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Obf. There has long been great atnbiguity. between the’ Ledecs an inch and half ortwo stiiehes joni seibnie tinsel 
genera of rite — Oldenlandia, but Linnzus having, in fometimes ovate, acute, entire, flat and éven tho ough-ribbed ;. 
the tenth an ollowing editions sof the Syflema Nature {mooth and rather fhining above ; paler and often roughifh 
(or Sy/t. Vagetaliliunt);inbtritich ted to the latteracorollaof four beneath. Foot/lalks half an inch long, nearly fmooth, con.’ 
petals, that mark has’ been prefumed authentic. But it ne&ed with a pair of pic tg ae ad ee? 
feems to have been adopted from Plamier, who, as being with . feveral long, narrow, briftle-like 
of the Tournefortian fchool, might on this point at leaft be white, numerous, in denfe- refit siillarp iach enti as aly? 
expected to have obferved faithtully ;* yet am examination of whorled as in mott plants with only oppofite leaves, ‘Their 
the fpecies from which he took his generic character and calyx and germen are nearly’ or quite {mooth 
figure, Oldenlandia corymbofit, proves him in the wron 
is in vain — ‘we look for any real difference of fruit, even Flora Zeylanica of Linnexus, with Meatha dria as we. 
in the excellent Geertner, who, though he keeps them di- have already faid. Yet, according to Rheede, it is i 
Rtinét, properly defcribes the corolla of each as monopetalous. altogether ufelefs in medicine, the bruifed leaves, xed w 
Schreber advites their union in his Gen. P/. 820, and La- butter, —_ to bring abfcefles t6 maturity. 
-— soar he had:previoufly deferibed and figured them ~ . = does not appear that Lamarck’s #. i, alia @ is more than 
nét, finally, in the letter-prefs to his plates, finks Odlen- a variety of this, though he defcribes ‘the leaves asa agreeing 
pare in Hidyosis’ pers with the following, than which ‘n tg: can be more 
But though this meafure, which we fhall adopt, is corre& unqueftionably diftin@ trom /7. Auricular 
with refpect to the original Oldenlandie, fome {pecies have’ . 3. H. ca capitata. Lamarck. Diét. y. 3. iid pe lan- 
been forced into that genus of late, unobferved by any body, ceolate, pointed, Reohipty ribbed, liairy. Branches rough 
' which do not really belong to it. Thefe are QO. digyna and with deflexed hairs. Flowers in axillary, flalked; folitary 
pentandra of Retzius and se which have five petals, tufts. —Native of Ape ie fe arkable for the reflex ed 
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is of the fame genus with: ithe two: protons juft nam "We tontiaki pee pe wats, eud-t Abeba means elk rled. - This 
now proceed to arrange the fpecies of pines rns aug- charaéter leaves us no doubt as to Sisiakck'y 8 plant being 
mented with what have been conceived Oldenlandie, as well’ the fame with ours, though his fpecimens feem to havé been 
as with fome hitherto non-defcript, according to their natural’ lefs hairy. Had he illuftrated the genus by a figure of this, 
affinities. inttead of copying Burmann’sbad plate of the firft fj 
1, H. piece ‘Linn. Sp. Pl. 147. (Valerianella foliis which appears to have led him aftray eg that phat, 
nervofis acutis, flofeulis in caulium on _quati. ars eo he pia have rendered a fervice to botai 
Herm. Zeyl. 227. t. 107.)—Leaves ovato-lanceolate. , H. hifpida. - Retz. Obl. fafe. 4. 44: Willd. n. 4— 
bels aggregate, corymbofe, ftalked, seca and salieri ‘slvees linear-lanceolate, briftly on both fides. Flowers 
Native of Ceylon, where it is called Waer. aeranya. The fem whorled.—Native of China, near Catto; Stems npteoen 
is by, knotty, ea much branched: Branches long, nearly fimple, decumbent, fquare,-hifpid. Leav 
Ooppolite, sen ay when young, leafy and finely downy. ftalked, pointed, entire, hifpid on both fides. Poitftalhs 04.2 
Leaves e, ftalked, from one to three inches long, more’ tremely hifpid, united into a fhort fheath with the: /ipalas, 
or: lefs Lee e, pointed, entire, roughifh, ftrongly ribbed; which are torn into narrow fegmeats. _ Flowers nearly teffile, 
paler: benea ath. Foot ifalks thort, thick aud downy, conne&ted’ whorled. — Jalyse hifpid. The deferi a hi the pa etek 
by a pair d with paca cation agree with the generic cl Wel ett 
three or four long linear hairy teeth. ces ane about the {pecim 
ends.of the branches, ella vacate rterthan the 5. i. eriiiMihe,: (Oldentandia verticillata ; Linn. Mant. 
ves; angular, downy, each bearing feveral: deafe downy 40. Crateogonum minus, feu verum 5: Ramph. Amb. v. 6= 
umbels, and a pair or two of marrow oblong braéeas. The 25.)—Leaves linear-lanceolate, fmooth on both 
germen and calyx are dawny ; the latter recurved. Corolla Flowers whorled. Calyx and angles of the fkem minutely 
imes longer than the calyx, apparently reddifh or poor Tato of dry, ea hills in Amboyna and Java, 
fely:. 4 with white briftles on its i oot creepin; Sen eral, about a foot long, weak or’ 
teriftic.. «We have fo ly received-from the Eait Indies,’ the v numerot 
for: H. Sruticofa, wh Be ee wes ese be Knoxia corymbofa of por os shor Hl in pairs, fpreadngy —_ an sang rt’ 
Willdeno ow, v. 1. 582. Seva heaeg mever, as he fu acute, narrow, entire, fomewhat revolu 
ean foe this fart fpecies of Hedyotis, has, if we miitake 
not, defcribed it — by the name of paniculata. 
2. H. Auriculari Linn. Sp. Ph 147. 
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®fllcusn finch we se aon. ; Burm. Zeyl 227, t. 108. f. 1. ; Lames penaeon, appears <tc" Spermacat, by the dew 
Sesser elliptic. of the fruit. 
‘Mar Mal. v. ro. 63. t. 32.) Leaves feription of the fri 
ate, even, fmoothith. ~ | St Sait dove. i “Flowers denfely = 6. Hi ¢rinervis. eee Nestea + Retz. Obk: 
ive of \Ceylon and: cther arts of the Balt fafe. 4. ae , Willd: 5} ete i tea red prey 
in lay grotmd. Root fimple, pleafantly feented, fomewhat. fringed. Flowers ax Mary, folitary or in pairs. 
hich perentisd: «4s rate, “but ‘litele Fruit hairy: cog minute: —- Native of the Eait Indies, 
