Oldenlandia, TETRANDRIA MONOGYNTAL a 
OLDENLANDIA. Schreb. gen. N. 205. sae 
Calyx four-parted, permanent. Corol one-petalled, fond 
parted. Capsule inferior, two-celled, many-seeded. Recepta- 
cle free, fastened to the partition by the base only. 
‘Obs.. Would it not be better to omit this Geertnerian part 
of the generic character, and unite our Indian species of — 
Hedyotis to Oldenlandia? For except the attachment of their 
respective receptacles I-can find no other mark by which 
the two genera are to be distinguished, and surely this is too 
minute and inconspicuous for the travelling Botanist to be 
able at all times to discover. 
oli 0. noth deta: Lim, sp, pi. ed. Willd. i. 676. Roxb, Co- 
Rig POL 
rom, pl. i. N. 3. 
Erect. Leaves opposed, tern, and quatern, linear, cab 
rous. Umbels terminal. Inside of the corol ower i 
Teling. Cheri-Velloo, pial 
‘Tam. Saya-wer, or Imburel. | 
‘Much cultivated on the light sandy ditile near the sivas 
of Coromandel ; where the root is employed to dye the best, 
and | most — red on cotton cloth, 
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_ Erect, four-sided. Leaves opposite, sub. sani dliptic; 
smooth. Panicles terminal. Corol campanulate ; mouth _— 
with hairs. Capsules turbinate, 
» Beng. Gundha-baduli, Ai ei 
_ Hedyotis racemosa. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Wiilds i. 565. Aao: 
_ Annual, a native of the borders of vice lands and moist 
places ; appears and flowers during the rainy season. 
Stem several, erect, with few branches, four sided, atid 
about a foot or eighteen inches high, Leaves opposite, sub- 
sessile, oblong, smooth, entire, succulent, about two inches 
long. Stipules, connecting membrane broad, toothed. Um- 
els terminal, few-flowered. lowers white, small, Pedé« 
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