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GEHflTS' II. ERYTHR^A, 



Pentandria lHonoKynla. Sej:: iSysi i 



, .Deriv. Prom Erythros, r^d ; alludiag . to the colour of thS 

 flowers. 



Gbn. Chak.. .Oal3rs 5-4.parted, segments flatiish, wingless : 

 corolla fiinnel-shaped, naked, twisted and withering above the 

 capsule, tube cylindrio, limb 5~4-parted : stamens 6-4, inserted 

 ?,bove the tube : £inthiera erect, spirally twisted, exsertdd : ovary 

 i-celled or semibUocular with the valves a little introflexed, 

 ovules inserted at. the suture : style distinct, deciduous, stigma 

 V>ilamellate .or undivided, capitulate • capsule ^-valved, septicidal^ 

 l-haJf 2-celled, placentas very cellular, sutnral : see^s immersed^ 

 gnbglobosfe, Smooth, minute. 



(1) E. RoxiijReHii. (Don.) 



tdent. Tiba. Sjrst. Gard. 4. p. 203.— Dec. prod. IX. p. 5S»; 



Syn. Chironia, centauroides, Roxb. Jl'or. Ind. 11. p. 584. 



Engrg,v. Wight's Icon. t. 1326; 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous : stem erect :' Ibwetmost leaves rdsil- 

 late, dbovate-oblongi obtuse : c^mes 1-2-dichottimous, spreading ; 

 flowers laterdly ebracteate, pink, starlike. 



Penihsuia. Common iii cultivated fields after Ihe tains. Beii- 

 gal. Flowering ill January sihd February. 



GEirus III. AADERA. 

 Tetrandrla monoyynia. Sexi Syiii 



Deriv. From /"Zarfero*, abolmdirig in juice. -i 



■ Gen. Chak. Calyx 4-parted, » segments wingless : feorolla fun- 

 nel-shaped, naked, withering) tube campanulate-ventricose with k 

 somewhat continuous 4-parted liinb : stamens inserted on the 

 throat, three upper ones abortive, destitute :of antihers, lower one 

 fertile : anther erect, oblong, included : ovary 1 -celled, ovules in- 

 serted at the suture : style distinct, deciduous, stigma undivided^ 

 fcapitulate : capsule 2ivAlved, ^epticidal, 1-celled, placentte mtw 

 X&l : seeds immersed; 



