DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSP. 1223— 1226. 



985 



1223. ACHIMENES. Calyx 5 -parted: corol 

 nearly equal, with a flat 4-cleft border : an- 

 ther a united: cap/ule 2-celled. 



sesamoids. Achimenes. 



Eaft Indies. Rheed. Mai. 9. p. 169. /. 87. 



Stem herbaceous : leaves oppofite, feflile, lanceolate, (lightly 

 ferrate; racemes terminal, elongated. 



1224. SESAMUM. Calyx 5-parted: corol cam- 

 panulate, 5 -clef r, with the loweft lobe larger: 

 rudiment of a fifth filament: Jligma lanceolate : 

 cap/ule 4- celled. 



orientate. Leaves ovate-oblong, entire. 



Eaft India. Burm. zeyl, t. 38./. I. Rheed. Mai. 9. t. 54. 

 Stem erect, hairy : leaves oppofite : filovjers axillary, folitary .• 

 corol white, refembling that of the Digitalis. 



eum* Leaves lanceolate, on long petioles : corol briftly outward*' 

 Eaft Indies. Retz. obf. 6, p. 31. Willd. 3. p. 358. 

 Leaves alternate; Jlovcers yellow, axiliary, folitary, 



Hcum. Leaves ovate-lanceolate; the lower-ones 3-lobed, upper- 

 ones undivided : item erect. 

 India. Rumph. amb. 5 t. 76. f. 1. Pluk. aim. t. 109./". 4. 



Idchtiatum* All the leaves 3-parted and jagged : item proftrate, briftly. 

 Eaft Indies. Willd.fp. pi. 3. p. 35c;. n. 4. 

 Leaves -rough both fides, whitilh underneath. 



1225. STREPTIUM. Calyx fwelling, 5-toothed: 

 corol with a fpiral tube and 5-parted border: 

 nuts 2, 2- celled, wrinkled externally. 



sperum. STREPTIUM. 



Tortula afpera. Willd. fp. pi. 3. p. 359. 

 Haft Indies, Roxb. Coram. 2. p. 25. t. 146. 

 Stem woody, with fquare rough branches ; leaves hearted, fef* 

 rate, rough both fides : racemes terminal. 



1226. HOLMSKJOLDIA. Calyx 5-toothed, di- 

 lated, very much fpread: corol ringent : cap/ule 

 1 -celled? many-fleded. 



Vguinea. HoLMSKIOLDIA. 



Bengal. Retz. obf. 6. p. 31. Willd. 3,^. 360. 

 Shrub with fquare branches .* /eaves oppofite, ovate or heart- 

 fhaped, acute, ferrate, dotted: peduncles axillary, oppofite, 

 many-flowered, leafy : calyx and corol red. 

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