CLASS V. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



I1ELIOTROPIUM. Schreb. gen. N. 239. 



Corol salver-shaped ; throat contracted with vaults. Seeds 

 four, naked, or each covered with its proper bark. 



1. H. indie tun. Willd. sp. i. 740. 



Annual, diffuse, ramous. Leaves petioled, cordate. Spikes 

 leaf-opposed, peduncled, solitary. Fruit two-cleft. 



.Bena patsja. Rheed. Mai. x. p. ,95. t. 48. 



Sans. ShreeliMstinee, Bhooroondee. 



Benrf. Hatti-soorcf. 



This is one of the most common plants in India, it is in 

 flower at all seasons, and delights in out-of-the-way corners, 

 rubbish, &c. where the soil is rich and dry. 



Stems and branches diffuse, dichotomous, hairy, general 

 height one, or two feet, but spreading to an extent greater 

 than its height. Leaves for the most part alternate, petiol- 

 ed, cordate, wrinkled, margins curled. Spikes leaf-opposed, 

 generally solitary, peduncled, longer than the leaves. Flow- 

 ers rigidly sessile, minute, in two rows on the upper side of 

 the spikes. Corol longer than the calyx. Tube gibbous ; bor- 

 der five-lobed, pale rose colour. Seeds united towards the 

 base, two-cleft, smooth. 



2. II. coromandeliannm. Willd. sp. i. 742. 



Annual, ascending, pubescent. Leaves petioled, obovate, 

 entire. Spikes paired, and solitary. 



