1 88 Genhanacecs. \Limnanthevtum. 



oval or lanceolate, subacute, somewhat induplicate, thick, 

 curved, uppermost ones bract-like ; fl. numerous, on long 

 erect ped., cymes trichotomous, flat-topped ; cal.-segm. linear, 

 acute, glabrous ; cor. about \ in. diam., lobes oval, acute, pits 

 with the margin shortly fimbriate but without a scale. 



Upper montane zone, on the patanas above 6000 ft. ; common. Fl. 

 Nov.-February ; pale bluish-violet. 

 Endemic. 



\S. Chirata, Ham. Given for Ceylon in Thw. Enum. 426 with the 

 locality, ' Central Province, rare.' The C. P. specimens, 3723, which are 

 the right plant, bear the locality, 'Near Ratnapura (?) i860.' Some error 

 is undoubted, as S. Chirata is an Alpine Himalayan species only. It is 

 the true Chiretta of the Pharmacopoeia, and is figured in Bentl. & Trim. 

 Med. PI. t. 183.] 



8. XiZMNANTKEBIUAI, Gmel. 



Usually aquatic herbs with submerged stems and alt. 

 floating 1., fl. in sessile umbels at the nodes ; cal.-segm. 4-7, 

 very deep, narrow; cor. rotate, lobes 4-7, induplicate-valvate, 

 usually hairy or with a median crest; stam. 4-7, inserted on 

 cor.-tube, ov. i -celled, placentas 2, parietal, stigmas 2; fruit 

 an ovoid or globose capsule, thin, irregularly dehiscent; seeds 

 numerous, globose, usually muriculate. — Sp. 14; 6 in Fl. 

 B. Ind. 



Stems petiole-like with a single leaf at end (node); 

 fl. white. 

 Cor. over 5 in., lobes 5-7. 



Cor.-lobes hairy, without a crest . . . i. L. INDICUM. 

 Cor.-lobes glabrous, with a longitudinal crest. 2. L CRISTATU.m. 

 Cor. under \ in., lobes 4, fimbriate . . . 3. L. PARVIFOLIU.m. 

 Stems with several nodes and alt. 1.; fl. yellow . 4. L. auranti.\cum. 



I. Zi. indicum, Thu\Enuin. 205 (1861). Olu, Maha-ambala, 5. 



Herm. Mus. 19. Fl. Zeyl. n. 72. Mc7iyanthes tfidica, L. Sp. PI. 145 ; 

 Moon Cat. 13. L. Wightianmn, Griseb. in DC. Prod. i.\. 139. Thw. 

 Enum. 205. C. P. 3152. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 131. Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. t. suppl. 30 {I'illarsia iiidica). 



Rhizome horizontal or oblique with numerous long 

 roots, giving off" from the axils of broad-based, sheathing, 

 ovate, attenuate, very acute, membranous, refle.xed leaf-scales, 

 numerous erect, very long, flexible, cylindrical, unbranched, 

 slightly rough petiole-like branches which reach the surface 

 of the water and there produce a node from which is de- 

 veloped a tuft of roots, an umbel of flowers, a single floating 

 1. and a single branch which again proceeds in the same 

 manner; floating 1. 4 10 in., rotundatc, deeply cordate with 



