246 ScrophulariacecB. {Dopatrium. 



4. HERFSSTZS, Gaertn. f. 



Annual, 1. opp., sometimes gland-dotted, fl. axillary, with 

 bractlets; scp. 5, unequal, much imbricated, outer much the 

 larger ; cor. faintly 2-lipped, lobes nearly equal ; stam. 4, 

 didynamous, included, anth.-cells distinct, both perfect; cap- 

 sule enclosed in cal. — Sp. 50 ; 3 in Fl. B. hid. 



Stem prostrate, 1. spathulate . . . i. H. Monnieria. 

 Stem erect, 1. linear-lanceolate . . . 2. H. floribunda. 



1. K. Plonnieria, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. &^ Sp. ii. 366 (1817). 

 Ziunu-wUa, S. 



Gratiohi Monnieria^ L., Moon Cat. 4. Thw. Enum. 218. C. P. 2034. 

 \\. B. lad. iv. 272. Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 178. Bot. Mag. t. 2557. 



Stems creeping, rooting at the nodes, glabrous, rather 

 succulent, with numerous ascending branches; 1. numerous, 

 sessile, \-\ in., spathulate, very obtuse, entire, glabrous, rather 

 fleshy ; fl. solitary, axillary, on glabrous ped., much longer 

 than 1., bractlets linear-lanceolate ; outer sep. oval-oblong, 

 acute ; cor. nearly \ in. long, rounded ; capsule ovoid, sharply 

 pointed. 



Marshy places in the low country; very common, especially near the 

 coast. Fl. Dec; pale violet-blue. 

 Throughout the Tropics. 

 Employed as a mild purgative in fevers. 



2. K. floribunda, Br. Prodr. 442 (1810). 



Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 400. Thw. Enum. 218. C. P. 2881. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 273. 



Stem erect, 4-12 in., sub-quadrangular, glabrous, slightly 

 branched at base; 1. f-i;^ in., lanceolate-linear, acute, entire, 

 narrowly revolute at margin, finely gland-dotted; fl. i or 2 in 

 an axil, on short slender ped., bractlets filiform, sep. mem- 

 branous, veiny, puberulous, outer ones broadly oval, obtuse. 



Wet places in low country; rare. Kalutara (Moon); Colombo (Fer- 

 guson) ; Trincomnlie (Glenie). 



Also in S. Ind'H, Java. Australia, Trop. Africa. 

 1 have not met wiih this plant. 



5. DOPATRIUM, Hamilt. 



Erect, slender, aquatic annuals, 1. mostly radical, fl. axillary 

 or racemose, without bractlets; scp. 5, usually connate below 

 into a cal., equal ; cor.-tube widened at throat, upper lip slightly 

 bifid, lower deeply 3-lobed ; stam. 2 (upper pair) included, 

 anth.-cells distinct, staminodes (lower stam.) 2, minute; style 



