145 ze BIANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Do erka. 
dular hairs.—Bractes linear, acute, smooth, entis one under each 
| pedicel.—Calya deeply four-parted, smooth, persistent, with straight, 
lanceolate, acute segments.—Corol white, alittle shorter than the ca- 
lyx; tube very small; three segments of the limb ovate, acute, equal; 
the fourth and lowermost shorter, lanceolate.— Stamina two, upright, 
short. . Anthers oblong.— Pistil-as long as the stamina. Stigma Caa 
pitate.— Capsule roundish, compressed, with a furrow. on each side, 
emarginate at the top, beset with glandular hairs, two-celled. Seeds | : 
numerous, minute, round.—N. W, 
An 
© BOERHAAVIA. Schreb. Gen. N. 18. 
Calyx inferior, gibbous, entire, permanent, and becoming ane — 
velope for ihe seed. Germ one-celled ; ovula single, erect. Coral . 
eampanulate, inserted on the-calyx. Seed solitary. Embryo condi du 
piae with us mes, ow cce uda Ree f 
igni nz corn -—5 T x 
acid: Ee dub fauc. E afa 
Root fusiform, perennial. Pancha procuinbenkt jma me : 
variously cordate, covered with a silver coloured pellicle underneath, —— 
Flowers terminal, in long-péduncled heads. Stamina three. | 
, Sans. gam Poonurnuva, gru Shotughnee. . sis ue 
~ Peng. Gadha-poorna, the red variety; and renean be 
white one. E 
Talu: dama, uo. mal. 7. p. 105. t. 56. good fe i a young, luxu i 
ant plant... Sisexbs i dE 
B. diandra, and erecta, Bas Flor. Ind, p3. t. 1.seem 1 to be our - | 
plant, taken at different ages... y 
B. erecta. Gert. Carp.ii.909. t. 197, .. io OSes A deg qM RO 
"This species, whatever it may be, whether diffusa; eis repans: | 
da or diandra, or all of them, is the only one I have yet found in In- 
dia. It is not only common every where, but is óne of the most trou- 
blesome weeds we have. The long, fusiform, cope roots, strike . 
80 deep, as to render it no easy task to dig them wor d “ee 
blossoms and ripe seed the whole e year, age e in ce 
