456 DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Bergia. 
1. C.. laciniata. Willd. 2. 758. ; 
Perennial. Leaves decompound, pinnatifid, and sim- 
ple. Flowers octandrous. 
Planta anatis. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 95, 
_ Hemasagara. Asiat. Res, 4. p. 284. 
Beng. Hemsagur. 
Found in gardens about Calcutta, and in flower dur- 
_ing the rainy season. 
2. C. rhizophylla. R. 
Shrubby, succulent. Leaves fleshy, simple and pit- 
nate, crenate, viviparous. Flowers pendulous, octan- 
drous. 
A native of the Moluccas, in the Botanic garden at 
Calcutta ; it blossoms in the cold season. When leaves are 
placed in a damp place and shaded, young pian epee 
from their crenatures. 
_ 3. C. heterophylla, R. 
Perennial, succulent, smooth. Leaves joa petiol- 
ed; in young plants ternate, when more advanced simple, 
ovate-oblong, slightly laciniate, fleshy, smooth. Corymbs 
decompound. Flowers octandrous. 
A native of M ysore, in the Botanic garden at Calcutta; 
- it blossoms during the cool season, 
BERGIA. Schreb. gen. n. 791. 
Calyx five-parted. Corol five-petalled. Capsule supet- 
or, globular, protuberant, five-celled, five-valved, valve 
lets petal like, Seeds most numerous. 
1. B. verticillata, Willd. 2, 770. 
Creeping, annual. Leaves lanceolar, serrate, smooth 
Flowers axillary, sessile, numerous, . 
Pola-tsjira. Rheed. Mal. 9. t. 78. 
- Teling. Neeroo-pavala. oa 
