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/?oo/ p( rennial, tlie fibres end in pretfy laro-e tubers. Stems 

 sevrral, short, annual, four-i^ided, smooth. Leaves opposite, 

 short-petioled, oblong, very grossly serrate, running- do>vn the 

 petioles near the base ; smooth, six inches long', and about tv, o 

 broad. y?rtc^wes terminal, solitary ; verticels remote. Bractes 

 oval, threc-Howered. Floioers rose-coloured, large. Fila- 

 vients M anting- the characteristic processes, or crest. 



12. O. ctisfafuin. B. H. and KJn. Mss, 



Annual, four-sided. Leaves oval, crenate, serrate, dotted. 

 Bractes linear, inserted in glandular receptacles. Stamens 

 twice the length of the corol, crested. 



A native of dry, barren spots; such as old dry walls, &c. 

 Flowering time the wet season ; it is entirely destitute of smell. 



Stem erect, annual, or biennial, short, four sided, slightly 

 hairy, branchy, from twelve to eighteen inches high, angles 

 rounded, sides grooved. Bratiches opposite, like the stem. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled, oval, crenate-serrate, both sides 

 covered with innumerable, minute, glandular pits. Racemes 

 terminal, verticelled. Verticels six flowered, less than an 

 inch asunder. Bractes opposite, linear, longer than the flow- 

 ers, sometimes a little twisted, caducous, each having a large, 

 round, permanent, concave gland, into which it was or is in- 

 serted. This is an excellent specific mark. Flowers of a pale 

 rose-colour, projecting horizontally. Stamens equal, more than 

 twice the length of the corol, projecting apices erect ; pro- 

 cesses large and hairy. Anthers incundjent, oval. 



Note, The long, linear bractes, with their concave, glan- 

 dular receptacles, and the long stamens, are excellent spe- 

 cific marks. 



13. O. inodornm. Kiiti. JUss. 



Bi-trieimial, four-seeded. Leaves cordate, crenate-serrate, 

 rugose, liractes cordate, sessile. Stamens the length of the 

 corol, crestless. 



A small, bi- tri- or perennial species, from one to two feet 



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