Torenia.'] Scropkula7^iacecs. 249 



distinct, of the lower pair often confluent ; capsule linear- 

 oblong, included in cal.-tube, 2-valved. — Sp. 20 ; 1 1 in Fl. 

 B. Ind. 



Ped. over \\ in., cor. i in. , . .1. T. asiatica. 

 Ped. under i^ in., cor. |^ in. . . .2. T. HIRTELLA. 



I. T. asiatica, L. Sp. PL 619 (1753). BLotala-wel, S. 



Moon Cat. 45. Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 2032. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 277. Wight, Ic. t. 862. Bot. Mag. t. 4249 and t. 5167 

 (Z! hirsutd). 



Stems creeping, rooting at nodes, glabrous, with many 

 long straggling spreading or erect branches ; 1. \-\\ in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base but tapering on the petiole, 

 acute, serrate, slightly rough with short hair on both sides, 

 petiole \-\ in.; fl. solitary, ped. erect or spreading glabrous, 

 \\--2 in. long, becoming thickened and deflexed in fruit; cal. 

 near | in., cut about half way down into 2 acute lips, glabrous, 

 tube 5-ribbed, slightly winged ; cor.-tube i in., limb nearly 

 I in. diam., upper lip arched, nearly entire, lobes of lower lip 

 broader than long ; capsule about as long as cal. ; seeds ex- 

 cavated. 



Damp places in the moist region up to 4000 ft., common. Fl. Feb.- 

 June; dark purple, tube pale yellow. 



Also in S. India, Burma, Java, China. 



The Fl. B. Ind. distinguishes our plant as \3X. parvifolia. It appears 

 to have smaller leaves and flowers than the Continental form. The 

 colouring of the flower also differs, ours having always a yellow tube. 



2. T. hirtella, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. iv. 277 (iJ 

 T. rubens, Thw. Enum. 219 (PBenth.). C. P. 2033. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 277. 



Stems very slender, slightly rooting at nodes, long, with 

 nodes widely separated, slightly hairy (especially at nodes) 

 or glabrous ; 1. |-i in., ovate-lanceolate, truncate at base, 

 acute, coarsely serrate, sparsely hairy on both sides, petiole 

 very short, |— 4 in. ; fl. on very slender slightly hairy ped. 

 under i\ in. long, deflexed in fruit ; cal. under | in., glabrous, 

 segm. partially distinct in each lip, tube not winged ; cor. 

 under i in., lower lip deeply 3-lobed, the middle one much 

 the longest ; appendages to the longer fil. large, curved, 

 clavate, dark purple, exserted. 



Upper montane zone, rare. About Nuwara Eliya, frequent. Fl. 

 August, Sept.; pale blue and white. 



Also in the Nilgiri Mountains. 



Perhaps not more than a montane variety of T. asiatica, but readily 

 distinguishable by the flowers. 



