4mmannia. tetrandhia mokogymj^, 445 



Annual, erect, brachiate, four-sided. lecces sessile, nanow-sa- 

 %\ii^ie; peduncles from two tu ihres-tiov.tied , fi&^^rs cctandrous. 

 Capsule four-celled. 



Amniannia octandra, Supp/ Flant. p. 127. 



Annual, natrve of moist places ; appearing iti the rainy and cold 

 seasons. 



Root ^hions. —Stem straight, four-sided, smooth ; from one to 

 three feet high.— Branches numerous, cross-armed, and like the 

 stem.— Leases opposite, sessile, linear!) -sa-iltate, smooth; margins 

 a little revolute, from one to two inches long, and about a quarter 

 of an inch broad, — Peduncles axillary, veiy short, from two to ihree- 

 ilovvered.— F/oK'ers .small, colour a beautiful bri^.ht red.— Broc^e* 

 minute. — Ca^j/jc and core/ as in the genus. — Filaments as lou<^ a« 

 the corol. Anthers incumbent. 



3. A- rnidtifiora. 



Erect, foufpsided, famous branches simple. Leaves sub-sagittate, 

 «tem-clasping. Peduncles from three to seveu-tloweied j jie^a/s large ; 

 capsule one-celled. 



A native of open lands about Calcutta, annua!, from si.x to twelve 

 inches in height, appearing in the wet and cold seasons. 



Stem straight, four-sidtd ; angles sharp ; sides convex. Branches 

 cross-armed. Leaves opposite, decussate, horizontal, sessile, linear 

 with enlarged cordate, stem-clasping base^ size very various. Fe-> 

 dunchi a.xiliary, almost always solitary, about as long as the smaller 

 leaves, generally ihree-liowered, though i\\ the luxuriant plants thei* 

 are often two or three, with one between, the lateral flowers have 

 pretty large long pedicels. — Calj^x as io the family. — Petals large, 



roundish, red Capsule one-celled^ oafi-valved, receptacle globular, 



^iSxed at the base only, 



4. A. vescicatoria, R. ■ 



Erectj ramous, branches undivided. Leaves opposite, sessile^ hm-^ 

 ^ecJar, Flower? axillary- C&rnl none, Capsule one-celled. 



