white, and fleshy, near: le apex two- 1 
parted ; divisions unequal, with two glands at their ends like the rudi- - 1 
ments of flowers.— Calyx above, three-leaved ; leaflets oblong-conic, 1 
^* “Mats made of the t 
“and refreshing, Mentum gm serae sem HN TÉ : 
“ plant itself is said to bear the same name, Suspecting, however, this to be a misap- | 
* propriation of the term, I have enquired of natives of the eastern parts of Bengal, | 
* who assure me, that the plant is named — i 
“is called Sital-pati,” , Colebrooke, x A I 
Oke rion, iid fóm | 1 
