46S T2TKANDBIA TETRVGYNIA. BrUCSa. 



4. C. capitata, R. 



Heads round, sessile, bracted, with from ten to twenty pentan- 

 droiis tlovvers. Cal^x and coral papillose, pellucid and white. 



Mitid. and Beng. AlgMs?. 



A most beautiful, small parasite, found in great abundance grow- 

 ing on the lower part of the stems of Crotolariu juncea, duiiug the 

 month of February and March. 



Stems numerous, filiform, smooth, except at the parts where it 

 grows to the stalks of its supporter, there tuberculale ; extent from 

 one to two feet high ; coiour pale yellow. — Leaves nojie. — Flowers 

 from ten to twenty, forming most beautiful, round, sessile, white, pel- 

 lucid heads. — Bractes a single one under each head, which is white, 

 membranaceous, and oblong. — Calyx and corol tive-cleft, swelled 

 ■with pellucid cells, like the Ice-plant. — Nedurial scales renifurm, 

 ciliate. — Stamens five — Germ two-celled, willi tvvo seeds in each, 

 attached to the bottom of the cells. Styles two. Stigma simple. 



COLDESIA. Schreb. Gen. N. 233. 

 Calyx four-leaved. Corol infundibuliform. Germ superior, four- 

 celled, one-seeded, attachment superior. l\uts four. Embiyo in- 

 verse, and furnished with a perisperm. 



1. Cprocumbens, linn. Sp. PL ed. IVilld. i. 712. 



A small annual, spreading flat on the ground and in general very 

 common on diy rice-fields during the cold season ; but never to be 

 seen from the beginning of the periodical rains till they are com- 

 pletely over. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



BRUCEA. Schreb. Gen. N. 1508. 



Calyx four-parted. Petals four. Germs four, one-seeded, attach- 

 ment inferior. Berries four, superior, one-seeded. Ernbryo inverse, 

 with scarcely any perisperm. Sometimes a fifth part is added. 



