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FLORA INDICA. 
CLASS V. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
VINKA, Schreb. gen. N. 419. 
Corol funnel-shaped. Follicles two, erect. Seeds nak- 
ed. Embryo inverse, and furnished with a perisperm. 
1. V. rosea, Willd. i. 1233. 
fcrenniel o erect, _ _Tamous. Flowers in pairs, sessile. = 
Hind. Gool-fering: 
Obs. Both the red and white varieties are common in 
gardens over India, and in flower great part of the year. 
I have never found it in its native state. 
2. V. parviflora, Willd, i. 1234. Retz. Obs. ii. N. 33. 
Annual. Leaves lanceolate ; flowers in pairs. Mouth. 
of the tube contracted, and shot with hairs. 
Cupa-veela, Rheed. Mal. ix. t. 33. 
Vinka pulsilla, Linn. suppl. 166. : 
A small, erect, annual, ramous plant ; a native of open, 
fertile, cultivated lands. Flowers during the wet season, 
Stem erect, smooth, branchy, four-sided; angles acute, 
from six to twelve inches high. Leaves opposite, short« 
petioled, lanceolate, entire, smooth ; about two inches and : 
a half long,and three-fourths of an inch broad. Sti sles 
subulate. Flowers axillary, in pairs, small, white, short. 
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