SCROPHULARINEJb\ 7 



Marathi name in tlie neighbourliood of Bombay is JDhoL Box* 

 burgli, under tbe name of Stemodia ruderaliSj gives the following 

 description of it : — " i2ot> ^ramous^ seems perennial. Stems many, 

 ascending, ramous, herbaceous, woody, somewhat viscous, the 

 whole plant about 12 or 18 inches high. Leaves opposite, 

 petioled, ovate, deeply serrate, soft, a little hairy; about an inch 

 long. Petioles shorter than the leaves, channelled. Stipules none. 

 Flowers axillary, subsessile, solitary, opposite, small, yellow. 

 Calyx 10-furrowed, 5 -toothed, permanent. CoroZ personate; tube 

 the length of the calyx ; both lips projecting, and shut ; apex of 

 the under lip broad, depending, 3-toothed, of the upper one very 

 narrow, bifid ; inside of both hairy, and beautifully marked with 

 small purple dots. Filaments and anthers as in the genus. 

 Stigma slightly 2-lobed.'' {Flora Indioa, III., 94.) 



LIMNOPHILA GRATIOLOIDES, Br. 



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Fig. — Pheedey Hort. MaL ix., t. 85, and xii,^ t. 36. 



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Hab. — Throughout India, in swamps. The plant. 



Vernacular. — Kuttra {Hind.), Karpur {Beng.),Amh\A\{Mar.), 

 Manga-nch'i {MaL). 



History, Uses, &C. — This small aquatic plant, in Sans- 

 krit Ambu-ja, *^ water born,'^ and Amra-gandhaka, having an 

 odour of mangoes," is considered to be antiseptic by the Hindus, 

 and its juice is rubbed over the body in pestilent fevers. 

 Rheede notices its use for this purpose, and also internally in 

 dysentery combined with ginger, cumin, and other aromatics. 

 He also states that a liniment is made from the plant with 

 cocoanut oil which is used in elephantiasis. Roxburgh, under 

 the name of Oolumnea halsamea, describes the plant and notices 

 its grateful odour and aromatic taste. The Bengal name signifies 

 " camphor." The odour of the fresh plant is remarkably refresh- 

 ing and agreeable and calls to mind that of camphor and oil of 

 lemons. 



L. gratissima, Ehecde, Hort. Mai X., 6, has similar pro- 

 perties find hears t"he same vernacular names : it is also naedl 



