426 trtkandria monogynia. Ammannia. 



smooth, margins a litlle revolutc, from one to two inches Ion«-, 

 £iid about a quarter of an inch broad. Peduncles axillary, 

 very short, from two to three-flowered. Flowers small, 

 colour ;i beautiful bright rod. liractes minute. Calyx and 

 corot as in the genus. Filaments as long as the corol. An- 

 thers incumbent. 



3. A. multiflora. 



Erect, four-sided, ramous branches simple. Leaves sub- 

 sagittate, stem-clasping. Peduncles from three to seven- 

 flowered. Peta's large. Capsule one celled. 



A native of open lands about Calcutta, annual, from six 

 to twelve inches in height, appearing in the wet and cold 

 seasons. 



Stem straight, four-sided ; angles sharp ; sides convex. 

 Branches cross-armed. Leaves opposite, decussate, horizontal, 

 sessile, linear with eidarged cordate, stem clasping base, size 

 very various. Peduncles axillary, almost always solitary^ 

 about as long as the smaller leaves, generally three flowered, 

 though in the luxuriant plants there are often two or three, 

 with one between, the lateral flowers have pretty large lonsr pe- 

 dicels. Calyx as in the family. Petals large,roundish, red. Cap- 

 sule one-valved, receptacle globular, affixed at the base only. 



4. A. vescicatoria. R. 



Erect, ramous, branches undivided. Leaves opposite, ses- 

 sile, lanceolar. Flowers axillary. Corol none. Capsule one- 

 celled. 



Beny. Daud-maree. 



Teling. Aghundra-pakoo. 



An annual species ; found in wet cultivated ground during 

 the rainy and cold seasons. 



Stem erect, from six to thirty-six inches high, obsoletely 

 four-sided, very branchy. Branches, below opposite, de- 

 cussated ; above frequently alternate. Leaves opposite, ses- 

 sile, lanced, smooth ; floral leaves many times smaller than 



