200 MONADELPHTA UODECANDUIA. UiblsCHS. 



17. H. vHifolius. Wi.'ld. iii. 829. 



Aimiiul, or biennial, bushy and villous. Leaves five an- 

 gled, lobed, grossly serrate, villous. Flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, drooping. Exterior cabjx of about eight subulate 

 leaves. Capsules five-^vinged, truncate. 



Bharadwaja, the Sanscrit name. 



Katu beloeren. Hlieed. Mat. vi. t. 46. 



Be/If/. Bun Kapash. 



A native of rubbish, gardens, Sec. all over India ; in floAver 

 during the rainy and cold seasons. 



18. H. trnncatus. R. 



Annual, erect. Leaves from three to five-angled, lobed, 

 grossly serrate. Stijmles minute. F/ofre/-.« axillary, solitary, 

 drooping. P«/?f«c/es jointed at the base. Exterior calyx 

 of from six to seven, subulate leaves, half the length of the 

 inner calyx. Coral sub-rotate, with petals standing distinct. 

 Capsule truncated with five thin ciliate wings. 



A native of Ceylon. Flowers in the rainy season in Bengal. 



This plant, growing in the same place with H. vhifoHiis, 

 which it most resembles, does not arrive to one tenth the size. 

 The flowers are also much smaller. Both nuist be handled 

 with care, as the small, sharp bristles readily enter the skin, 

 and cause considerable uneasiness. 



19. II. snandens. R. 



Shrubby, scandent, villous. Leaves round-cordate, ser- 

 rate dentate, from three to five-angled. Stipules none. Pa- 

 nicles terminal, ramifications thereof remote, and diverging; 

 both calyces five-parted. 



A stout, permanent plant, a native of the forests of Chitta- 

 gono-, where it runs over trees &c. It blossoms in April and 

 May. The flowers are numerous, large, cumpanulate, yellow, 

 with crimson bottom. 



