290 XC. SCROPHULAllIACE.I. 



in fruit ; segments g in. long, subequal, linear-lanceolate, very acute, 

 the tips spreading. Corolla about ^ in. long, violet-pink. Capsules 

 g in. long, broadly ellipsoid, enclosed in the striate persistent calyx. 

 Seeds scarcely -^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 266; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 177 ; Trim. Fl Ceyl. v. 3, p. 243 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1898) p. 174.— Flowers : Nov. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! ; Malwan, Balsell ! Kanara : Kumpta in rice-fields, Woodrow. — 

 DiSTRiB. More or less tliroiighout India ; Ceylon. 



3. Limnophila gratissima, Blume, Bijdr. (1826) p. 749. Stem 

 decumbent at the base, copiously rooting at the lower nodes, then erect, 

 not much branched, 12-20 in. long, stout, terete, spongy, glabrous, 

 striate. Leaves 1-2 by -^—| in., opposite, or more commonly in whorls 

 of 3, sessile, ^-amplexicaul, lanceolate-oblong, acute, sharply serrate, 

 glabrous ; nerves few, inconspicuous. Flowers on long slender glandular 

 pedicels, solitary and axillary, or in axillary and terminal racemes ; 

 bracteoles beneath the calyx -^ in. long, linear-subulate ; pedicels |-1 in. 

 long. Calyx \ in. long, not divided quite to the base, glandular, 

 becoming striate in fruit ; segments lanceolate, acute, subequal, with 

 spreading tips. Corolla | in. long, purplish. Capsules rather less than 

 \ in. long, ovoid-oblong, covered by the striate calyx. Seeds about -^ in. 

 long, truncate at both ends. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 268 ; Grab. Cat. p. 144 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 177; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 243. 



Margins of ponds, Balzell ^ Gibson. Konkan: Stocks], Law] — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula) ; Cejlou, Malay and Philippine Islands, China, Japan, N. Australia. 



4. Limnophila polystachya, Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) p. 26. 

 Floating, glabrous or minutely puberulous ; stem 6-24 in. long, erect or 

 ascending from the floating portion which is densely clothed with multifid 

 leaves. Lower leaves capillaceo-multifid ; upper leaves opposite or 3-4- 

 nately whorled (or in the case of very small plants all the leaves 

 pinnatisect), linear-oblong or lanceolate, sessile, f-l| by Yff~i ^^'j 

 crenulate ; nerves 3-5, running from the base to the tip. Flowers 

 sessile, in terminal and axillary often divaricately branched slender 

 spikes 2-3 in. long ; bracteoles -jV^s ^^- -^^^S' linear-lanceolate. Calyx 

 g in. long, membranous, glabrous, not striate in fruit, divided about 

 ^-way down or less ; segments deltoid-ovate, acute, subequal. Corolla 

 \ in. long, white. Capsules y^^-g in. long, subglobose. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 269 ; Wight, Icon. t. 860 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 174. — Flowers : Jan. 



Not common. S. M. Country : Belgaum, Cooke ! Kanara : N. Kanara, Woodrow. — 

 Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



5. Limnophila sessiliflora, Blume, Bijdr. (1826) p. 749. Stem 

 glabrous or pubescent. Leaves sessile ; the upper often undivided, 

 lanceolate, acute, serrate or dentate, 3-nerved ; the lower pinnatisect 

 with numerous very narrow segments, rarely capillaceo-multifid. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, sessile or shortly pedicellate, or the terminal arranged 

 in a short spike or raceme. Calyx membranous, rather less than \ in. 

 long, clothed with short gland-tipped hairs, divided about |-way down, 

 not striate in fruit ; segments lanceolate, long-pointed, very acute. 

 Corolla I in. long, pink. Capsules i in. long, subglobose, glabrous. 

 Seeds about -^^ in. long, truncate at both ends. Fl. B. 1. v. 4, p. 270 ; 



