94 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Stemodia. 
clammy segments, which are as long as the tube of the co- 
rol, Corol tubular. Border of five, nearly equal, rounded 
divisions. Anthers twin. Germ ovate-oblong, two-celled, 
with four vertical rows of seeds in each. Style, the length of 
the tube of the corol. Stigma of two very unequal, acute ” 
lobes. Capsule linear, scarcely so long as the permanent 
calyx, furrowed on opposite sides, two-celled, two-valved. 
Partitions contrary, composed of the incurved margins of 
the valves, and free from each other in the centre, Seeds nu- 
merous, minute, round, and tubercled, 
STEMODLIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1043. 
Calyx five-parted. Corol bilebinmeaes Stamina four, with : 
each filament iwc two-anthere¢ S Capeute two: rel 3 
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“1, S. viscosa: Corot: ot! ii. ™. 163, 
Annual, hairy and glutinous. Leaves opposite, stem-clasp- 
ing, linear-cordate, serrate. Mlowers axillary, solitary. 
‘Teling. Boda-sarum, 
A small, annual plant, found on dry rice fields after the 
crop has been cut, Stem annual, generally bent to one side, 
with many spreading branches from its base, four-sided, 
hairy, clammy ; from six to twenty-four inches high, Leaves 
opposite, stem-clasping ; below linear-oblong, above cordate, 
hairy, clammy. Flowers axillary, solitary, ssodllaiated, small, 
of a violet colour. Bractes two, lanceolate, pressing on the 
calyx. Corol; tube compressed, longitudinally wrinkled, 
twice the length of the calyx ; upper lip broad , emarginated ; 
the under lip three-parted. Stamens within the tube. 
The _ has a pleasant aromatic smell. 
» s. ruderalis, Willd. iii. B45, bdF 
Annual, diffuse, downy, Leaves opposite, oleulad: ovate, 
serrate. Flowers axillary, solitary, sub-sessile, ec ist five” 
toothed, Corol deeply two-cleft, 
