448 POLYGAMIA SEGREGATA. HhigtsJut. 



A native of moist places. It flowers during the wet season. 



Stems annual, towards the base creeping, and branchy, 

 above erect, round, smooth, the erect parts from nine to fif- 

 teen inches high. Leaves alternate, stem-clasping, lanceo- 

 late, serrate, smooth, with the base much expanded, so as to 

 form a cup-like receptacle for the flower. Flowers axillary, 

 single, sessile, of a beautiful light purple. Common perianth 

 many-leaved, unequal ; the exterior two or three that are 

 placed on the sides, are the largest, and end like a leaf. Par- 

 tial perianth one-flowered, one-leaved, campanulate, smooth, 

 contracted, margin two-cleft, permanent. Corol compound. 

 Florets numerous, all hermaphrodite, equal ; tube longer 

 than the perianth; border five-cleU, spreading. Filaments 

 five, as in the class. Germ ovate. Sligma two-cleft. Peri- 

 carp none, the belly of the partial perianth closely envelop- 

 ing each seed, and forming its exterior covering. Seed one, 

 wedge-formed, somewhat four-sided, crowned with the two 

 divisions of the mouth of the partial perianth. 



I believe Dr. Konig never saw tiiis plant, to me it seems as 

 if it would form a new genus. 



HINGTSHA. R. 



Calyx, common four-leaved. Partial perianth one-leav- 

 ed, one-flowered. Florets hermaphrodite, tubular, five-cleft 

 in the disk ; they'ema/e ones sub-ligulate, from three to four- 

 toothed in the ray. Receptacle naked. Pappus none. 



H. repens. Roxb. 



Beng. Hingtsha. 



A native of Bengal, delighting in a moist rich soil, and of- 

 ten extending itself considerably over the surface of the ad- 

 joining pools of water. Flowering time the cold and hot 

 seasons. 



Stems creeping, ramous, round, hairy, jointed ; length very 

 various ; they appear to be perennial. Leaves opposite, 



