368 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNT RAT Spermacoce, 
ty it is that of a Knoxia; here it aves not open ere 
ly; and has black round seed. ) 
eS. exserta, R. ‘ 
’ Shrubby, straight, tender parts villous. Leaves remote, op- 
posite, petioled, lanceolate. Corymbs terminal, decompound. 
Stamina and the bifid stigma exsert: Capsule oval. 
- — of the Circars, where it blossoms in October and — 
Obs. fis. aieity allied'to S. teres; farther examination ~ 
prove them the same. sal 
A, S. glabra. R. ee 
Shrubby, round, smooth, erect. Leaves ning donee, 
smooth. Corymbs axillary, compound ; ‘styles _— gies 
clavate. Capsules globular, smooth. ; 
A native of Pulo Pinang, has much the habit woe strong 
grass or slender bamboo, the situation of the leaves excepted. 
~~ Branches round, smooth, straight, jointed, in’ the dry spe- 
cimens fistulous, Leaves opposite, sub-sessile, linear-lan- 
ceolate, smooth, entire, length from four to six inches; | con- 
necting membrane with unequal awned’ processes’ from ‘its 
mouth, Peduncles axillary, bearing several ‘cross-armed, mi- 
nute umbellets or headlets of small cream-coloured flowers. 
Bractes minute. Oorol bell-shaped; mouth of the tube hairy. 
Style longer than the corol, hairy. Stigma’clavate, grooved. 
Capsule globular, smooth; size of — penis 
6. Se laviss Ree ASE SHEE: 4 
~ Biennial, straight, round, smooth. Leaves sub2 
‘ceolar. Corymbs terminal, Anthers mes in the yard moet 
of the infundibuliform corol: 
_A native of the interior of Bengal; in the: Botanic csi 
