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GENUS V. NESHA. 
Octandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Nesea, a seasnymph. 
Gen. Cuar. Herbaceous plants: pedunéles with two large 
bracts and four small ones at the origin of the pedicels: calyx cam= 
panulate, without bracts at the base: lobes 4-6, erett, with as many 
alternating ‘thorn=shaped sinuses: petals 4-6: stamens 8-12, some= 
what equal: ovary sessile, nearly globose, 4-celled: style long, 
filiform.; -stigma capitate; capsule included : seeds numerous, 
minute. 
(1) N. ocranpra. (Hight) 
Ident. Wight’s Ill. I. p. 205-6. 
Syn.. Ammannia octandra, Linn. Dee. prod. III. p. 80.—-Roxb, 
fund. 1. p. 425.-W. & A. prod. 1. p, 304. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. If. t. 138. 
Spec. Cuan. Annual: leaves linear-lanéeolate, sessile, acutely 
auricled at the base? peduncles axillary, very short, 1-3-flowered : 
calyx quadrangular, the angles slightly winged: and running out 
into accessory horns: petals 4: stamens 8, as long as. the corolla : H 
capsule 4-celled: flowers small, bright-red. 
Peninsula. Salsette. Saharunpore. Flowering in. September. 
GENUS VI. LAWSONIA. 
Octandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv, Named after Dr. Lawson, who published a Voyage to, 
Carolina in 1709. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx 4=partite, spreading, persistent, without 
‘accessory teeth: petals 4, alternate with the lobes of the calyx, obs 
ovate, . clawed, spreading stamens in pairs, alternating with the 
petals: ovary sessile, 4 (sometimes 3)-celled: style long, filiform : 
stigma capitate: capsule globose, membranaceous, much larger than 
the calyx, 3-4-celled: seeds numerous, angled. 
(1) L. ata. (Lam.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 307.—Dec. prod. IIT. p. 90. 
Syn. L. spinosa, Linn.—L. inermis, Zinn. Roxd. ff. Ind. Its 
p. 258. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. I. t. 40,—Rumph. Amb. IV. t. 17.— 
Wight’s ll. I. t. 94. 
