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Seeds round, compressed, minute, appearing rough, 

 with small dots or points. 



Leaves hearted, subtargeted, bright green on one 

 side, dark russet on the other. Flowers umbel 

 fascicled, placed on the stem, just below the leaf; 

 Glands and Tube of the corol yellow ; border white ; 

 both of the most exquisite texture : Cumuda, or 

 Delight of the Water, seems a general name for 

 beautiful aquatic flowers ; and among them, accord- 

 ing to Van Rheede, for the Indian Menianthes, 

 which this in part resembles. The divisions of the 

 corol may be called three-winged; they look as if 

 covered with silver frost. 



19. Chitraca. 



Syn. Pat' Kin Fahu\ and all other names of Fire, 



Vulg. Chita, Chitiy Chitra, 



Linn. Blumbago of Si'ldn. 



Cal. Perianth one-leaved, egg-oblong, tubular, 

 five-sided ; rugged, interspersed with minute pedi- 

 celled glands, exuding transparent glutinous drop- 

 lets ; erect, closely embracing the tube of the corol ; 

 mouth five-toothed j base protuberant with the valves 

 of the nectary. 



Cor. one-petaled, funnel-form. Tube five-angled, 

 rather incurved, longer than the calyx. Border 

 five-parted, expanding. Dhisiotis inverse, egg- 

 oblong, pointed, somewhat keeled. 



Nectary five-valved, pointed, minute, including the 

 germ. 



St am. Filaments five, thread-form, inserted on the 

 valvelets of the nectary as long as the tube of the 

 corol. Anthers oblong, oblique. 



S 2 Fist. 



