SCROPHULARIACE^ 8Q 



if in water deeply cut. Calyx of 5 narrow sepals. Co- 

 rolla tube cylindrical, the upper lobes outside in bud. 

 Stamens 4 all perfect ; anther cells separate. Capsule 

 ovoid or oblong. Seeds numerous. 



Species about 30, in Africa, Asia and Australia. 



Limnophila hypcricifolia Benth. ; F.B.L iv 269, XVII 

 14. An erect herb with stout unbranched stem of I to 2 

 feet. Leaves half stem-clasping all oblong or ovate, 

 minutely toothed round the obtuse apex. Flowers sessile 

 in the upper axils, ^ to J4 in., long, erect, tubular, mauve 

 coloured, t . 443. 



In marshy places. Nilgiris : at Coonoor, etc. 



Limnophila gratioloidcs Br.; F.B.L iv 271, XVII 21. 

 A diffused branched herb, the lower or all leaves usually 

 pinnatifid into narrow toothed segments. Corolla erect 

 5^ to % in., erect pale yellow. Capsule globose. ^ in. 

 t. 444. 



In shallow water and mud, Nilgiris : Coonoor. Fyson 

 329, 6283. 



Pulneys : below Kodaikanal. 



Throughout India, in rice fields and swamps anil to China, tropical 

 Africa and Australia. 



ILYSANTHES. 



Ilysanthcs hyssopioidcs Benth \ Vol, T p. 300. t, 

 445.. 



BONNAYA. 



Annual glabrous herbs with opposite leaves, charac- 

 terised by the solitary axillary flowers, which are slightly 

 two lipped, and have lying on the lower lip two yellow 

 staminodes, and by the long narrow capsule. Upper 

 stamens 2, perfect, stigma of 2 lamellae. Seeds many, 

 rough. 



Species few in tropical Asia and Africa. 



