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6. J. paniculata. Linn. Sp. PL ed. JVilld. 1. 89. 



Herbaceous, erect, four-sided, brachiate. Leaves sub-sessile, lan- 

 ceolate. Racemes terminal ; flowers stcund erect. Corol bilabiate ; 

 lips linear, revohite. Anthers coalesced, and bearded at the base. — ■ 

 Capsules linear, many-seeded. 



Beng. Kaltf-megh, Kahip-nath, or MMlia-tzta; the last name im- 

 plies King of bitters, and a very powerful, much esteemed one it is. 



Kreat is the name by which it is known on the Malabar coast, 

 &c. Mhere it is much used in medicine, and is the bitter of the fa- 

 mous Nostrum, called Drogue amere. 



Cara-canirum. Rheed. mal. 9- p- 109- t. 56. 



Teling. Nella-vemoo. 



A native of dry ground, under the shade of trees, bushes, &c. Flow- 

 ermg and seed time, the wet and cold season. 



Stem erect, generally annual, at least down to the root, branchy ; 

 slender, four-sided, jointed, smooth, one to two feet high. Branch- 

 es opposite, cross-armed, four-sided, spreading. — Leaves opposite, 

 short-petioled, lanceolate, entire, smooth ; two or thtce inches long. 

 — Racemes terminal, and from the exterior axills, horizontal, long 

 secund, four-sided. — Flozcers remote, rose-coloured, long-pedicel- 

 led, alternate, erect, downy. — Bractes, a large, exterior, opposite 

 pair ; within the flower-bearing one there are two smaller, embrac- 

 ing the base of the pedicels. — Corol, bilabiate. Tube recurved ; 

 lips linear, and reflected ; the superior broadest, three-toothed ; the 

 inferior two-toothed. — Filaments as long as the lips of the corol, 

 projecting, hairy. Anthers very flat, obovate, firmly united at the 

 base, and three-bearded. — Capsule erect, sub-cylindric. — Seeds three 

 or four in each cell, cylindric. 



7. J. echioides. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. \.p. 87. 



Annual, erect, four-sided^ hairy. Leaves sessile, decussate, ob- 

 long and linear. Spikes axillary, recurved over the bosoms of the 

 leaves, secund. Capsule oblong, with four, verrucose seeds. 



