Hydrophylax. tetrandria monogynia. 373 



broad, and revolute. Capsule two-celled, partition membra- 

 naceous. Seed solitary, oval, farrowed on the flat side. 



13. S. hispida. Linn. Mant. 558. sp. pL ed. Willd. i. 572. 



Annual, with diffuse, obsoletel y four-sided, hairy branches. 

 Leaves obovate, cuneate, waved, scabrous. Floivers verti- 

 celled, two, three, or four in each axill. Tube of the corol 

 twice the length of the calyx. Stamens and style erect. 



Teling. Madana-bunta-kada. 



Galeopsis zeylanica. Burm. Zeyl. 20. f. 3. agrees pretty 

 well with my plant except iti the numerous pedicelled flowers. 



Common on the sandy lands near the sea on the coast of 

 Coromandel. 



HYDROPHYLAX. Schreb. gen. N. 159. 

 Calyx four-parted ; corol campanulate. Germ two-celled, 

 one-seded, inferior. Capsule inferior, angular, two-celled. 

 Seed solitary ; embryo erect, and furnished with a perisperm. 



I. H. marilima. L'mn. sp.pl. ed. Willd. i. 581. 



Sarissus anceps. G&rt. carp. i. p. 118. t. 25. f. 4. 



Diodia oriental is. Kon. Mss. 



A native of the sand hills along the shores of Coromandel 

 and Malabar, where it is in blossom most part of the year. 



Root perennial. Stem none, but many long, slender, vari- 

 ously bent, striking, round, coloured branches running over 

 the sand and often striking root from the joints. Leaves op- 

 posite, approximate, short-petioled, from a deep, stem-clasp- 

 ing, dentate cup. Flowers axillary, sub-sessile, one or two 

 together, of a pale pink colour. Calyx above, four-parted ; 

 divisions ensiform, permanent. Corol campanulate, tube hairy 

 on the inside near the bottom, the four divisions of the border 

 ovate, spreading, with their apices somewhat revolute. Fi- 

 laments four, erect,, shorter than the corol, and inserted on 



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