3^0 DESCRIPTIONS OF 



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cofta fubtus elevata, bali defmentia in llipulas brevifTimas vaginantcs 

 creoulatas dura juniores denticuli^ aliquot fubulatis notatas 5 fupc- 





m&gn\ extus purpurafccntes, glabrx, tcrni, cum folitario e dicho« 

 ■omiiBg pedunculis elongatis ^gfaciUimis credis inflrudli* 

 fs denies ianceolati, eredi, acutij bafi tubi adpreffi, . 



hypocrateriformis. Tubus gracilis^, ftriatus, obfolete tetragonosa 

 femipblliearis, calycc mi2ltoties;longi©:rj;apic€,ieviterampliatus. La^- 

 ^ cmia oblongs?, obtufiurculse, patcntes, tubi dimidium asquantcs. 

 Anihens lineares, longae, ere£l^, cura lacinii& altsmantcs, fauce indiifac, 

 ameotis capillaribus breviffimis infidentes, 



oblongum glabrum biloculare, loculis polyfporis ©vulis fepto 

 Etrinquc incraffkto infertis. Stylus brevis, glaber. Siigmata inclufa. - 

 da fubgiobofa, magnitudme piperis nigri,' glabra; fuica, placenti.? 

 carnofisj inferne fepf0:-atrlnqaeadnatki •::■:: 

 Isrvaiion, Ihis elegant plant which appears to me quite diftind honi 

 Hedyotis graminifoLiaj, Linn, was firil communieated to me by my 

 elteemed friend Mr. William Jack, of the Honorable Eaft In- 

 dia Gorapany's medical fervice, ^ to whofe liberal, and. valuable bo-^ 

 tanical communications I am indebted < for defcriptions, drawings, 

 and fpecimens of fevesral intercfling plants^ from the former of 

 which the pjeceeding account has almod entirely been taken.. 1 

 Bad it afterwards from N»paul whence my people fent abundance 

 rof fpccimens to me^ under the names of Gojhega Soah^ 



I ha^c retained the fpecific name given by Linneus to a fpecic^ 



'Iq^ ^OMenim^a w\mh has . been afcertained not to differ from his 



Medyolis ■gmmmiJoUa^ and . I have placed, my plant under the laft 



mentioned genus ©n the authority of the illuflrious prcfident of 



■■ ■ 4he Linnean Society , ffee, MedyptiXiT^ ..^M^^^l -. , , ^<^^ Cydopcedia) and 



Ihat of my prcdeceffor 10 the botanic garden at Calcutta, the late 



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