862 BENGAL PLANTS. __ [Mirabilis. 
in fruit. Perianth-tube elongated, narrowed above in ovary; 
limb ee. 5-lobed, plicate, pale us. Stamen 5-6, ex- 
fleshy pe: eee Hid iriots Ov a aitigachs or ovoid; style 
filiform, exserted; stigma cetinalinks, naga papillose. Fruit 
enclosed in a papery, crustaceous, or coriac ribbed, persistent 
perianth-base; utricle obovoid, taeenee “Beod with adheren 
testa; embryo hooked; cotyledons enclosing the scanty, floury 
albumen. 
1684. Mrrapinis JALAPA Linn.; E. D. M. 606. 
Cultivated, and as an escape, in every province. 
A tall herb, with showy flowers; native of America. 
Hind. Gul-abbas; Beng. Krishno-kéli. Marvel of Peru. 
763. Boerhaavia Linn. 
Erect or diffuse herbs, aed divaricately branched; leaves 
opposite, aha. often unequal pairs. Flowers small, 
panicled, umbellate, or Shas articulate with the pedicels; 
bracteoles persia often deciduous, rarely whorled and involucrate. 
Perianth-tube short or long, ovoid below, narrowed above the 
vary ; limb funnel-shaped, with a 5-lobed margin; lobes plicate, 
spreading, deciduous. Stamens 1 or 2-5, connate below, exserted; 
filaments capillary, unequal; anthers didymous. Ovary stipitate, 
oblique, narrowed to a slender style ; ovule erect; stigma peltate. 
cate perianth-base, round, 5-ribbed, or 5-angled, with small or 
large sticky glands; utricle oblong. Seed with adherent testa; 
embryo hooked; cotyledons thin, broad, the outer the larger, 
enclosing the scanty albumen. 
Flowers subcapitate ; leaves entire or faintly undulate :— 
Leaves white beneath ; branches slender :-— 
Branches usually under a foot long, adpressed-pubescent ...... repens. 
Branches usually over 2 feet long, glabrous...repens var. procumbens. 
Leaves green beneath ; branches stout.................6 repens var. diffusd- 
Flowers umbellate ; leaves repand-sinuate repanda, 
1685. BomwrHaavia REPENS Linn.; F. B. I. iv. 709. 
In all the provinces ; common chiefly in the western 
parts. 
A small, diffusely branched herb. 
