364 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNFA. HcdlfOtis. 



Capsule inferior, two-celled, many-seeded. Receptacles ad- 

 hering to the partition their whole length. Embryo centri- 

 petal, and furnished with a perisperm. 



1. H. hispida. Retz. Obs. Bot. iv.p. 23. Linn, sp.pl. ed. 

 i. 565. 



Diffuse, four-sided, rooting- at the joints. Leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate, with hispid margins. Flowers axillary, crowded. 



It sprung up and blossomed in December in the Botanic 

 garden, amongst plants introduced from the Moluccas, in 

 1798-9. 



Stem none, but several square, creeping branches, with 

 their floriferous extremities ascending. Leaves opposite, 

 sub-sessile, lanceolate; margins hispid, and entire, smooth, 

 from two to three inches long ; the connecting membrane di- 

 vided into many subulate portions. Flowers axillary, sessile, 

 small, white. Capsule roundish, two-celled. Seeds numer- 

 ous. 



2. H. geniculata. R. 



Weak, straggling, jointed, round, smooth. Leaves sub- 

 sessile, lanceolate, smooth. Flowers sub-verticelled, short- 

 ped uncled. 



A native of the Malay Islands. 



3. H. scandens. R. 



Perennial, scandent, round, smooth. Leaves broad-lanceo- 

 late. Panicles corymbiform, terminal ; mouth of the tube of 

 the corol and apex of the style bearded. 



Gnjee, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indio-e- 

 nous ; flowers and ripens its seed during the hot and rainy 

 seasons. 



Stems and branches perennial, round, scandent. Leaves 

 smooth, short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, smooth, entire. Sti- 

 pules cup-shaped, connecting the leaves, witli a short process 

 on each side between the leaves. Panicle corymbiform, termi- 



