"^ETRAND. MONOG. 248. Ammannia. 249. Ifnardia. 239 
Umbel terminal, trichotomous : leaves fpatulate. 
Tongatabu. Forji.frodr. n. 55. Willd, 1. f. 677. 
‘a. 
Ml 
Mta. 
248. AMMANNIA. Carol 4-petalled, inferted in 
the calyx, or o: calyx i -leaved, plaited, 8 -tooth- 
ed, inferior: 4- celled. 
Leaves half furrounding the ftem : ftem fquare : branches 
erefl:. ‘ 
Caribbees, Sloane'Jam, \. Aparines. 
^tem with acute angles, the alternate fidcs convex : fimuers in 
whorls, 3 each fide, feffile. 
Leaves half clafping the ftem : ftem fquare ; branches very 
much fpread. 
Virginia. Jmgh. ic, cent, x.f.’j, 
with acute angles, the fidesflat: leaniet lance-linear, di- 
lated at the bafe, reddifh : fionuers lateral, axillary. 
Leaves lanceolate, tapering to the bafe ; ftem branched : 
flowers fafcicled, axillary : capfules 2-celled. 
Eaft Indies. Alton Kew, x.f- 163. i.p. 678. 
Calyx angular : petals pale purple; cap/ule ovate. 
Leaves feffile, linear-lanceolate, heart-ftiaped at the bafe : 
peduncles very fltort, many-flowered: flowers 8-male, 
petalled. 
Weft Indies. Snvartz, prodr. 33. Willd, l. p. 679, 
Leaves feffile, linear-arrow-fliaped : peduncles 2 or 3- 
fiowered: flowers 8-male, petalled. 
Eaft Indies. 2./>. 18, r. 133. 
Stem ereft, crofs-armed ; lea<vet oppofite; peduncles axillary, very 
j fliort : ^oovfrr fmall, bright red. 
Leaves llightly petioled: capfules larger than the calyx, 
coloured. 
China. India. Burm. Ind. f. 15 3. Ard.ftec.^ i.p. <). t. i. 
Plant fmall, without branches: /irawr oppofite, lanceolate: 
calyxes 4-toothed; JlaoJoers vvhorled, axillary, each on its pro- 
^ per peduncle : globular, red, 
'‘^da. Stems procumbent, rooting, comprefled ; leaves linear, 
pinnatifid. 
Java. Leanses fcattered, with minute fegments : fiomsers axil- 
lary, fmall, folitary, flelh-colour : capj'ule fquare. 
249. ISNARDIA. Coral o\ 4-cleft; cafjule a- 
celled, furrounded by the caiyx. 
ISNARDIA. . , 
Europe. America. Petit, gen, t. Dantia, dsux 
