26. 



SPIGELIA MAHILANDICA, 



Perennial Worm-grass, 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



Class 5. Order 1. 



SpiGELiA : so named by Linnaeus in memory of Adrian Spigelius, 

 professor of anatomy and surgery at Padua. 



Linn. gen. n. 209. Linn, sijst. 197. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth one-leafed, five-parted, acuminate, small, permanent. 

 Cor. one-petaled, funnel-shaped ; tube much longer than the calyx, 

 narrowed below ; border spreading, five-cleft ; segments wide, 

 acuminate. Stam. Filaments five, simple. Anthers simple. Pist. 

 Germ composed of two globes, superior. Style one, awl-shaped, 

 length of the tube. Stigma simple. Per. Capsule twin, two- celled, 

 four-valved. Seeds numerous, very small. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Slem four-cornered, all the leaves opposite. 



Herbaceou.s perennial root, producing two or three erect 

 stems, about nine inches in height, with three or four pairs 

 of acute-pointed leaves, placed opposite, seated close to the 

 stalk, smooth, entire, and having several veins diverging from 



