Dofatbxom. ] 8CROPHVLARIACEM. 147 



Var. clongata. Bonth. — Stan very long ; upper loaves opposite, entire ; 

 submerged loaves o ipillaoeo-multifid. - MotMikbaci ( I\ Thomson), Oudh 

 (Wallich), extending to the Central Provinces and tho Doccan. 



11. DOPATRIUM, Bach.-Ham. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 273. 



Glabrons slender annual marsh herbs. Leaves few, opposite ; lower 

 pairs small, the upper minute, remote. Flowers small, solitary, 

 axillary, usually violet ; pedicels filiform or non^, bl&oteolei none. 

 Calyx small, 5- partite ; lobes narrow, imbricate, Corolla 2-lipped ; 

 tube slender below, dilated into a broad throat ; upper lip outside in 

 bud, 2-fid. ; lower broad, 3-lobed, spreading. Stamens 2. upper only 

 perfect, included ; anther-cells parallel, distinct, e ]ua) ; stiminodes 2, 

 minute, included within the tube. Ovary 2*oelled, style short, stigma 

 2-lamellate. Fruit a small globose or oblong capsule, opening loculi- 

 cidally, the valves placentiferous, Seeds many, very small, tuber- 

 culate. — Species 12, in Asia, Africa and Australia. 



D. junceum, Buck — Ham. in Benth. 8croph. Ind. 31 ; F.B.I, iv, 274 ; 

 prain Beng. PI. 766; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii,292. Gratiola juncea, P»oxb.; Fl. 

 Ind. i, 142. 



Rather fleshy : stems erect, »3-12 in. high, branched from the base, lower 

 portion swollen and spongy. Leaves few, sessile ; the lower oblong or 

 fbovate, obtuse or subacute, entire upper much smaller, in pairs and 

 remote. Flowers subracemose, in opposite distant pairs, sessile or shortly 

 stalked ; pedioels (when present) filiform, erect in fruit. Calyx-lobes 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla $-$ in. long, pinkish-violet. Capsules y S in. in 

 diam, globose. Seeds minute, tuberculate. 



In rice-fields and swampy ground, flowering in rainy season. Distbib.; 

 Throughout India and in Ceylon ; Himalaya, in Brit. Garhwal and 

 Kumaon at low elevations ; extending to the Malay Islauds, China, 

 Japan and Philippines to Australia. 



12. TORENIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 275. 



Glabroua or pubescent herbs. Leaves opposite, entire, crenate or 

 serrate, Flowers often showy, axillary or in terminal or psendo-axillary 

 umbels or racernen, bracteoles none. Calyx tubular, 3-owinged or 

 -folded or -keeled, 2-linped or 3-5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, tube 

 cylindric, somewhat curved and dilated upwards ; upper lip concave or 

 pinched, notched or 2-fid. ; lower larger, spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 

 didynamouB, all perfect, 2 upper included, 2 lower adnate to the 

 throat, appendaged or not at the base and connivent under the upper 

 lip, cells often confluent. Ovary 2-celleJ, style slender, stigma 



