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Columnea, DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, 97 
COLUMNEA. Schreb. gen. N. 1064. 
Calyx five-parted, Corol ringent, Anthers twin, connect- 
ed by pairs in a coronet, Capsule two-celled. 
1. C. balsamica. R. 
Annual, erect, stoloniferous, Leaves sub-verticelled, pin- 
natifid. Peduneles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, 
Tsjeria-manga-mari, Rheed. Mal. ix. t. 85. 
Tsadaen-tsjira. Rheed, Mal. xii. t, 36 seems the same. 
Hottonia. Burm. Zeyl. t. 55. f. 1. 
Gratiola trifida, Linn. =P Pl. ed. Willd, i, 104, 
Beng. Kurpoor. | ease 
Hottonia Indica, Linn. sp. pl. od, Willd. 1813. ' 
Ruellia balsamica, Konig’s Mss. 
This is a smal] annual; the general height about six inches, 
a native of marshy places, appears and flowers during the 
rainy and cold seasons, 
Roots creeping. Stems erect, sometimes ramous, round, 
jointed, smooth, Leaves sessile, the lower are generally ver- 
ticelled, or nearly so, above three-fold, and opposite; some 
' are pinnatifid, some lobate, and some simply linear-lanceolate, 
all are serrate toward the apex, smooth on both sides, ge- 
nerally less than an inch long. Peduneles solitary, axillary, 
rather longer than the leaves, vnatemetel. sometimes they are 
opposite and even tern towards the top of the plant. Bractes 
two, pressing on the calyx. Stigma large, in shape like a 
dog’s head, with the under division very long, and ascending. 
Capsule long, two-celled, four-valved ; receptacle large. 
Seeds numerous, _ 
As Konig observes, the plant has a strong terebinthinace- 
ous smell, it is at the same time very grateful, The taste is 
ste of a warm aromatic, 
2. , Maroy 
Annual; roc 
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