Columnea. didynamtv angiospermia. 97 



COLUMNS A. Schreb. gen. N. 1064. 

 Calyx five-parted, Carol ringeni. Anthers twin, connect- 

 ed by pairs in a coronet. Capsule two-celled. 



1. C. halsamica. R. 



Annual, erect, stoloniferous. Leaves sub-verticelled, pin- 

 natifid. Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. 



Tsjeria-manga-niari. Rheed. Mai. ix. t. 85. 



Tsadaen-tsjira. Rheed. Mai. xii. t. 30 seems the same. 



Hottonia. Burni. Zeyl. i. bb.f. 1. 



Gratiola trijida. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 104. 



Beny. Kwrpoor. 



Hottonia Indica. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1813. 



Ruellia balsa mica. Konig's jyiss. 



This is a small annual ; the general height about six inches, 

 a native of marshy places, appears and flowers during the 

 rainy and cold seasons. 



Roots creeping. Stems erect, sometimes ramous, round, 

 jointed, smooth. Leaves sessile, the lower are generally ver- 

 ticelled, or nearly so, above three-fold, and opposite; some 

 are pinnatifid, some lobate, and some simply linear-lanceolate, 

 all are serrate toward the apex, smooth on both sides, ge- 

 nerally less than an inch long-. Peduncles solitary, axillary, 

 rather longer than the leaves, one^flowered, sometimes they are 

 opposite and even tern towards the top of the plant. Bractes 

 two, pressing- on the calyx. Stigma large, in shape like a 

 dog's head, with the under division very long, and ascending-. 

 Capsule long, two-celled, four-valved ; receptacle large. 

 Seeds numerous. 



As Kiinig- observes, the plant has a strong terebinthinace- 

 ous smell, it is at the same time very grateful. The taste is 

 that of a warm aromatic. 



2. C. Heterophylla. 



Annual ; root creeping. Lower leaves verticelled, when 



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