136 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Gmtiola. 



of opposite pedicelled flowers. Bracles small, oblong, one 

 under the insertion of each pedicel. Calyx of two pair of 

 opposite leaflets; exterior pair large, cordate, often notched ; 

 the upper one larger, and incumbent over the rest of the 

 calyx, and all the corol except the under lip ; inner or lateral 

 pair, linear-lanceolate, and much smaller than the exterior 

 pair. Corol bilabiate ; tube contracted at the middle; upper 

 lip straight, narrow, with a two-lobed apex ; under lip broad, 

 three-lobed, drooping. Stamina, the fertile pair of filaments 

 lodged under the upper lip of the corol with twin anthers, 

 adhering by pairs, the sterile pair from the under lip, with 

 large yellow, free, clavate apices. Stigma two-lobed. Cap- 

 sules ovate, two-celled, hid between the exterior leaflets of 

 the calyx. Seed numerous, very small. 



Obs. As Rumphius observes, the leaves of this plant are 

 exceedingly bitter, and might no doubt answer valuable 

 purposes in medicine. 



2. G. grandijlora. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. 1. 105. Corom. 

 pi. 2. JV. 179. 



Annual, creeping'. Leaves sessile, broad-lanceolate, point- 

 ed, serrate. Floicers axillary, solitary. Capsules linear. 



A native of moist places. Flowers during the wet and cold 

 seasons. 



Stems several, annual, creeping, four-sided, smooth ; from 

 six to twelve inches long. Leaves opposite, sessile, oblong", 

 sharply-serrate, pointed, smooth. Peduncles axillary, about 

 half the length of the leaves, erect, one-flowered. Floicers 

 lio-ht blue. Corol; tube cylindric, upper lip entire; under 

 lip broad, three-parted. Stamens, the two fertile filaments 

 lodged under the upper lip, approaching archways. An- 

 thers twin, united ; the sterile filaments resting on the under 

 lip and adhering to it, yellow, curved. Capsules lanceolate, 

 longer than the calyx. 



