JllSticia. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. J33 



four-sided. Bractes lanceolate, rigid. Lower anthers calca- 

 rate. 



Euphrasia, Alsines angustiore folio, &c. Pluk. Aim. 142. 

 t. 56.,/: 3. 



Very coiiiinon on pasture ground over the coast of Coro- 

 mandel ; flowering most part of the year. 



Root often perennial. Stems many, spreading, jointed, 

 five-striated, often rooting at the joints, extremities sub-erect : 

 size very various, but generally from six to twelve inches 

 long. Leaves opposite, sub-sessile, from round to linear-lan- 

 ceolate, entire, a little downy ; size various. Spikes terminal, 

 erect, four-sided. Flowers opposite, decussate, small, rose 

 colour. Bractes three-fold, lanceolate. Calyx; upper di- 

 visions very minute. Carol; tube short; upper lip erect, 

 two-cleft; under lip broad, three-parted. Nectary a yellow 

 ring surrounding the base of the germ. Anthers double ; 

 the lower calcarate or sharp-pointed. Sl'ujma slightly bifid. 

 Capsules four-seeded, two in each cell. 



Obs. When this plant grows in wet places, it seems altoge- 

 ther another species, being many times larger, nearly erect, 

 with linear-lanceolate leaves. I believe Dr. Konio- described 

 this variety as a distinct species, under the name of J.juncea, 

 or graminea. 



29. J. quinqueangularis. K'on. MSS. 



Perennial in a dry soil ; branches five-sided. Leaves ses- 

 sile, lanceolate. Spikes terminal. Bractes linear. Capsules 

 rather larger than the bractes, four-seeded. 



A native of the borders of rice-fields about Samulcota. It 

 is but little removed from procumbcns, when growing in the 

 same soil. 



30. J. pectinata. Corom. pi. 2. JV*. 153. 



Herbaceous, diffuse. Leaven short-petioled, lanceolar. 

 Spikes sessile, secund. Bractes five-fold, broad, white, mem- 

 brane-bordered ; lower anthers calcarate. 



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