Pladera. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNTA,: ‘403 
with four broad membranaceous wings. Branches opposite, 
and like the stem; all are smooth. He eight of the whole plant 
about eighteen iniliie! Leaves of the stem opposite, sessile, 
lanceolate, three-nerved. Floral leaves perfoliate, all smooth 
and entire. lowers terminal, peduncled, numerous, pretty. 
large, pale rose colour. Calyx four-toothed, striated, perma- 
nent. Corol irregular, somewhat two-lipped ; the upper one 
larger and deeply two-parted, the lower one consisting: also 
of two lobes, but smaller. Filaments four, three of them ra+ 
ther shorter, and inserted on the upper side of the tube ; the 
third larger, and inserted below the fissure of the lower lip, 
Anthers oblong. Style as long as the stamens. Stigma two- 
parted, Segmentsrecurved. Capsule oblong, one-colleays two- 
valved. at 
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_ Annual, from one to two inches high. Leaves sais sbi 
cordate. Flowers terminal, sessile, three-fold, monandrous. 
Govet hid in the calyx. Capsule globular. . 
_ Compare with Hopea dichotoma. Vahl. enumer. i. i 3; 
oivsinnth Exacum sessile, Willd. i. 635. 
he A beautiful minute plant, a native of Coromandel. 
_ ‘Stem erect, four-sided, branchy ; from one and a half to 
two inches high, Branches cross-armed. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, cordate, minute, smooth. Flowers terminal, sessile, 
three-fold, small, yellow. Calyx one-leaved, sub-cylindric, 
as long as the corol, four-toothed, permanent, Corol one-pe- 
talled. Tube a little gibbous, mouth four-toothed. Filaments 
four within the tube of the corol, and inserted into. it near the 
base, Anthers, three minute, and abortive; one large and 
fertile. Germ globular. Style short. Stigmas two, globular. 
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