268 CII. SCROPHULARINEZ. (J. D. Hooker) [Limnophila. 
9. L. pyemeea, Hook. f.; glabrous, much branched, creeping, branches 
4—6 in. divaricate, leaves all opposite sessile oblong-lanceolate acute sub- 
serrate, nerves very obscure, flowers axillary solitary, pedicels equalling or 
exceeding the calyx erect in fruit, calyx 4 in. hirsute, lobes subulate-lanceolate 
fruiting striate. Herpestis pygmæa, Griff. Notul. iv. 104. Stemodia diffusa, 
Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3937. 
TENASSERIM; at Tavoy, Gomez, Helfer; Mergui, Griffith. MArACCA, Griffith, 
Cuming. . 
Very near to L. laza, but much smaller, more glabrous, with leaves less than 4 in. 
long. 
ttt Leaves some or most 3-4-nately whorled, sometimes all opposite in L. 
gratissima and hirsuta. 
10. L. gratissima, Blume Bijd. 749; erect, 1-2 ft., glabrous, leaves 
opposite aud 3-nately whorled 3-amplexicaul linear-oblong subacute serru- 
late, flowers in axillary and terminal many-fld. racemes rarely solitary, calyx 
usually shorter than the pedicels glabrate, lobes lanceolate acuminate fruit- 
ing striate. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 26 ; Wall. Cat. 3906; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
Fl. 177. L. punctata, Blume l.c. 750; Benth. in DO. Prodr. x. 388; 
Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 682; Maxim. Diagn. Pl. Nov. Dec. xix. 406. 
Gratiola aromatica, Pers. Synops. i. 14. Ambulia aromatica, Lamk. Encycl. 
i. 128.—Rheede Hort. Mal. x. 6. 
Watery places. CACHAR, Keenan. Prau, Kurz. Matacoa, Maingay. The 
DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, common.—DiISTRIP. 
Malay and Philippine Islands, China, Japan, N. Australia. 
Stem stout, simple, rarely branched above. Leaves 11-23 in., nerves few and 
faint. Racemes sometimes 1 foot long and paniculately branched, with the flowers 
whorled, at others few-fld., or flower solitary and axillary ; pedicels 4-1 in., glandular; 
bracteoles minute. Calyx } in. long, glandular, fruiting hemispheric. Corolla 4 m. 
long. Capsule oblong, acute.—Blume's L. gratissima is the typical form of this 
plant, Z. punctata being a reduced state with solitary flowers in the axils. 
1l. L. hirsuta, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 388; erect, stem 6-18 m. 
hirsute rarely glabrate, leaves opposite or 3—4-nately whorled sessile or 
narrowed into a short petiole elliptic linear-oblong or subspathulate serrulate, 
nerves very obscure, flowers axillary solitary or cymose or panicled at the 
top of the stem, pedicels long or short, calyx hirsute, lobes lanceolate finely 
acuminate fruiting striate. Stemodia hirsuta, Heyne ; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 
24; Wall. Cat. 3930. Ambulia ebracteata, Herb. Ham. 
Wet places, from Assam to CHITTAGONG and the Nicopar Israwps.  DECOAY 
LENINSULA, from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, common.—DisrRi$. Borneo 
ina. 
Best distinguished from L. gratissima by its pubescence, less racemose inflorescence 
and more orbicular capsule. “There are what appear to be glabrous states of it from 
Chota Nagpore (Ranchee, alt. 2000 ft., Clarke) and Balaghat (Wight) with always 
opposite leaves, 
. 12. L. polyantha, Kurz mss.; glandular-pubescent, stem slender 
6-18 in., leaves 4-nately whorled 4-amplexicaul linear serrulate, nerves 
obscure, cymes terminal panicled, flowers very numerous small shortly 
pedicelled, calyx 3 in., lobes subulate fruiting not striate. 
Marshes. SIKKIM TERAI, Herb. Griffith; Siligoree, Clarke. Preu, Kurz. 
A graceful species, conspicuous for the copious minute flowers in a subpyramidal | 
inflorescence. Leaves 4-1} in., all whorled except in starved forms. Peduncles 8n 
