41fl tETKANDRIA MONOGyRIA. PludtiVa, 



and brandies. Xe^^res sub-sessile, lanceolate, fieshv, three-uervetl. 

 Calj/x with four ridges; stamens erect; capsules globular. 



A native of Bengal ; blossoms during the cool season ; the seeds 

 ripen in ISiarch. 



Root iibrous, annual. — Stem erect, from six to twelve inches high, 

 smooth, sulcated on opposite sides. Branches opposite, their llow- 

 er-bearing extremities two, and three times two-cleft. — Leaves oppo- 

 site, sub-sessile, lanceolate, fleshy, entire, three-nerved ; from one 

 to two inches long. — Flozoers terminal, numerous, of a bright blue co- 

 lour, those in the divisions of the branchlets long-peduncled. — Fe- 

 dundes four-sided. — Bractes ovate, recurved. — Cal^x deeply four- 

 parted; divisions with an ample keel. — Filaments short, inserted in 

 the mouth of the tube of tiie corol. Anthers ovate, oblong, touch- 

 ing at the sides, apices perforated. — ^Yj//e longer than the stamens, 

 declined ; stigma two-lobed. — Capsule globular, two-celled, two- 

 valved. — Seeds numerous. 



Obs. This is a very beautiful small plant. 



PL AD ERA. Solander's Mss.^ 



Calyx cylindric, four-toothed. Corol funnel-shaped, border irre- 

 gular. One of the stamina larger. Stigma two-lobed. Capsule 

 superior, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds numerous. 



1. P. sessili flora, 11. 



Annual, erect, four-sided; angles winged. Leaies opposite, ses- 

 sile, ovate, entire. Floicers sessile. 



Exacum heteroclitum, Linn. Sp. VI. ed. IVilld. i. p. QoQ. 



Gentiana heteroclita, TSIant. 560. 



A native of Coromandel and Bengal, appears on moist pasture 

 ground during the rains and first part of the cool season. 



Stem erect, with two or three pairs of opposite branches, which 

 •re again once or oftenerdichotomous, all are four-sided, with a thin 



• Cansccra, L^iiarck:— N. ^V. 



