Vandellia.] SCROPHULAEIACEM. 149 



Leaves with 3-5 parallel nerves ; calvx 

 divided to the ba«o, shorter than the 

 ovoid orbicular capsule . . . 5. V. pyxi<lnri(i. 



1. V. Crustacea, Benih. 8cro P h. Ind. 35 ; F.B I. iv, 279 ; Collett Fl. 



Biml. 354; Prain Beng. PL 768; Cooke Fl. Bom>>. ii, 296. Taenia 



varians, Roxb. Fl. Ind, iii, 96. Gratiola lucida. Vahl. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 



138. 



A glabrous or sparsely hairy annual, 4-18 in. high, diffusely branched 

 from the base ; stems angular. Leaves shortly petioled, $-$ in. long, 

 ovate or lanceolate, sub-acute, margins with si allow teeth or s>ub-entire. 

 Flowers axillary and sub-racemose at the ends of the branches ; pedicels 

 i-1* in- long, slender, stiff. Calyx H in- ^ng in flower, elongating 

 in fruit, 5-ribbed, not divided beyond the middle ; teeth trianguKr, 

 acute. Corolla H in. long, purplish or white. Capsule shorter 

 than the calyx, obWng-ovate, obtuse. 



A common weed within the area. Distrib. : Throughout India and 

 in Ceylon, Himalaya up to 4,000 ft., and generally scattered throughout 

 the tropics of the Old World. 



2. V. multiflora, Q. Don Byst. iv, 549 ; F.B.I, iv, 280 ; Prain 

 Be"9. PI- 768. Torenia multiflora, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 96. 



A small erect clabrous herb, s< mewhat succulent Stem 4-6 in. high, with 

 3-chotomous quadrangular branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; lowest 

 stalked, upper sessile, oblong ovate-oblong or obovate, obtuse, entire 

 sinuate or subserrate. Flowers minute, racemed, pedicels exceeding the 

 calyx- Calyx T^in. long, divided to the base or nearly so ; segments 

 narrowly acuminate, lanceolate, Capsule about as long as the calyx, 

 suborbicular with an acute apex. 



Guna in C. India (King). Distrib. : Behar, E. Bengal and S. India ; 

 Sarju Valley in Kumaon up to 4,000 ft. and eastwards to Assam. 



3. V. nummularifolia, Don Prod, 86 ; F.B.I, iv. 282; Collett Fl. Siml. 

 354 ;Licdernia nummularirofolia, Wettst-inEngl. andPrantl,Pfl.iv,3B, 79. 



An erect glabrous herb, simple or branching from the base, branches 

 2-6 in. lor.g, divaricate, not rooting. Leaves sessile or shortly stalked, 

 \-% in. long, broadly ovate obovate or suborbieular, crenate-serrate, 

 nerves sm flat el late. Pedicels very slender, or in subumbellate or 

 few-flowered racemes longer than the leaves. Calyx i in. long, 

 divided half-way or to the base when in fruit, teeth acute. Corolla V 

 in. long, reddish-purple, lateral lobes of lower lip white. Capsule^ in. 

 long, ellipsoid, acute, longer than the calyx. 



Dehra Dun (Duthie). I'istrib.: Himalaya frcm Kashmir to Eikkim up 

 to 7,000 ft. and on the Khasia Hills ; also in Trop. Africa. 



4. V. pedunculata, Benth. 8croph. Ind. 37; F.B.I, iv, 282; Prain. 

 Beng. PL 769; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 295. Torenia diffusa, Roxb. FL Ind. 

 iii, 95. 



