Sphenoclea. pentandrta monogynia. 507 



Stems near the root creeping, above erect, ramous, three- 

 sided, smooth, the whole plant is from six to twelve inches 

 high. Leaves sub-sessile, cordate, grossly serrate, smooth. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary, erect, length of the leaves or 

 longer, two bracted at the base. Flowers small, blue. Corol 

 inserted in the mouth of the calyx. 



3. L. radicans. Willd. spec. i. 948. 



Annual, creeping, smooth. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, re- 

 motely serrulate. Peduncles axillary, solitary, twice the 

 length of the leaves, one-flowered. 



Accidentally introduced from China, into the Botanic gar- 

 den at Calcutta, where it blossoms freely during the rains. 

 Our plants are but small, very ramous, spreading over the 

 soil, and striking root at every branch let. The flowers are 

 large for the size of the plant, pink-coloured ; segments of 

 the corolla equal, unilateral, and narrow-lanceolate, with two 

 green glands under the two middle sinuses, opposite to the 

 long, green, two-lobed stigma. 



SPHENOCLEA. Gcert. carp. i. 113. tab. 24. 

 Calyx five-parted. Corol one-petalled. Capsule inferior, 

 two-celled. Seeds numerous. 



1. S. zeijlanica. Willd. spec. i. 927. 



Pongati. Rheed. Mai. ii. 47. t. 24. 



Sphenoclea Ponqatium. Lamarck. 



Gtertnera Pangati. Retz. Obs. vi. p. 24. 



Bene/. Jeel-mwreech. 



Teling. Neeroo-p?pU. 



An erect annual ; a native of watery places. Flowers dur- 

 the wet season. 



Root fibrous, annual. Stem erect, round, ramous, smooth, 

 glossy, piped. Branches alternate, ascending. Leaves al- 

 ternate, short-petioled, lanceolar, entire, tender, smooth, from 



