Dopatrium.'\ ScvophulariacecB. 247 



short, stigma dilated with 2 blades ; capsule small, globose, 

 loculicidal, seeds finely tubercled. — Sp. 5 ; 3 in Fl. B. lud. 



Fl. about \ in., showy. 



Cal.-segm. linear, very acute . . . i. D. NUDICAULE. 



Cal.-segm. oval, obtuse . . . . 2. D. lobelioides. 



Fl. about g- in., inconspicuous . . . 3. D. JUNCEUM. 



1. D. nudicaule, Ham. in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 31 (1835). 

 Thw. Enum. 218. Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 407. C. P. 2046. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 274. 



Stem 6-10 in., simple or with long erect branches from 

 base, slender, glabrous; 1. sessile, in 2 or 3 pairs crowded at 

 the base of stem, under \ in., oval-oblong, subacute, amplexi- 

 caul, and two or three distant pairs on the stem, small, 

 adpressed, bract-like ; fl. few, solitary, on long erect ped. ex- 

 tending beyond the stem ; cal.-segm. linear, very acute ; cor. 

 I in. diam., lobes truncate, erose, upper lip scarcely 

 bilobed. 



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

 July, December ; brilliant purple-blue, veined with darker purple. 

 Also in S. India, Java, and Philippine Islands. 

 Gives off the scent of Coumarin when drying. 



2. D. lobelioides, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 31 (1835). 



Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 407. Gratiola lobelioides, Retz., Moon Cat, 3. 

 Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 2042. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 274. Wight, Ic. t. 859. 



Stem 9-18 in., branched, spongy, thickened below, glabrous ; 

 1. few, sessile, mostly crowded at base, lowest ones nearly 3 in., 

 lanceolate-oblong, acute, stem-1. much smaller, passing into 

 bracts ; fl. numerous, large, on long filiform divaricate ped. in 

 elongated racemes; sep. nearly distinct, oval, obtuse; cor. \ in. 

 long, upper lip scarcely bilobed, lobes of lower lip deep, oblong, 

 obtuse ; capsule shorter than cal. 



Paddy fields and wet places ; common, especially in the dry region. 

 Fl. July; bright pale purplish-blue. 

 Also in S. India. 

 A handsome water-plant. 



3. I>. junceum, Ham. i?i Benth. Scroph. Ind. 31 (1835). Bin- 

 sawan, S. (Moon). 



Gratiola juncea, Roxb., Moon Cat. 4. Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 2044. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 274. Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 129 {Gratiola juncea). 



Stem 9-15 in., usually much branched at base, lower part 

 of stem much swollen and spongy, upper portion very slender; 

 1. few, sessile, oblong or oblong-oval, rather thick, glabrous, 

 lower ones ^-f in., upper ones distant, much smaller, passing 



