Plllomis. DIDVNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 9 



Is a native of hedges, old mud walls, See. It is a very 

 specious-looking' plant ; (lowering in the cold season. 



Stem annual, straight, four-sided, simple, from four to six 

 feet high. Leaves opposite, spreading, petioled, cordate, ser- 

 rate, pointed, downy, from four to eiyht inches long, and two 

 or three broad, l^lorul leaves (hr((Cles verticillontm,) lan- 

 ceolate, depending. Peiio/es chi-nnelled, winged with the 

 decurront leaf; verticeh globular, two, three or four, towards 

 the apex of the plant, about five inches asunder. Involucres 

 many, subulate. /'Yo»/-^r.< numerous, of a deep rich orange 

 colour. Cali/x ten-striated, eight toothed, of which the six 

 lateral ones are smoothest, all very sharp. Corof ; vnrfer lip 

 very short, three-toothed, at all times of a dirty withered co- 

 lour. Cattle do not eat of it, nor is it put to any use that I 

 know of. 



2. P. zcfjlanica. Willd. iii. 123. 



Annual, straggling. Leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat 

 serrate, i'ali/x obliquely and slightly eight-toothed. Ver- 

 ticel axillary. 



Herba admirationis. Rumph. Amb. vi. t. QQ.J'. 1. 



Tumba. Eheed. Mai. x. t. 91. 



Hind, and Bene/. Hull khwsa. 



Teiing. Poo-alla-tunn'. 



This is one of the most common plants, every soil seems 

 to suit it ; but it delights most in rubl)ish. 



Stem annual, \vhen old straggling, four-sided, angles round- 

 ed, about two feet high ; branches opposite. Leaves remote, 

 short- petioled, narrow lanceolate, remotely and slightly ser- 

 rate, a little downy, from two to three inches long and about 

 one quarter of an inch broad. Veificds two or three towards 

 the apex, small, globular. Involucres subulate. Calj/x ten- 

 striated, curved, widening; month oblique, slightly eight- 

 toothed, pkncers \\ hite; npper lip short, projecting, hairy, 

 vaulted ; the under lip large, three-parted ; middle divisions 

 broad, truncated. Anthers two-lobed, one over the other. 



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