136 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA,, Gratiola, 
of opposite pedicelled flowers. Bractes small, oblong, one 
under the insertion of each pedicel. Calyx of two pair of 
opposite leaflets; ewterior pair large, cordate, often notched ; 
the upper one larger, and incumbent over the rest of the 
calyx, and all:the corol except the under lip ; inner or lateral 
pair, linear-lanceolate, and much smaller than. the exterior 
pair. Corol bilabiate ; tube contracted at the middle ; upper 
hip straight, narrow, with a two-lobed apex ; "under lip broad, 
three-lobed, drooping. Samina, the fertile pair of filaments 
lodged under the upper lip of the corol with twin anthers, 
adhering by pairs, the sterile pair from the under lip, with 
large yellow, free, clavate apices. Stigma two-lobed. Cap- 
sules ovate, two-celled, hid between the exterior leaflets of 
the calyx. Seed numerous, very small, _. 
Obs. As Rumphius observes, the leaves of. this plant are 
exceedingly bitter, and might no doubt answer valuable. 
purposes in medicine. 
2. G. grandiflora, Linn, sp. pl. ed, Willd. 1. 105. Corom. 
pl. 2s NV 179. 
Annual, creeping. Leaves sessile, broad-lanceolate, poi 
ed, serrate. lowers axillary, solitary. Capsules linear. ; 
A native of moist places, Flowers during the wet and cold 2 
ey several, ceils cavepings | = -sided,. b; fro 
six to twelve inches long. Leaves. opposite, sessile, ailoi, 
sharply-serrate, pointed, smooth. Peduncles axillary, about 
half the length of the leaves, ere¢t, one-flowered, Flowers 
light blue. Corol; tube cylindric, zpper lip entire; under. 
lip broad, three-parted. Stamens, the two fertile filaments 
lodged under the upper lip, approaching archways, _An- 
thers twin, united ; the sterile filaments resting on the under 
lip,and adhering to it, yellow, curved, Capsules tnceviahas 
| lange: than the calyx, 
