Hydrophylax, | TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 373 
broad, and revolute. Capsule two-celled; partition membra- 
naceous, Seed solitary, oval, furrowed on the flat side, 
13. S. hispida, Linn. Mant. 558, sp. pl. ed. Willd. i. 572. 
~ Annual, with diffuse, obsoletely four-sided, hairy branches. 
Leaves obovate, cuneate, waved, scabrous. Flowers verti- 
celled, two, three, or four in each axill. Tube of the corol 
twice the length of the calyx. Stamens and style erect. 
- Teling. Madana-bunta-kada. 
Galeopsis zeylanica. Burm. Zeyl. 20. f. 3. agrees pretty 
well with my plant except in the numerous pedicelled flowers. 
~ Common on the sandy lands near the sea on the coast of 
Coromandel. 
HYDROPHYLAX. Schreb. gen. N. 159. _ ie 
Calyx four-parted ; corol campanulate, Germ two-relled, 
one-seded, inferior.. Capsule inferior, angular, two-celled. 
Seed solar Sci erect, and furnished with a perisperm.. 
as H. maritima. ions sp. pl. ed, Willd. i. 581. 
Sarissus anceps, Gert. carp. i. p. 118, t. 2. f, 4, 
Diodia orientalis. Kon, Mss. 
A native of the sand hills along the shores of Consisaiell: 
and Malabar, where it is in blossom most part of the year. 
- Root perennial, Stem none, but many. long, slender; vari- 
ously bent, striking, round, coloured branches running over: 
the sand and often striking root from the joints. Keenet 
posite, approximate, short-petioled, from a deep, stem~ : 
ing, dentate cup. Flowers axillary, sub-sessile, one or two 
i ofa pale pink colour. Calyx above, four-parted ; | 
divisions ensiform, permanent, Corol campanulate, tube hairy 
on: theinside near dee bottim,, the four divisions of the border. 
ovate, spreading, with their apices somewhat revolute, Fi-_ 
laments four, erect, shorter than the corol, and inserted on 
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