652 PENTANDK1A MONOGVNIA. ImpatieilS. 



oled, broad-lanceolar, serrate, a little hairy, ])articularly the 

 serratures ; about three inches long, by one broad. Flow- 

 ers axillary, from one to many, in the latter case their long 

 pedicels are inserted on a very short, common peduncle. 

 Perianth of two, small, bracte-like leaflets. Corol three- 

 petalled ; the upper one forming a roof over the interior part 

 of the whole flower; lateral pairs composed of two, large, 

 roundish lobes each ; the lower lobes thereof forming the lip. 

 Nectary large, with a hooked or incurved slender horn from 

 its obtuse end. Stamina, &c. as in the genus. 



It has a pretty appearance when in full blossom, the flow- 

 ers being numerous, large, and of a lively red colour, with 

 the nectary deeply tinged yellow. 



3. I. nutans. Willd. spec. i. 1175. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, serrate. Peduncles three-flower- 

 ed. Berries five-seeded. 



Telinga. Neer-Ganaroo, i. e. water Oleander. 



This is a large annual species ; a native of ponds, ditches, 

 &c. of sweet water. It flowers during the rainy and cold 

 seasons. 



Stem piped, all the parts that grow in, or float on the water, 

 bending in various directions, and being' often some yards 

 in length ; the part above the water is erect, branchy and 

 from one to two feet high. The former part is jointed, with 

 roots from the joints, and the pipe interrupted there ; the 

 erect part five-sided, smooth, coloured, as thick as the fore- 

 finger ; pipe interrupted at the leaves, as in the floating - parts. 

 Leaves sessile, scattered, lanceolate, serrate, smooth : from 

 four to five inches long, and less than one broad ; there is a 

 gland on each side of the base instead of stipules. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, solitary, generally three-cleft, three-flowered. 

 Bractes (Involucres) oblong. Flowers large, very beauti- 

 fully variegated with red, white, and yellow. Pericarp. 

 Berry sub-globular, five-grooved, succulent, smooth, red, 



