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Gen. Cuar. Calyx-tube cohering with the ovary: limb 5-par> 
ite ; xestivation valvular: petals 5, entire, shorter than the calyx: 
stigmas capitate: capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, truncated at the apex, 
5-furrowed, crowned with the calyx, many-seeded: seeds convex 
on the outer side, concave on the inner, or oblong and somewhat 
angular or compressed. 
(1) V. Orpenzanproes. (Roxb.) 
Ident. W.&. A. prod. I. p. 364.—Roxb. fi. Ind. II. p. 89. 
Syn. V. Oldenlandiw, Dec. prod. IV. p. 54.—Oldenlandia pen= 
tandra, Retz.—Q. dichotoma, Spr.—O. biftora, Roth.—V. silenoi- 
ides, Dec. 1. c. , 
Engrav. Wight's Ieon. t. 562.—Ill. II. t. 115. 
Spec. Cuar. Herbateous: stem erect, slightly pubescent, di- 
‘chotomously branched: leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, pubes- 
‘cent, éntire: peduncles solitary, rather shorter than the leaves, 2« 
flowered : capsules nearly globose+ seeds minute : flowers white. 
Coromandel. Orissa. 
(2) V. viscosa. (Roxb.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 364.—Roxb. fi. Ind. II. p. 89. 
Syn. V. sessiliflora, Dec. prod. IV. p. 54.—Oldenlandia digy= 
na, Retzs—O. decumbens, Spr.—O. sessiliflora, Sm. in Rees’ Cyel. 
—V. Weldenii, Dec. 1. ¢. p. 53. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 563. 
Sprc. Cuar. Herbaceous: stems diffuse or somewhat erect, pu= 
escent, slightly glutinous: leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate or 
linear, entire, pubescent : flowers in pairs, almost sessile, yellow : 
capsules nearly globose: seeds minute. 
Coromandel. Island of Caranjah and Guzerat. Mysore. Bune 
dlecund. Northern India. 
GENUS II. SAXIFRAGA. 
Decandria Digynia. Sex: Sy:t: 
Deriv. From Sazum, a stone, and Frango, to break, from its 
reputed medical qualities in that disease. 
Gen. Cuar. Herbs of temperate and alpiie climates and genea 
rally cespitose: leaves alternate, exstipulate : calyx free or adnate 
to the base of the ovary : sepals imbricated : petals 4—5, perigynous : 
stamens perigynous: ovary 2~3-celled: styles -2-3, free. 
