5S8 TfeTRANDRIA irfON'OGYNiA. HfidjjOtiS. 



equal lacinise. — Stamina spreading, long. — Seed prec'iseU as in D, 

 lacinialus. C-crt. Carp. ii. /'. 40- L 86. 



06s. The plant ii5 approaching lo D. pi/osus, but seems to dititr 

 sufficiently in the form and size of the leaves, and, involucruni. I 

 am doubtful whether the variety suggested above may not form a 

 distinct species. It seems on the wliole to be smoother, its leaves 

 deeply pinnatifid or pinnate at the base, with acuavinale lanceoia^vj 

 segments. — N. W. 



HEDYOTIS. Schreb. Gen. N. 153. 



Crt-'y.r r<;nr-parted. Co.''o/ one-petalied, funnel-shaped. Capsule 

 inferior, two-celled, many-seeded. Receptacles adhering to the par- 

 tition their whole length. Einbrijo centripetal, and furniahed willi 

 a ptrisperni. 



1. H. hhinda. Rett. Obs. Bot. iv.p.23. Linn. Sp. PI- ed. JVilld.i. 

 665. 



Diffuse, four-sided, rooting at the joints, l.eaces sessile, lanceo- 

 late, with hispid margins. Fhrcers axillary, crowded. 



It sprung up and blossomed in December in the Botanic Gar- 

 den, amongst plants introduced from the Moluccas, in 1798-9' 



Stem none, but several square, creeping brandies, with their 

 floriferous extremities ascending. — Leave^i opposite, sub-sessile, 

 lanceolate; 7nargins hispid, and entire, smooth, from two to three 

 inches long ; the connecting membrane divided into many subulate 

 portions — Flowers axillary, sessile, small, white.— Capsule roundish, 

 two-celled. — Seeds numerous. 



2. H. geniculata. R. 



Weak, straggling, jointed, round, s)nnoth. Leates sub-sessile, lan- 

 ceolate, smooth, riozcers sjd:>-verticilled, short-peduncled. 

 A native of the Malay Islands. 



