Gratiola, DIANDRIA MONOGYNTA, 135 
Dianthera, Mr. R. Brown informs me that he thought it 
would belong to a new genus, which he calls Nelsonia 
82. J. verticillata, R. 
Erect, hairy, spines verticelled with their apices bifid , or 
trifid. Leaves petioled, ovate, Flower minotigst the verticils 
of spines, sub-sessile, . 
‘Hind, Custoola, ; 
‘Found by Dr. Hunter in the vicinity of Onjein, i in a 
and flower in March, : 
. <GRATIOLA. Schreb. gen. N. 37. 
Corol one-petalled, irregular, Sterile filaments two, affix-. 
ed to the lower lip of the corol. Anthers double, and comnect- 
ed. Capsules superior, two-celled, two-valved. Seeds nu- 
merous. 
1. G. amara, R. . 
Annual (in Bengal), creeping. Line otal alld: 
serrate, Peduneles axillary, four to six-flowered. Calyx 
four-leaved, exterior pair cordate, inner subulate, apices of 
the sterile filaments frée. Capsule ovate, hid in the oui 
Caranga amara. Vahl, enum, vol. 1. 100. ‘ 
“Serratula amara. Rumph. Amb, 5. p. 459. t. 170. f 1. 
which has been seas - mistake, I presume, for seaarainns 
ria indiea, 
* This pretty plant has ane accidentally imtroduced into 
the Botanic garden, among spice and other plants from a | 
Moluccas, Flowering time the cold season. ce 
~ Root fibrous, Stems and branches creeping, with stiles 
tremities sub-erect, —— — spines Leaves’ op- 
inches long. ern ay gra rather cox than : 
the petioles, supporting at their extremities, two or three pairs Za 
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