Cijrilla. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 115 



larnm, is, that between tlie fertile stamens, there is a short 

 filth filainent, with a sterile, orange-coloured head. 



The plant, when fresh, has the singular property of ren- 

 dering" water, or milk, either cold or hot mucilaginous ; more 

 or less so in proportion to the quantity of the plant used, and 

 without altering the taste, colour or smell of the liquid. This 

 eftect goes oft' in the course of eiolit or twelve hours, leaving 

 the liquid in its former state. Water rendered mucilaginous 

 by this herb is sweetened with sugar, and given when fresh 

 made, as a ptisan for (he heat of urine in gonorrhoeas by the 

 natives on the coast of Coromandel. 



Butter-milk is often sold in the markets in India, and in or- 

 der to make a greater profit on their merchandize, they di- 

 lute it with water, and then thicken the whole by turning it 

 round a few times with a few fresh leafy branches of this 

 j)lanf, which makes the adulterated butter-milk seem rich, 

 and of the best sort. 



CYRILLA. L. Herit. 



Calyx five-leaved, or five-parted, Carol declined, funnel- 

 formed ; holder five-parted, nearly equ d. Capsule two-cell- 

 ed, many-seeded. 



C. aqnatica. Corom. pf. ii. A". 189. 



Annual. Leaves verticelled, lanceolate, three or more 

 nerved, serrate. /Racemes terminal, recurvate. 



Teling. Bagga-pattee. 



A very beautiful and uncommonly curious plant, a native 

 of the borders of pools, &c. of standing- water, appearing- and 

 flowering in the wet and cold seasons. 



Root creeping-, annual. Stems erect, one or two feet high, 

 round, jointed, a little hairy. Leaves, the lower ones, and 

 they are generally under water, verticelled, number in the 

 verticel uncertain, pinnatifid ; division filiform, above water 

 they are three-fold, sessile, broad-lanceolate, from three to 

 seven-nerved, serrate, smooth. Racemes terminal, drooping-, 

 verticelled, many-flowered. Bractes three-fold, cordate, or 



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