288 CHI. SCROPHULARINEEZ. (J.D. Hooker.) [Glossostigma. 
fluent. Ovary perfectly or imperfectly 2-celled ; style short, stigma dilated 
spathulate recurved. Capsule included in the calyx, loculicidal; valves 
entire, separating from a columnar axis. Seeds small, ovoid.—Species 3, all 
Australian, one of them widely dispersed. 
G. spathulatum, Arn. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xvii. 355; leaves 
narrowly spathulate, calyx 3-lobed, stamens 2. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 
496; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL. 180; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 699. Limo- 
sella diandra, Linn. Mant. 252 (the Indian plant); Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 91; 
Griff. Notul. iv. 102, t. 458, f. 12. Microcarpza spathulata, Benth. Scroph. 
Ind. 31; Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 101, Suppl. t. 4. Pæderota 
minima, Retz Obs. v. 10. 
UPPER GANGETIC plain, Royle, Thomson. BEHAR, J. D. H. The DECCAN 
PENINSULA, common. CEYLON, Gardner.—D1stTRIB. Tropical Africa and Australia. 
A very weak densely tufted creeping rooting herb like Limosella. Leaves 44-3 in. 
long, tapering into a petiole of variable length. Pedicels slender, shorter than the 
leaves. Calyx 4 in. long. Corolla blue, tube included. Capsule about as long as 
the calyx.—Griflith’s Microcarpea diandra differs from this in the sessile flowers and 
5-partite calyx. 
31. LIMOSELLA, Linn. 
Small tufted creeping glabrous marsh- or water-herbs. Leaves opposite 
or fascicled or rarely alternate, long petioled, linear or spathulate, quite 
entire. Flowers minute, axillary, ebracteolate. Calyx campanulate, ð- 
toothed. Corolla subrotate or campanulate; lobes 5, subequal. Stamens 
4, filaments filiform ; anthers confluent, 1-celled. Ovary 2-celled at the base ; 
style short, stigma incurved capitate. Capsule obscurely dehiscent, valves 
thin. Seeds many, small, ovoid, ragulose.—Species 5 or 6, very variable and 
widely distributed. 
L. aquatica, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 426; leaves long- 
petioled narrowly spathulate, corolla-lobes very short. Benth. in DC 
Prodr. x. 426; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 427; Gaertn. Fruct. i. 228, t. 50, f. 9; 
Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1722. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 ft., Thomson, &c. WESTERN TIBET; 
alt. 13000-14500 ft., Thomson. DISTRIB. N. and S. temperate regions. 
Stems creeping. Leaves 1-2 in., long petioled. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 
recurved in fruit. Corolla jj in., pink or white. Capsule globose, 3 in. diam. 
Trizz VII. DIGITALEZ. 
32. SIBTHORPIA, Linn. 
Hairy, creeping herbs. Leaves alternate, petioled, reniform or rounded, 
crenate or pinnatifid. Flowers small, axillary, solitary or fascicled, ebracteo- 
late. Calyx campanulate, 4-8-fid. Corolla subrotate ; lobes 4-8, spreading, 
subequal. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes or one fewer; anthers 
sagittate, touching. Stigma capitate. Capsule membranous, compressed, 
loculicidal, valves septiferous. Seeds few, plano- or concavo-convex, rugu- 
lose.—Species 6, W. Europe, Africa, the Himalaya and Andes. 
_ S. pinnata, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 959; leaves deeply pinnatifid or 
pinnatisect. Mazus pinnatus, Wall. Cat. 3915. Ourisia pinnata, Benth. 
Scroph. Ind. 47. Hornemannia pinnata, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 428. 
NEPAL, Wallich. 
