Gratiola. dia'ni>ria monog^'.via. 141 



erect flower-bearing ones oblong, with rounded apices ; all serrate, 

 and smooth on both sides. — Peduncles or racemes terminal, on the 

 short, erect shoots, bearing several, approximate pairs of short-pe- 

 ^licelled, opposite, large, pale bluish pink flowers. — Brcrc/es opposite, 

 one-flowered, ovate. — Qalyx five-leaved. — Corol with an enJaro-ed 

 throat, and ringent border ; upper lip of one pale coloured segment ; 

 under Up broad, deeper coloured, and three-parted. — Sterile fila- 

 ments large, yellow, tiavate, with the apices a little recurved, per- 

 fectly free. — Stigma of two, thin, broad, round lobes. — Capsule li- 

 near, as long as the calyx, two-celled, two-valved. 



13. G. parvifora. R. Corom. PI. N. 203. 



Annual, erect, ramous. Leaves sessile, ovate-oljlong, three-ner- 

 ved, serrate. Flowers long-peduncled, solitary. Sterile filaments two- 

 cleft. Capsules oblong. 



Stems erect, ramous, four-sided; with their angles acute, about 

 SIX inches high. — Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate-oblong, slightly ser- 

 rate, acute, when large three-nerved. — P/oaers axillary, solitary, long- 

 peduncled, small-; I have seen some plants with white flowers, and 

 others with blue ones. — Autliers twin. Sterile filament two-cleft, 

 each division headed. — Capsules rather oblong, pointed, longer thaa 

 the calyx. 



14. G. Moimieria. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1. 102. 



Annua!, creeping. Leaves sessile, long, obovate, entire. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. Calyx seven-leaved. Corol cam- 

 panulate ; stamina four. 



Seng. Adha-birni. 



Teling. Sambrani-chittoo. 



A native of moist places, borders of brooks, &C. Flowering time 

 the wet and cold seasons. 



Stems several, annual, creeping, round, jointed, very ramous, 

 smooth, succulent. — Leaves opposite, sessile, obovate, wedge-shap- 

 ed, or oblong, smooth, entire, obtuse, fleshy, dotted with minute 

 spotj. — Peduncles axillary, alternate, solitary, round, smooth, short- 



