456 DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Bergta. 



1. C. laciniata. Willd. 2. 758. 



Perennial. Leaves decompound, pinnatifid, and sim- 

 ple. Flowers octandrous. 



Planta anatis. Riimph. Amb. 5 t. 95. 



Hemasafjara. Asiat. Res. 4. p- 284. 



Beng. Herasagur. 



Found in gardens about Calcutta, and in flower dur- 

 ing the rainy season. 



2. C rhizophylla. R. 



Shrubby, succulent. Leaves fleshy, simple and pin- 

 nate, crenate, viviparous. Flowers pendulous, octan- 

 drous. 



A native of the Moluccas, in the Botanic garden at 

 Calcutta ; it blossoms in the cold season. When leaves are 

 placed in a damp place and shaded, young plants spring 

 from their crenatures. 



3 C. heferophylla. R. 



Perennial, succulent, smooth. Leaves opposite, petiol- 

 ed ; in young plants ternate, when more advanced simple, 

 ovate-oblong, slightly laciniate, fleshy, smooth. Corymbs 

 decompound. Flowers octandrous. 



A native of Mysore, in the Botanic garden at Calcutta ; 

 it blossoms during the cool season. 



BERGIA. Schreb.gen. n. 791. 

 Ca/t/jc five-parted. CoroZ five-petallcd. Capsu/e superi- 

 or, globular, protuberant, five-celled, five-valved, valve- 

 lets petal like. Seeds most numerous. 



1. B. verticillata. Willd. 2. 770. 



Creeping, annual. Leaves lanceolar, serrate, smooth. 

 Flowers axillary, sessile, numerous. 

 Pola-tsjira. Rheed. Mai. 9. t. 78. 

 Teling. Neeroo-pavala. 



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