132 XCVII. GENTIANACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Limnanthemum. 
Fl. Viti, t. 33. L. Wightianum, Griseb. Gentian, 344, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 
139. L. calycinum, Mig. Fi. Ind. Bat. ii. 564, Menyanthes indica, Linn. Sp. 
Pl. 207 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 31. Villarsia indica, Venten.; 
Wall. Cat. 4352 A. g.; Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. Suppl. t. 30. V. macro- 
phylla, Wight. in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 96. V, eglandulosa, Griff. Ic. Pl. As. t. 
885.— Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t. 28; Rumph. Herb. Amb. vi. t. 72, fig. 3. 
Throughout Ixpra; very common.—Drsrrrs, Cabul, Mascarene Islds., S.E. Asia, 
Malaya, Australia to Fiji Isles. . 
Stems long, floating, rooting at the nodes. eaves 2-8 in. diam.; petiole 0 or 
short. Pedicels 0-5 in., numerous, unequal. Calyx-lobes 1-3 in., narrowly lanceolate. 
Corolla-lobes 4-4 in. Ovary and stigmas nearly as in L. cristatum. Capsule 4-3 in., 
subquadrate. eds 3, in., thickly lenticular, smooth or minutely glandular-puberu- 
lous, never scabrous as in L. cristatum.—The descriptions of L. cristatum and 
indicum by Grisebach are so incorrect, that Bentham quotes Thwaites as the primary 
authority for this common species. Bot. Mag. t. 658, adduced here by Bentham, has 
yellow flowers, and looks more like L. nympheoides. 
4, L. aurantiacum, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 136 ; leaves orbicular 
deeply cordate, pedicels few from each node, corolla yellow lobes fimbriated on 
the margin, capsule } in., seeds smooth. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 158. L. 
biflorum, Thwaites Enum. 205. Menyanthes biflora, Moon. Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 13. 
W. Deccan PENINSULA; from Bombay southwards. CEYLON, frequent. . 
Stems elongate, nodes not rooting. Leaves 1} in. diam.; petiole often 1-3 m. 
Pedicels commonly 2 from each node. Calyz-lobes 5, 1 by 3; in. Corolla-lobes 3 in. 
sparingly fimbriate, without a longitudinal fold down the middle. Capsule sub- 
globose, 10-15-seeded. Seeds 3, in. diam.; nearly as of L. indicum; testa close, 
thick, minutely reticulate, not papillose. 
5. L. Forbesianum, Griseb. Gentian. 345, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 139; 
leaves small orbicular deeply cordate, peduncles numerous equalling or exc 
the leaf, corolla white lobes 5 hairy within fimbriate on the margin, § 
globose obtusely carinate most minutely punctate not muricate. 
CEYLON; Macrae. 
Stems short; pedicels many fasciculate ; corolla white (Macrae).— This appears to 
be a small form of L. aurantiacum, but Macrae has twice noted the corolla to be 
white. It is Menyanthes campestris, Macrae and Wight (in Herb.) partly; but half 
of Wight's sheet is L. Moonii, Thwaites. 
6. I. parvifolium, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 141; leaves small radical 
spathulate-orbicular cauline deeply cordate, pedicels numerous fascicled, corolla 
white lobes 5-4 fimbriate, capsule oblong narrowed below, seeds minutely 
puberulous. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 158. Villarsia parvifolia, Wall. Cat. 
4351. 
W. Deccan Prwixsvia, Wight, &c. Currracone, H. f. 4 T. Tavoy, Wall 
CEYLON. 
Stems apparently rooted on mud at the base, long, floating, not rooting at the 
nodes, Radical /eaves 1 in. diam., cuneate at the base on the broad petiole; cauliné 
leaves 3-1, subsessile, Pedicels 3-10, }-4 in., at each node. Calyx-lobes 35 in., oblong. 
Corolla-lobes à-iin. Capsule à by } in. 
Var, Moonii; flowers 4-merous, capsule à in. long and broad subglobose, seeds 
smooth, testa thick closely minutely reticulated. L. Moonii, Thwaites Enum. 205. 
Menyanthes campestris, Moon. Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 13.—Ceylon, Thwaites, Kelaart. Moul- 
mein, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 187). 
