Limnophila.) — cur. ScROPHULARINER. (J. D. Hooker.) 267 
in short axillary cymes or long spikes or racemes, calyx hirsute, lobes 
lanceolate finely acuminate striate in fruit. L. camphorata, Benth. in Wall. 
Cat. 3932, and Scroph. Ind. 24, not of Vahl. Stemodia cimicina, Bent. 
in Wall. Cat. 3933. 
EASTERN BENGAL to CHITTAGONG, BURMA and TENASSERIM. TRAVANCORE, 
Wight. CANARA, Hohenacker.—D18TRIB. Sumatra. 
Closely allied to S. conferta, but with pubescent more strongly nerved crenate- 
. Serrate leaves, and often racemose flowers.— Roxburgh's Capraria diffusa (Limnophila 
diffusa, G. Don) is Ebermeyera thyrsoidea, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870. 
5. L. micrantha, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 387 ; small, creeping below, 
glabrous, leaves opposite small sessile entire or subserrate, nerves very 
obscure, flowers axillary subsessile, cal yx ' in. long glabrons, lobes subulate 
fruiting striate. Stemodia micrantha, Benth. Seroph. Ind, 23; Wall, Cat. 
Herpestis pygmma, Griff. Notul. iv. 104. 
Marshy places in BENGAL, ASSAM, SILHET, CHITTAGONG and TENASSERIM.— 
DiıstRrB, Cochin-China. , 
_ Stem 3-6 in., stout, branching from the root. Leaves crowded, }-} in., punctate, 
thick, teeth few. Flowers 4-4 in. long, red-purple.—A very distinct little species. 
[0H Flowers pedicelled. Leaves all opposite.— See also 10, L. gratissima ; 
and 11, L. hirsuta, 
|. € L. laxa, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 988; stem 8-12 in. slender flaccid 
Sparsely hairy, leaves all opposite subsessile or petioled oblong-lanceolate 
. obtuse subcrenate, nerves very slender, flowers solitary axillary, pedicels 
longer than the calyx, calyx hirsute, lobes subulate fruiting striate. Her- 
pestis sp. 2, Griff. Notul. iv. 103. 
TENASsERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith; Tavoy, Parish. CEYLON, Walker. 
, Stem ascending, rooting at are lover nodes, Leaves 3-1} in., flaccid, narrowed 
Into a short petiole.— Resembles a reduced form of L. hirsuta, 
7. L. erecta, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 388; glabrous, stem 4-6 in. 
Subsimple stout erect, leaves all opposite subsessile linear-oblong subserrate, 
| Zerves obscure, flowers solitary axillary, pedicels shorter than the ed x, 
uting recurved, calyx 2 in. glabrous, lobes lanceolate acuminate frui sti 
te. Marim. Diagn. hi Nov. Dec. xix. 406. Stemodia gratioloides, Benth, 
_Scroph. Ind. 95; Wall, Cat. 2938. 
ich.— IB. 
China. GAL; Serampore, Griffith. T£NASSERIM; at Tavoy, Wallich. DISTE 
À small stout species, with leaves rarely 1 in. long. 
8. L. pulcherrima, Hook. f.; stem 4-6 in. pubescent, stout, erect or 
paling, leaves all opposite Lisilo elliptic-oblong subcrenate, f neta, : 
° scure, flowers axillary solitary, pedicels shorter than the calyx Apes 
Sap calyx 4 in. hirsute, lobes subulate acuminate fruiting striate. a " p 
Ind hin DO. Prodr, x. 388, in part. L. villosa var. sumatrana, Migu ` 
. Bat. ii. 68. Herpestis pulcherrima, Grif. Notul. 1V. 104. 
m, PENAL; at Comilla, Clarke. Matacca, Griffith, Cuming. SINGAPORE, G. 
?1.—DisTRIB. Sumatra. fo in the stout 
erect 1 Closely allied to L. lava and L. erecta, differing from the former nee and 
the env "Pit, and more sessile shorter leaves ; and from the latter in the pubesce 
ect fruiting licels. 
