144 
Annual, aquatic; stems round, rooting at the joints;—flowers axillary, bell- 
shaped, purple;— Delightfully aromatic, and has a sweet pleasant taste. (Rox.) 
1070. L. Racemosa. Don’s. syst, 4.p. 543. Cyrilla aquatica. Rox. Flora 
Ind. 3. p. 115 Rox, Cor. 2, t- 189. 
Annual, aquatic;—leaves verticelled; pinnatifid;—flowers in terminal ra- 
cemes;— ofa purple colour, Throughout the Concans. N. about Belgaum. 
(Dr. Lush.) bad 
1071. Li Gratissima. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 543. Rheed. Mal, 10. ¢. 6. 
An aquatic, leaves 3 in a whorl;---linear lanceolate;—peduncles and calyxes 
clothed with glandular hairs. 
518. HERPESTIS. Don. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
From herpestes—any thing that creeps;—name given in allusion to the 
habit of the plants. Gaert, ¢. 214. 
1072. H. Monnrera. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 545. Gratiola monniera. Rox. 
Flora. Ind. 1. p. 141. Rox. Cor. 2. t. 178. Bot. Mag. t. 2557. Rheed. Mal. 
10. ¢. 14. Sloanes Hist. Jam. 1. ¢. 129. f. 1, Bramia indica. Lam. Ency. |. p. 
459. 
An annual, creeping plant, with blue flowers, which appear during the 
rains.—generally to be met with on the margins of tanks. 
Roxburgh says the natives use the expressed juice, mixed with Petroleum, 
to rub on parts affected with rheumatic pains. 
519. VANDELLIA. Don. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Named in honor of Vandelli, Professor of naturalhistory at Lisbon. Lam. 
t. 522° f. 4. 
1073. V. Crustacea. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 548. Gratiola lucida. Rox. Flora. 
Ind. oe 138. Rox. Cor. 3. ¢. 202. Rheed. Mal. 9. ¢, 58. Rumph. Amb. 5, 
t. 170. f. 3. 
Annual, diffuse plant, with blue flowers;—common in the rains. 
1074. V.RoxsurcHi. Don’s. syst: 4. p.549. Torenia diffusa, Rox. Flora. 
Ind. 3. p. 95. V. diffusa, Willd, spec. 8. 343. 
Annual, appears during the rains. 
620. ARTANEMA. Don, Didynamia Angiospermia. 
From arfao—to suspend, and nema—a filament; in allusion to the struc- 
ture of the stamens. Don. in Sweet’s H. Gard-t. 34. 
1075. A. Sesamoipes. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 550. Bahel. tojulli. Rheed. Mal. 
9. ¢. 87. Dicervs longifolius. Persoon’s Synop. 2. p 164 —Archimenes sesamoi- 
des. Vahls Symbols 2. p. 7}. i 
Herbaceous plant, with tetragonal stems, oblong lanceolate leaves, an 
flowers in terminal racemes. The Concans. N. 
521. TOREN(A. v. Didynamia Anvgiospermia. 
Named by Linnaeus after Olof Toreen, a Swedish Clergyman and Voyager 
to the East, Lam. ¢. 523. 
1076. °T. Astatica. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 550. Rheed. Mal. 9. t. 63. Lam. III. ¢. 
§23. f. 1. Pluk. Amalth. ¢. 373. f. 2. Bonnaya alata. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 41. 
Ainslie. Mat. Ind. 2. p. 122; 
A glabrous, herbaceous plant, with creeping stems, and heart-shaped. ser- 
rated leaves on long petioles,—S. Concan. N. 
1077. T. Cornirorta. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 550. Rox. Flora, Ind. 3. p. 99. 
Rox. Cor. 2. ¢: 161, Rheed. Mal. 9, ¢. 68- 
Annual, 4 sided plant, with ovate leaves; flowers bluish purple,-—S. Concan. 
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