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H. rrirtora. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 140. 
Syn. Impatiens triflota, Willd. Dec. prod. 1. p. 687.1, 
natans, Do. Roxb. fl. Ind. (Ed. Wall.) I]. p. 455. 
Engrav. Butm. Zeyl. t. 16. f. 2. 
Srec. Cuan. Leavesalternate, from linear to broad-lanceolate, 
serrated, glabrous, glaucous below: peduncles short, axillary, soli- 
tary, 2—4-flowered: pedicels longer than the peduncles: lateral 
sepals as long as the others: anterior one concave, gibbous at the 
base, with a short, curved spur, swelling at the apex: anterior 
petals somewhat 3-lobed, with the margins involute near the base: 
flowers variegated, red, white and yellow. 
Tanks and ditches in Tanjore, flowering from July to September. 
ORDER XL. OXALIDACEZ. 
Herbaceous plants, undershrubs or trees: leaves simple or 
compound, alternate, seldom opposite: sepals 5, persistent, 
‘imbricated in sestivation: petals 5, hypogynous, equal, ungui- 
culate, twisted in sstivation: stamens usually more or less 
monadelphous, those opposite the petals longer than the rest: 
anthers erect, 2-celled: ovary 5-celled: ovules solitary or seve- 
ral in each cell: styles 5, filiform: stigmas capitate or somé- 
what 2-cleft: fruit capsular, membranous, 5-celled, 5-10-valv- 
ed: seeds few: testa fleshy, bursting elastically : embryo straight, 
_as long as the albumen. 
GENUS I. BIOPHYTUM. 
Deeandvria Pentagynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. ¥rom Bios, life, and Phyton, a plant. The leaves of 
the species are sensitive to the touch. 
Gun. Cuar. Annual or suffruticose herbs, with a naked stem, 
bearing at the apex a fascicled whorl of abruptly pinnated leaves : 
leaflets numerous, opposite: peduncles umbellate, many-flowered : 
sepals 5: stamens free, in 2 series alternating with each other: 
stigmas 5, capitate or bifid: capsules globose, somewhat penta~ 
- gonal, 
