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ties, and affixed to a conical receptacle, which has four corres- 

 ponding concavities to receive the four seeds. 



2. C. diffusum. R. 



Annual, diffuse, hairy. Leaves oblong, soft, hairy. Flow- 

 ers solitary. Stamens hid in the gibbous tube. Seeds scab- 

 rous. 



A native of Bengal; appearing in gardens, and on culti- 

 vated land in the cold season. 



Stems diffuse, slender, clothed with stiff hairs; length from 

 six to eighteen inches. Leaves alternate, the inferior ones 

 petioled ; the superior ones sub-sesile, all entire, oblong, soft, 

 and hairy. Flowers solitary, between the leaves, short-pe- 

 duncled, small, white, with a tinge in the throat. Calyx 

 longer than the tube, hairy. Corol with the tube gibbous, 

 its mouth contracted with five broad, emarginate scales. Sta- 

 mens hid in the belly of the tube. Seeds, or arils obovate, 

 scabrous, affixed by the base, and on the inside to the stigma. 



3. C. marij'olinm. R. 



Annual, diffuse. Leaves bifarious, oblong, hairy. Flowers 

 solitary between the leaves ; corol half the length of the 

 calyx ; seeds round, rough. 



A native of the eastern parts of Bengal ; flowering time the 

 cold season ; soon after which the seed ripens, and the plants 

 perish. 



Root annual. Stem none, but several, ramous, slender, 

 round, hairy branches spread on the ground. Leaves alter- 

 nate, bifarious, sub-sessile, elliptic, hairy underneath : half 

 an inch in length, and about half that in breadth. Flowers 

 axillary, or between the leaves, short-ped uncled, solitary, 

 very small, of a pale whitish blue. Calyx five- leaved ; leaf- 

 lets lanceolate, hairy on the outside, nearly twice as large 

 as the corol. Corol, the tube very short, the throat contract- 

 ed, by five emarginate scales alternate with the stamens. 

 Filaments short ; anthers large, half hid in the mouth of the 



