Limnophila.'] ScropJiulariacece. 245 



short, narrowly oval, acute, semi-membranous, not ribbed ; 

 capsule ovate-ovoid. 



Wet places and paddy fields in the low country ; common. Fl. June, 

 July ; pink. 



Also in India, Borneo, Japan, China. 



Apparently connected by intermediates with L. sessiliflora^ and 

 scarcely a separate species ; but the form of the sep. differs. 



6. Zi. racemosa, Benih., Scroph. Ind. 26 (1835). 



Diceros aquaticus^ Moon Cat. 45. Thw. Enum. 218. C. P. 2036,2996. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 271. Wight, Ic. t. 861 (not good). Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 189 

 {Cyrilla aquatica). 



Stem long, erect, mostly submerged, thick and inflated, 

 cylindrical, shaggy, with long hair; 1. sessile, the upper ones 

 large, 2-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, amplexicaul and somewhat 

 rounded at base, subacute, finely spinous-serrate, glabrous, 

 strongly 3- or 5 -nerved, lower ones (submerged) closely placed, 

 deeply cut into many pectinate segm., often deflexed and 

 root-like ; fl. large, on slender glandular-hairy or glabrous 

 ped., numerous, in long erect (occasionally branched) racemes, 

 bracts ovate, acute, bractlets none; sep. ovate, long-acuminate, 

 glabrous or slightly glandular-pubescent ; cor. | in., lobes of 

 upper lip short, rounded, of lower lip ovate, acute ; capsule 

 globose, shorter than cal. 



In ponds in the low country; rather cominon below 1000 ft. Fl. July- 

 Sept.; pale violet, tube yellow. 



A beautiful plant when in flower, and well grown in deep water. 



7. Ii. gratioloides, Br. Prodr. 442 (1810). 



Burm. Thes. 121. Hottonia mdica, L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 919. ; Moon 

 Cat. 13. Gratiola trifida,V^\\\d.., '^loon CaX. ^. Hydropityo7i zeylanicutn, 

 Gaertn. f., Carp. Suppl. 20. L. myriophylloides, Roth, Nov. Sp. PI. 294. 

 Thw. Enum. 218. C. P. 2038. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 271. Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 55, f. I. 



Small, usually under 6 in,, stem slender, rooting at lower 

 nodes, usually much branched from the base, sub-quadrangular, 

 glabrous; 1. usually all cut to base into 3 narrow pinnatifid 

 segm., but the uppermost often oblong, coarsely serrate, 

 I -nerved and the lowest sometimes multifid and pectinate; 

 fl. small on divaricate ped. longer than 1., axillary or racemose; 

 sep. ovate- lanceolate, acute, slightly glandular-hairy; capsule 

 globose, as long as sep. 



On mud, in the dry region ; rather common. Puttalam ; Anuradhapura; 

 Trincomalie; Uma-oya. Fl. March, April ; pink. 

 Throughout the Tropics of the Old World. 

 Has a strong aromatic scent. 



