Hippocratea. triandria monogynia. 165 



1. L. indica. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 191. Retz. Obs. 48. 



Annual, diffuse, branchy. Leaves sub-verti<celled, cunei- 

 form. Flowers terminal. Style three-cleft. Calyx fleshy. 



Pharnaceum depressum. Mant. 564. 



A small, diffuse, annual plant ; appearing- and flowering 

 in the cold season. 



Stems many, pressing on the ground, branchy. Leaves 

 opposite sessile, with many smaller ones from their axills, 

 which makes them appear verticelled, oval, smooth, from a 

 quarter to half an inch long. Stipules four-fold, membrana- 

 ceous, with many small similar scales about the flowers. 

 Flowers sessile in the divisions of the branches, and terminal. 

 Petals linear, with three or four-toothed apices. 



HIPPOCRATEA. Schreb. gen. N. 73. 

 Calyx five-parted. Petals five. Germ three-celled; ovu- 

 la a few, attached to the axis. Capsules three, one-celled, 

 two-valved. Seeds membrane-winged. Embryo erect, with- 

 out perisperm. 



1. H. indica. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. 1. 193. Corom.pl. 2. 

 N. 130. 



Shrubby, climbing by tendrils. Leaves oblong, ventricose, 

 serrate. Corymbs axillary. Capsules oblong, two-seeded. 



A large, twining shrub, a native of forests, hills, and wild 

 uninhabited places, over various parts of India. Flowers 

 about the beginniiiff of the hot season. 



Tendrils simple, woody. Leaves opposite, short-pet ioled, 

 oval, pointed, serrate, smooth, shining, about two inches long. 

 Panicles (Umbells) axillary, opposite, peduncled, about as 

 long- as the leaves, dichotomous, expanding. Flowers numer- 

 ous, very small, of a rusty yellow colour. Bractes minute. 

 Petals linear-oblong. Germ superior, three-lobed, three- 

 celled, with two ovula in each, attached to the axis. Style 



shorter than the stamens. Capsules from one to three, oblong, 



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