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3. T.obcorduta. R. 



Stems prostrate. Leaves opposite, alternately, larger 

 and obcordate. smaller and oblong;. Flowers solitary. 

 Stamens from fifteen tc twenty. Style single. Capsules 

 many-seeded. 



Swet-sabani the Hindee name of the pale variety, and 

 Lal-sabuni the reddish, 



Teling. Turra-galjeror, or Bodo-pail-kura. 



It delights in old gardens, rabbish, &c. It flowers all 

 the year round. 



Root lonz, perennial. Stems many, diffase, dichoto- 

 mous, roand, jointed, coloured, a litde downy on the up- 

 per side. Z^ares opposite, petioled, obcordate, smooth, 

 wared, with a reddish margin, alternately smaller, the 

 large one beins more than an inch each way. and the 

 smaller one less than an inch long and narrow. Pe- 

 tioles winged, concave, uniting and clasping the stem, 

 forming a cup with two lateral stipulary, or calys: like 

 processes for the flower. Flowers solitary, sessile in the 

 divisions of the branches. Calyx no other than the pro- 

 cesses of the united petioles. Corol a.s in the senus. Sta- 

 mens from fifteen or twenty in our Indian plant. Germ 

 totally superior, turbinate. Style single, shorter than the 

 stamens. Capsule oblique truncate, circumcised. Seeds 

 many, reniform, black, rough. Receptacle aline running 

 along the upper side of the bottom of the capsule. 



The leaves and tender stops are eaten by the natives. 



SAPOXARIJ. Sckreb. gen. n. 769. 



Ca/?/.rtabulous, naked, five-toothed, permanent. Corol 

 of five, long-clawed petals. Capsule sup^ior, one-celled. 

 Seeds many. 



S. perfcliafa. R. 



Cali/ces gibbous, fi\ e-keeled. Stem erect, two-forked. 



