■Vandellia.'] ScTopIiulariacecc. 251 



distinct, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, hairy ; capsule ovoid, 

 shorter than cal. 



Low country ; very rare. Between Negombo and Kurunegala ; Gatt- 

 •ehatte. FI. July-Sept.; pale violet. 



Also in India, Burma, Java, Borneo, China, and Philippine Is. 



3. V. scabra, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 36 (1835). 

 Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 2885. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 281. 



Stems prostrate, with many erect or ascending divaricate 

 branches, rooting at nodes, usually hispid with long hair ; 

 1. sessile, |-| in., rotundate-ovate, obtuse, faintly serrate, 

 more or less clothed with longish hairs, scabrous on margin ; 

 fl. on slender nearly glabrous ped. which are shorter than 1. 

 and usually deflexed in fruit, in clusters of 1-4; sep. linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, with long spreading hairs ; lobes of lower 

 lip of cor. equal, rounded ; capsule globose, a little shorter 

 than Sep.; seeds reticulated. 



Moist places, especially paddy fields, in the low country ; very common. 

 Fl. July, Oct.-Feb.; very pale yellowish-pink, or nearly white, upper lip 

 pale brown. 



Tropics of the Old World. 



4. V. pedunculata, Bcjith. Scroph. Ind. 37 (1835). 



Gratiola cordzfolta, Vahl, Moon Cat. 4. Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 417. 

 Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 652. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 282. 



Stems weak, usually prostrate and rooting below, then 

 erect or ascending, 4-9 in., glabrous, much branched, often 

 purple ; 1. sessile or nearly so, J in., ovate, subcordate at base, 

 subacute, crenate-serrate, glabrous; fl. solitary, axillary, ped. 

 much longer than 1., quadrangular, divaricate or reflexed in 

 fruit ; sep. linear-lanceolate, very acute ; cor. nearly | in., 

 middle lobe of lower lip longest; capsule Hnear-oblong, twice 

 as long as sep., tipped with persistent style. 



Paddy fields and wet places in the low country ; very common. Fl. 

 July ; pale violet, lower lobe with a yellow spot. 



Also in India, Borneo, China. 



Variable in habit. Bentham has (in DC. Prod. x. 417) a vds. parvi- 

 fiora from Ceylon, but gives no characters. 



5. V. ang-ustifolia, Be7ith. Scroph. Ind. 2,7 (1835). 

 Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 2884. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 282. 



Stem erect, attaining i ft., often much branched from base 

 with long erect branches, glabrous; 1. sessile, |-i|in., linear, 

 very faintly toothed or entire, obtuse, glabrous ; fl. solitary on 

 -.stiff ped. exceeding 1.; sep. linear, subacute, glabrous; capsule 



