272 CII. SCOROPHULARINEX. (J. D. Hooker) [Zimnophila. 
short 1-2 in. densely clothed with short whorled reultifid leaves, flowers 
solitary long-pedicelled, fruiting pedicels deflexed. L. sessiliflora, „Grif. 
Notul. iv. 99, t. 418, f. 5. L. gratioloides var. myriophylloides, Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. x. 389 (the Malacca plant). Quinquelokus glaber, Benj. in Linnea, 
xx. 316. Benjaminea glabra, Benj. l. c. 761. 
Matacca, Cuming, Griffith, Maingay. 
A small black densely tufted herb, with creeping tufted stems that send down long 
rigid roots, and up short stout and stiff or slender flaccid branches. Leaves about 
4} in. long, usually densely imbricate. Pedicels à in. and less, slender. Calyx it 
in. long, fruiting not seen. Corolla } in. long.—This may, as Griffith supposed, be 
referable to L. sessiliflora, as some of the specimens have pedicels shorter than the 
leaves, but its habit is very singular, it is of remarkably small size, and the specimens 
from all three collectors agree. It closely resembles a West African white-flowered 
plant found near Nufa on the Niger by Barter. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
L. HYSSOPIFOLIA, Roth Nov. Sp. 297; is not determinable; it is a Peninsular 
species, and possibly L. gratissima or racemosa. 
18. HERPESTIS, Gaertn. f. 
Glabrous, often punctate herbs. Leaves entire, or toothed, or submersed 
and multifid. Flowers axillary or racemose, yellow blue or white ; pedicels 
bracteolate or not. “Sepals 5, upper often very large. Corolla-tube cylin- 
dric; lips spreading, upper the outer in bud, notched or 2-lobed; lower 
3-lobed. Stamens didynamous, included; anther-cells contiguous, distinct. 
Style dilated at the top and 2-lobed or entire. Capsule 2-grooved ; valves 
2 or 4, separating from an entire column. Seeds numerous, very minute. 
—Species about 50, all warm countries. 
The Indian species all belong to the section Bramia, with subequal corolla-lobes 
and stamens, sagittate or didymous anthers, and capitate 2-lobed stigma. 
1. H. Monniera, H. B. § K.; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 30, and in DC. 
Prodr. x. 410; creeping, leaves obovate-oblong or spathulate quite entire, 
peduncles longer than the 2-bracteolate calyx, upper sepal ovate, capsule 
ovoid acute. Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 426; Wall. Cat. 3900; Dalz. d Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl.178; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat.ii.685; Bot. Mag.t. 2557. H. spathu- 
lata, Blume Bijd. 748. Gratiola Monniera, Linn.; Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. 4l, 
t. 178, and FI. Ind., and Ed. Carey & Wall. i. 141. Septis repens, Lour. Fi. 
Coch. 392. Bramia indica, Lamk. Dict. i. 459.—Rheede Hort. Mal. x. t. 14. 
_ Marshes throughout INDIA, ascending to 4000 ft. ; from the Punjab to Ceylon and 
Singapore, common.—Disrrrs. All warm countries. : 
Quite glabrous, rather succulent ; branches 4-10 in. long. Leaves i-i in., sessile, 
obtuse, entire in the Indian plant, nerves very obscure. Peduncles usually longer than 
the leaves. Calyx 4-4 in. long. Corolla twice as long, lobes subequal. Caps" 
included. Seeds pale, irregular.—Mr. Clarke points out to me that the Calytriplet 
obovata, R. & P. of Peru, cited as a synonym of H. Monniera in De Candolle’s Pro- 
dromus, is, according to the figure of the authers (overlooked by Bentham), a vey 
different plant. 
2. H. Hamiltoniana, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 30, and in DC. Prodr. X 
400 ; erect, stout, leaves linear-lanceolate entire or subserrate, flowers sessile, 
upper sepal ovate-cordate, capsule globose. Wall. Cat. 3898; Dalz. § Gibs: 
Bomb. Fl. 178. Cardiolophus d ; iv. 105, and 4c. Pl. 
Asiat. t. 417, £ 1. phus decussata, Griff. Notul. iv. 1 
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