Class 5th 



PENTANDRIA 



MONOGYNIA. 



HELIOTROPIUM. Schreb. Gen. N. 239. 



Corol salver-shaped ; throat contracted with vault?. Seeds four, 

 naked, or each covered with its proper bark. 



1, H. indicum, Willi. Sp. i. 740 * 



Annual, diffuse, ramous. Leaves petioled, cordate. Spikes 

 leaf-opposed, peduncled, solitary. Fruit two-cleft. 



Bena patsja. Rheed. Mai. x. p. 95. t. 48. 



Sans. 3sftT?fej«it> Shreehwst«nee, 3^*j^fc, Bhoorcondee. 



Beng. Hatti-soora. 



This is one of the most common plants in India, it is in flower at 

 all seasons, and delights in out-of-the-way corners, rubbish, &c. 

 where the soil is rich and dry. 



Stems and branches diffuse, dichotomous, hairy, general height 

 one, or two feet, but spreading to an extent greater than its height.. 

 — Leaves for the most part alternate, petioled, cordate, wrinkled, 



margins curled Spikes leaf-opposed, generally solitary, peduncled, 



longer than the leaves. — Flowers rigidly sessile, minute, in two rows 

 on the upper side of the spikes. — Corol longer than the calyx. Tube 

 gibbous ; border five-lobed, pale rose colour. — Seeds united towards 

 the base, two-cleft, smooth. 



• Tiaridiuui, Lebm. Asperifol.— N. W. 

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