XC. SCROPHULARIACE^. 295 



Calyx not divided below the middle ; capsule oblong-ellipsoid. 1. V. Crustacea. 

 Calyx partite to the base or nearly so. 



Capsule subglobose, equalling or shorter than the calyx ... 2. V. hirsiita. 



Capsule linear-lanceolate, much longer than the calyx 3. V. pedunculata. 



1. Vandellia Crustacea, Benth. ScrojyJi. Ind. (]835) p. 35. A 

 diffuse glabrous or sparsely hairy annual 4-18 in. high, much-branched 

 from the base ; stems slender, angular. Leaves |-| by ^-| in., ovate, 

 subacute, coarsely but shallowly serrate or subentire, glabrous ; petioles 

 ^-| in. long. Flowers axillary and subracemose at the ends of the 

 branches ; pedicels |-lg in. long, slender, strict. Calyx ^— i- in. long in 

 flower, elongating to | in. long in fruit, 5-ribbed, divided about 5-way 

 down; teeth triangular, acute. Corolla 5 in. long, purplish. Capsules 

 1 in. long, ellipsoid-oblong, obtiise. Seeds about 3L in. long, 

 ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 279 ; Grab. Cat. p. 144 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 180 ; Wight, Icon. t. 8G3 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 250 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 174.— Flowers : Aug. 



KoNKAN : Neral, Woodrow ; Matheran, Woodrow ; Ghotwade near Jambalpada, 

 Kanitkar\ — Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Tropics of the Old World. 



2. Vandellia hirsuta, Buch.-Ham. in Benili. ScropJi. Ind. (1835) 

 p. 36. 8tem short, erect, with many long branches from near the base, 

 clothed with spreading hairs. Leaves 1-2 by |-1 in., elliptic, subacute, 

 crenate, serrate-dentate or subentire, more or less hairy on both sides, 

 the lower leaves tapering into a broad petiole, the upper nearly sessile. 

 Flowers in lax axillary and terminal racemes ; pedicels ^-| in. long, 

 slender ; bracts beneath the pedicels J^ in. long, lanceolate, acute. 

 Calyx ^-^ in. long, divided to the base ; sepals linear-lanceolate, hairy, 

 exceeding the capsule. Corolla j in. long, pale-violet. Capsules sub- 

 globose, -^ in. long. Seeds about -^-^ in. long, truncate at both ends, 

 yellowish. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 280 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 179 ; Trim.Fl. Ceyl. 

 v. 3, p. 250; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 12 (1898) p. 174."— 

 Flowers : Sept. 



Tolerably common in the Konkan. Konkan: Law], S/ocks I -jYingorla, DaLcUl; 

 Kalyan, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Bential and Sikkim to Ava, W. Peninsula) ; 

 Ceylon, Java, Borneo, China, Philippine Islands. 



3. Vandellia pedunculata, Be7itJi. Scroph. Ind. (1835) p. 37. A 

 small glabrous diflusely branched herb ; stem sometimes creeping at the 

 base and rooting at the nodes, 4-10 in. long, striate, often tinged with 

 purple. Leaves shortly petiolate or sometimes almost sessile, |-^ by 

 ^-i in., ovate, subacute, crenate-serrate, glabrous, base subcordate. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary ; pedicels f-l^ in. long. Calyx 1 in. long, 

 divided to the base ; sepals lanceolate, very acute. Corolla | in. long, 

 usually white with a pale \dolet margin, the lower lip marked with a 

 yellow spot. Capsules twice as long as the calyx, linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 tipped by the persistent style-base. Seeds scarcely ^ in. long, ellipsoid. 

 Fl. B. J. V. 4, p. 282 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 179 ; Trim. ¥\. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 251. 

 Vandellia Roxhurghii, G. Don, Gen. Syst. v. 4 (1837) p. 549 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 144.— Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Not common in the Bombay Presidency. Konkan: Stocks I; Vingorla, Dalzelll— 

 Distrib. More or less throughout India in damp places such as rice-fields; Ceylon, 

 Borneo, China, Cochin-China. 



