252 ScrophulariacecB. \ilysanthes^ 



linear, over \ in., nearly 3 times as long as sep., tipped with 

 style. 



Wet places in the low country; rare (?). Kalutara (Moon); Colombo 

 (Ferguson); Puttalam. Fl. Jan., Feb.; pinkish. 



Also in E. Bengal, Burma, Sumatra, Java, China, Japan. 

 In dry sandy places this often becomes very dwarf. 



9. IIiVSANTHES, Rafiti. 



Annuals, stem quadrangular, 1. opp., sessile, parallel-veined, 

 dotted, fl. racemose or axillary, small; sep. 5, distinct, narrow; 

 upper lip of cor. concave, notched, lower lip very broad, 

 3-lobed; stam. 2, fil. short, included, anth. connate, cells dis- 

 tinct, divaricate, staminodes (lower stam.) 2, long, exserted, 

 bifid; stigma with 2 blades; capsule septicidally 2-valved. — 

 Sp. 8 ; 4 in Fl. B. hid. 



L. lanceolate ; capsule twice as long as sep. . .1. I. hyssopioides. 

 L. broadly oval ; capsule as long as sep. . . 2. I. rotundifolia. 



1. 1. hyssopioides, Beiith. m DC. Prod. x. 419 (1846). 

 Gratiola hyssopioides, L., Moon Cat. 4. Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 2407 



(part), 31 1 1. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 283. Wight, Ic. t. 857 [Botinaya hyssopioides). 



Stem erect, 3-12 in., slender, glabrous, simple or diffusely 

 branched ; 1. sessile, under \ in., lanceolate, obtuse, very slightly 

 serrate, glabrous, rather thick, 3-veined; fl. solitary, axillary, 

 on long filiform spreading ped., deflexed in fruit; sep. linear, 

 subacute, glabrous ; cor.-tiibe wide, flattened, upper lip short, 

 lower lip with the middle lobe broadest ; stam. included in 

 cor.-tube; staminodes hooked, decurrent on cor.-tube as glan- 

 dular-hairy ridges ; capsule twice as long as sep., oblong, 

 acuminate. 



Paddy fields, &c., in the low country, very common. Fl. Jan. -March,. 

 July; nearly white or pale blue, with dark-purple markings. 

 Also in the Indian Peninsula and China. 



2. I. rotundifolia, Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 420 (1846). 



Gratiola rotundifolia, L., Moon Cat. 4. /. hyssopioides (part), Thw. 

 Enum. 219. C. P. 2407 (part). 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 284. Roxb. PI. Cor. t. 204. 



Stem creeping or diffuse, rooting at lower nodes, very 

 slender, glabrous ; 1. \-\ in., broadly oval, obtuse, entire, 

 glabrous, 3-5-veined ; fl. .solitary, axillary, ped. exceeding 1.; 

 sep. linear-lanceolate, acute ; capsule globose, about as long 

 as sep. 



