398 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Exacum. 
litary, seein large, of’ a ben ntif ul white and blue — 
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S35: biiajioesim: R. 
‘Annual, simple, erect, four-sided. Leaves sessile, lanceblate, 
five-nerved. Flowers numerous, terminal. Stamens and style 
declinate, 
Beng. Koochiri, 
A native of Bengal, where it grows among long grass ; and — 
flowers during the rains, 4; 
Stem erect, simple, exactly four-sided, smooth ; from two to 
three or even four feet high. Leaves opposite, decussate, ses- 
sile, lanceolate, five-nerved, smooth and shining, from two 
to four inches long. Flowers terminal, numerous, large, of 
a most beautiful blue colour, inodorous. Calyx divided near- 
ly to the base into four, daggered segments, Corol, segments — 
oblong, acute, spreading. Filaments on the tube of the corol, _ 
short. Anthers linear, bending to one side, with two pores at 
the top, for the discharge of the pollen, as in Cassia. Germ) 
oval. Style projecting obliquely with the stamina; stigma 
enlarged, Capsule two-celled, two-valved. Seeds numerous, _ 
Obs. This is one of the most elegant plants I have met with, 
the flowers being not only numerous, large, and beautitul, 
but retaining their beauty and expansion for many days 
ree is a rare circumstance in an Indian Plant. : 
isaac ee Cask Libeaed oS ae 
- Annual, cere aes Sapeley Db de janceo- 
late, three-nerved, Flowers five-cleft, Calyx with five, ze 
broad membranaceous wings with subulate points. eee 
Chironia trinervia. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. i.1065, 
Lysimachia folio sinuato, acuminato trinervio, flore coeru- 
leo, amplo calyce carinato, alato. Burm. neni p. 145. t. 67 ie 
-~ native © of Ceylon. y : et 
