Gratiola. diandria monogynia. 141 



14. G. Monnieria. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 102. 

 Annual, creeping-. Leaves sessile, long, obovate, entire. 



Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. Calyx seven- 

 leaved. Corol campanulate ; stamina four. 



Berifj. A dho-birni. 



Telhuf. Sambrani-cbittoo. 



A native of moist places, borders of brooks, &c. Flowering- 

 time the wet and cold seasons. 



Stems several, annual, creeping, round, jointed, very ra- 

 mous, smooth, succulent. Leaves opposite, sessile, obovate, 

 wedge-shaped, or oblong, smooth, entire, obi use, fleshy, dot- 

 ted with minute spots. Peduncles axillary, alternate, solitary, 

 round, smooth, shorter than the leaves, one-flowered. Flow- 

 ers J due. Bractes two-awled, pressing on the calyx laterally. 

 Calyx five-leaved, the exterior three leaflets large, oblong-, 

 the two interior small, linear, all are concave, smooth, pointed 

 and permanent. Corol campanulate ; border five-parted, 

 nearly equal. Stamens as in Didynamia. Anthers two-cleft, 

 at the base, blue. Stigma large, somewhat two-lobed. 

 Capsule ovate, two-celled, two-valved. Seeds very numer- 

 ous. 



Ohs. This plant certainly ought to be placed in the 14th 

 class ; it has no one claim, that I can observe, to a place in 

 this genus. 



The natives use the expressed juice mixed with Petroleum, 

 to rub on parts affected with rheumatic pains. 



15. G. hyssopioides. Linn. sp. pi. ed. IVilld. 1. 104. Co- 

 rom. pi 2. jY. 128. 



Annual, erect. Leaves ensiform, stem-clasping, much short- 

 er than the stem joints. Peduncles axillary. Capsules linear- 

 oblono-. 



G. hyssopioides. Kon. in Retz. Ohs. 4. p. 8. form, spec. pi. 

 ed. Reichh. i. 48. Appears with the former species during 

 the rains. 



