92 DiDYNAMiA ANGiosPERMiA. Copraria. 



oval. Stigma oblong. Capsule oval, covered l)y the calyx, 

 two-celled, the receptacle is large, and in the centre, but the 

 partition is exceedingly thin. Seeds numerous. 



ERINUS. Schreb. gen. n. 1034. 



Calyx five-leaved. Corol five-cleft, sub-equal. Capsules 

 bilocular, many-seeded. 



E. bUabiatns. R. 



Annual, erect, villous. Leaves opposite. Spikes axillary 

 and terminal, long-peduncled, crowded. Co7o/ bilabiate. 



This plant has been reared in the Botanic garden near Cal- 

 cutta, from seeds received from the Moluccas. It blossoms 

 and ripens its seed between October and December. 



Stem annual, erect, villous, almost round. Branches few, 

 opposite; the height of the whole plant about two feet. Leaves 

 opposite, oblong, a little reflexed, slightly serrate ; scabrous 

 on both sides, length of the cauline leaves about two inches, 

 those near the inflorescence under one inch. Flowers jui- 

 merous, collected into round, cylindric, imbricated, terminal 

 spikelets, or heads. Bractes three-fold, one-floAvered, sub- 

 clavate, hairy. Calyx five-leaved, on the base five-parted, 

 hairy. Corol bilabiate, small, blue ; itpper lip emarginate ; 

 the under one three-lobed ; lobes revolute. Anthers approach- 

 ing by pairs, roundish. Stiyma two-lobed. Capsule ovate, 

 two-lobed, two-valved, when ripe the valves separate half 

 way down ; partitions double. Seeds numerous. 



CAPRARIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1030. 



Calyx five-parted. Corol campanulate. Capsule two- 

 celled, two-valved, many-seeded. 



1. C. yratissima. Roxb. 



Annual, erect, with creeping roots. Leaves opposite, sub- 



