445 : SETRANDBIA MONOGYNIA. Ammannia. 
_ Beng. Daud-maree. _ 
Teling. Agbundra-pakoo. 
An annual species; found in wet cultivated ground during the 
rainy and cold seasons, 
Stem erect, from six to thirty-six inches high, "we omn ne side 
ed, very branchy. Branches, below opposite, decussated ; above fre- 
uently alternate .— Leaves opposite, sessile, lanced, smooth ; floral 
Ls many times smaller than those below.— Coro none.-- Peri- 
carp one-celled, one-valved, half covered with the calyx. - | 
-. Obs. It differs from A. baccifera in having a capsule of one cell, 
in being evalvular, and in the leaves being lanced, in that species 
they are linear-cordate at the base, and embrace the stalk. : 
This plant has a strong muriatic smell, but not disagreeable. , Its 
leaves are exceedingly acrid; they are used. universally by the natives 
to raise blisters in rheumatic pains, fevers,&c. “The fresh leaves 
bruised and applied to the part intended to be blistered perform their 
office i in the course of half an hour or a little more, and most effec- 
tually. - | 
5. A. pentandra, R. 
In the lower part of the plant creeping and simple, erect portion. 
ramous ; four-sided ; branches simple. Leaves sessile, lanceolate. 
Flowers axillary, , solitary, sessile, pentandra ous. Capsule one-celled, 
A native of moist places; flowering in the rainy and cold seasons, 
Stems creeping near the base, above erect; the erect part is 
anchy, four-sided, smooth, and coloured ; from six to eight inches 
l ves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, smooth, entire. — Flow- 
ers axillary, solitary, sessile.— Bractes two, lanceolate, pressing the 
calyx laterally. —Calyr ten-toothed, alternately smaller and in e 
ed.— Corol, petals five, very minute.— FOURNIE five. j Le 
6. A. ngna, R. : 
Base ereeping, erect portion r ramous; branches compound. Leaces 
baci sessile. isis solitary, et ub, C 
