FLORA INDICA. 



CLASS V. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



FINK A. Schreb. gen. N. 419. 

 Corol funnel-shaped. Follicles two, erect. Seeds nak- 

 ed. Embryo inverse, and furnished with a perisperm. 



\.V. rosea. Willd.l. 1233. 



Perennial, erect, ramous. Flowers in pairs, sessile. 

 Leaves ovate -oblong, base of the petiole two-toothed. 



Hind. Gool-fering. 



Obs. Both the red and white varieties are common in 

 gardens over India, and in flower great part of the year. 

 1 have never found it in its native siate. 



2. V parviflora. Wilhl. I. 1234. Retz. Obs 2. N. 33. 

 Annual. Leaves lanceolate ; flowers in pairs. Mouth 

 of the tube contracted, and shut with hiirs. 

 ^ Cupa-veela, Wieed. Mai. 9. t. 33. 





Vinka pulsilla, Linn. Sitppl. 1C6. 



A small, erect, annual, ramous plant; a native of opf n, 



c* fertile, cultivated lands. Flowers during the wet se:isou. 



^"^ Stem erect, smooth, branchy, four sided ; angles acute. 



5 from six to twelve inches high. Leaves oppwsito, si)ort- 



petioled, lanceolate, entire, smooth ; about tw o inches and 



