196 I.XXXV. GENTlANACi:.«. 



p. 641. Villarsia cristata, Sprenp;. Syst. v. 1, p. 582 ; Grab. Cat. p. 123, 

 MenyaniJies cristata, Koxb. Cor. PJ. v. 2, p. 3, t. 105. — Flowers : Api'.- 

 Sept. Vebn. Kumuclini. 



Common in tanks throughout the Presidency, where it is much more abiinclfint 

 than tlie last species. It may be found in the Deccau in the tank at Khaudala. — 

 DiSTRiB. Throughout India, common ; Ceylou, Cliina. 



3. Limnanthemum parvifolium, Griesh. in DC. Prodr. v. 9(1845) 

 p. 141. A small plant usually acpiatic, but sometimes apparently ter- 

 restrial. Ehizome small, erect, with numerous roots ; branches very 

 slender, 3-12 in. long, producing from the end a single leaf and a 

 cluster of flowers, but neither roots nor branches. Leaves of 2 kinds, 

 (1) radical leaves forming a rosette, and (2) leaves terminating the 

 branches ; the former ^-f iu- long, and about as broad as long, spathulate 

 or deltoid, obtuse, on very broad petioles |-1| in. long; the latter 

 (floating leaves when the plant grows in water) g-| by g-|in., broadly 

 ovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, deeply cordate, and with a wide 

 triangular sinus at the base, on a petiole ^-| in. long. Elo\\ers in 

 clusters of 3-10 from the ends of the branches; pedicels |-^ in. long. 

 Calyx divided almost to the base ; segments 4, oblong, acute, ^ in. long. 

 Corolla-lobes 4, oblong, subacute, fimbriate, slightly pilose, ^— ^ in. long. 

 Capsule ^ by j"^ in., oblong, apiculate, narrowed towards the base, the 

 seeds bulging. Seeds 15 or more, orbicular, lentiform, about -^ in. in 

 diara., sinning, microscopically nniriculate, brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 132 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 158 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 189. 



Common in tanks, but difficult to find owing to its small size, Bal-e.H ^- Gibson. 

 TvoNKAN : Mai wan, Dalzell cj- Gibson. Gujarat: Surat, Dalzell tf- Gibson. — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula, Chittagong) ; Ceylon. 



4. Limnanthemum aurantiacum, Dalz. in Keiv Joum. Bot. v. 2 

 (1850) p. 130. Ehizome elongate; branches often purplish-red, long, 

 not petiole-like, but with several nodes producing leaves and flowers. 

 Leaves alternate, 1-14 by I-I4 in., orbicular-ovate, rounded at the 

 apex, deeply cordate with a narrow triangular sinus and subacute basal 

 lobes, purple and dotted with black glands beneath ; petioles of the 

 radical leaves 4-G in. long, those of the upper leaves ^-3 in. long, 

 dilated and sheathing at the base, often purplish. Flowers deep-yellow, 

 few (1-3) from each node ; pedicels leaf-opposed 1-1| in. long, with 

 conspicuous bracts (? reduced or undeveloped leaves) beneafh. Calyx 

 i in. long ; lobes 5, oblong, acute, -^ in. long. Corolla-lobes 5, cuneate, 

 emai'ginate, fimbriate, ^i in- lo'Jg- Capsule subglohose, \ in. in diam., 

 apiculate, 10-20-seedecl. Seeds -jig- in. in diam., almost spherical, verv 

 finely pubescent. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 132 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 158 ; Trim. 

 FL Ceyl. v. 3, p. 190.— Flowers : Sept. 



Without locality, liitchie, ex Herb. Dabell, 1873! Konkan : Stocksl; Malwan, 

 Dalzell'. — DiSTKiB. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



Oedee LXXXVL HYDROPHYLLACEffi. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves radical or alternate (rarely opposite) ; 

 stipules 0. Flov\ ers hermaphrodite, regular, usually in scorpioid cymes, 

 M'hich are complete or loduced to geminate or solitary spikes or racemes, 



