Hippocratea, —_ TRIANDRIA MONOGYNTA.” 165 
LLL, indica, Linn, sp, pl. ed. Willd, 1.191. Retz. Obs. 48, 
Annual, diffuse, branchy. _ Leaves sub-verticelled, eunei- 
form, Flowers terminal, Style three- cleft. Calyx rs. 
Pharnaceum depressum. Mant. 564, 
A small, diffuse, annual pee ‘appearing and oe 
in the cold season. ~ 
' Stems many, pressing on the ground, branchy; ‘Leaves 
opposite sessile, with many smaller ones from their axills, 
which makes them appear verticelled, oval, smooth, from a 
quarter to half an inch Tong. Stipules four-fold, membrana- 
ceous, with many small similar scales about the flowers. 
Flowers sessile in the divisions of the branches, and terminal. 
Petals linear, with three or four-toothed a pices. 
HIPPOCRATEA. Schreb: gen. N. 73. 
Calyx five-parted. Petals five. Germ three-celled ; ovu- 
la a few, attached to the axis, ‘Capsules three, one-celled, 
two-valved. Seeds meinbrane-wihged: ae erect, —_— 
out perisperm. 
“1. HL indica. Linn. silbe a: Willd. 1. 193, Corom. ples ba 
N. 130. | 
Shrubby, climbing by tendrils. Leaves oblong, ventricose, 
serrate. Corymbs axillary. Capsules oblong, two-seeded, 
A large, twining shrub, a native of forests, hills, and wild 
uninhabited places, over various ‘parts of svat Flowun 
about the beginning of the hot season. 
Tendrils simple, woody. Leaves opposite, short pti 
oval, pointed, serrate, smooth, shining, about two | inch if 
Panicles Ca Umbells ) saree opposite, —, ak ° at a8 
ee oc Se ee F ithddiedF vo te xin. ee : 
egg than the stamens. Capsules from one to three, 
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