TETRAND. MONOG. 186—189. 
207 
Mj 
Oi 
A, 
mg. 
Stem herbaceous, fimple, erea^ fmooth : leaves lanceo- 
late, whorled. 
Santa Craz. Vahl.fymb. 2. p. 28. Willden. l . p. 580. 
Leaves feffile : Jlmuers in whorls. 
Stem fufFruticofe, fubdivided ; branches proftrate, filiform: 
leaves linear, a little hairy, revolute. 
Jamaica. Svuariz, prodr. 50. Willd. l./. 581. 
Stem climbing, fufFruticofe ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, rigid, 
rough. 
Hifpaniola. S^vjartZm pTodr , 3®* JVilId, 5°^* 
'^‘«osa. Sjgfjj flaccid, Ihrubby, with oppofite fpreading branches ; 
leaves oblong, acute, roughifb. 
Jamaica. Swartz, prodr. '^o. Willd. \. p. <fi\. 
186. HYDROPHYLAX. Ccro/ i-petalled, funnel- 
form: calyx 4-partcd: cafjule angular, 2-celkd, 
with a tranfverfe partition : Jeeds folitary. 
Hydrophylax, 
Sea fhores of India. G(trtngfemg x.p. 1x8, 
Root filiform, red, fiefhy, fvveet : Hem creeping, coloured, cloth- 
ed with long membranaceous Iheaths ; leaves oppofite, ovate, 
entire: flowers axillary, nearly feffile, pale blue. 
187. KNOXIA. Cord i-petalled, funnel-form: calyx 
4-leaved, i of the leafets larger : Jeeds a-grooved. 
Flowers fpiked : leaves glabrous. 
Ceylon. Burnt. Ir.d. 34. t. ' 3 '/* 
Stem glabrous ; leaves fubfeffile ; flowers feffile. 
Flowers corymbed; leaves downy underneath. 
Eaft Indies. Gartn. fern. l. p.\ Z2. t- 25. f. 8 ? 
Stem downy : leaves on long llalks; flowers peduuded, 
188. CARPHALEA. Coro/ i-petalled, funnel-form, 
hairy within: calyx 4-cleft, with Ipatulate Icari- 
ous fegments: capfule 2-celled, 2-valved, many- 
leeded, 
Carphalea. 
Madagafcar. Lamarck, encycl. t. 59./. 4 - 
Leaves whorled, oblong : flowers in terminal heads. 
189. HOUSTON lA. Coro/ I-petalled, fuiinel-form: 
capfule a-celled, 2-feeded, fuperior. 
Root-leaves ovate: ftem compound: firft peduncle 2-flowered. 
Virginia. Maris, f. 15. t. ly.f. i. Curt, hot, ma^. t. 
’^la. 
Vca. 
'Osa. 
'osa. 
'a. 
