142 / — DIANDRIA MONOAYNIA. ` Gratiola. — 
er than theleaves, one-flowered.— Flowers blue.— Bractes two-awled, 3 
pressing on the calyx laterally.— Calyx five-leaved, the exterior three — 
leaflets large, oblong, the two interior small, linear, all are concave,  , 
smooth, pointed and permanent.—Coro/ companulate ; border five- 
` parted, nearly equal.—Stamens as in Didynamia.— Anthers two- 
cleft, at the base, blue.—Stigma large, somewhat two-lobed e 
sule ovate, two-celled, two-valved.— Seeds very numerous. * 
Obs. This plant certainly ought to be placed in the 14th class, 
it has no one claim, that I can ebserve, to a place in this genus.* 
The natives use the expressed juice mixed with Penot 
rub on parts affected with rheumatic pains. 
15. G. hyssopioides. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed, Willd. 1. 104. Corom. Pl : 
Q N. 128. 
Annual, erect. Leaves ensiform, stem-clasping, much shorter than — 
the stem joints. Peduncies axillary. Capsules linear-oblong. Po 
G. hyssopioides. Kon. in Retz. obs. 4. p. 8. Linn. Spec. Pl. ed. —. 
Reichh. i. 48. Appears with the former species during the rains. . 
16. G. Juncea. Corom. Pi. 2. N. 129. 
Annual, erect, columnar, nearly naked. Lower leaves lanceolate, 
stem-clasping ; ; above minute. The two pair of anthers not united. — 
Capsules globular, 
Like the rest, this species delights i in a wet situation, where it 
appears and flowers during the rains. po 
Stem erect, almost simple, tound, jointed, smooth, from six to. 
twelve inches high.— Leaves opposite, stem-clasping, lanceolate, — 
obtuse, entire. Floral leaves minute, triangular.— Peduneles axillary, 
solitary, one-flowered.— Flowers rose-coloured, small.—Anthers - 
twin, not united. Fhe sterile filaments in this species stand be- 
tween the fertile ones, and are very small.— Capsules globular. — 
17. G. cuneifolia. R. ; 
Annual, erect, simple, nearly idit Io one pair at the i, 
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