_Gratiolay DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Al 
14, G. Monnieria, Linn; sp. pl. ed. Willd. 1. 102. 
Annual, creeping. Leaves sessile, long, obovate, buntive: 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. Calya' seven- 
leaved. Corol campanulate ; stamina four, 
Beng. Adha-birni. 
Teling. Sambrani-chittoo, 
A native of moist places, borders of brooks, &c. Flowering 
time the wet and cold seasons. 
Stems several, annual, eréeping, round, jointed, very, ra- 
mous, smooth, succulent. Leaves opposite, sessile, obovate, 
wedge-shaped, or oblong, smooth, entire, obtuse, fleshy, dot- 
ted with minute spots. Peduncles axillary, alternate, solitary, 
round, smooth, shorter than the leaves, one-flowered. Flow- 
ers blue. Bractes two-awled, pressing on the calyx laterally. 
Calyx five-leaved, the exterior three leaflets large, oblong, 
the two interior small, linear, all are concave, smooth, pointed 
and permanent, Corel campanulate ; border five-parted, 
nearly equal, Stamens as in Didynamia, Anthers two-cleft, 7 
at the base, blue. Stigma large, somewhat two-lobed. 
Capsule ee Cree: two-valved. Seeds. very numer- 
ous, 
Obs, This plant oortinly ashe to be placed in the 14th 
Glass; it has no one claim, that I can observe, to a pei in : 
this genus. — 
The natives use the expressed juice mixed with 5 Pate, 
to eri on Sl — with thie pata 
15. G. Aiaeepiatied Linn. Sp. 125 es ae. I. Bait poste 
rom. pl. 2, N.128. 0 : : 
Annual, erect. Leaves ocilttii cline chains much she vir 
er than the stem joints. Peduwcles —s on oes inear-— 
3 ohh . | didi: 
