10. LiNDBNBERGiA.] 98. SGROPRULARIACEjE. 



bracteate, ebracteolate. Calyx campanulate, 5-fid. Corolla with 

 cylindrical tube, upper lip short broad, innermost (according to 

 F.B.I, it is the outer ; perhaps it varies in different species) in bud, 

 notched or 2-fid, loAver larger 3-lobed, spreading, base with two 

 plaits. Stamens 4 didynamous, included, anther-cells separate, 

 stipitate, all polleniferous. Capsule 2-grooved, loculicidal with entire 

 valves separating from the placentiferous axis. Seeds, numerous 

 minute. 



Tufted. L. sub-sessile, mostlj^ under -5" 1. polyantha. 



Erect, not tufted. Leaves 'o-l 5", membranous, with slender 

 pedicels 2. urticcefolia. 



1. L. polyantha, Royle. 



A tufted herb with usually several erect, sub-erect and diffuse, 

 rarely solitary glandular hairy stems 4-12" long. Leaves nearly 

 uniform, small, broadly ovate or elliptic, crenate, under -5", rarely 

 75" long with very short petioles, upper usually somewhat narrower 

 and bearing subsecund solitary tiowers in their axils. Flowers very 

 shortly pedicelled yellow -5" long. Stamens, two loAver longer, all 

 Avith purple anthers and distinct cells pendulous from the 2-fid 

 connective. Capsule ovoid -25" with a laterally compressed very acute 

 tip, slightly pubescent. 



On old walls. Purneah ! Monghyr, ioc/twoorf! Fl., Fr. c.s. 



The tufted appearance is sometimes due to single stems copiously branched at 

 the base. Bracteoles 0. Calyx campanulate -25" with long lax white hairs, lobed 

 about one-third way down, lobes oblong rounded. Corolla narrow erect, tube 

 exceeding the calyx, lower lip -12" broad, lobes rounded with reflexed margins, 

 upper hp lanceolate slightly hooded but with 2-lobed obtuse tip reflexed, both lips 

 hirsute withm, palate gibbous, brown dotted. Longer stamens finally exserted 

 from the sides, one anther-cell higher than the other. Seeds ellipsoid with a loose 

 delicately dotted testa, dots raised very close. 



2. L. urticsefolia, Lehm. 



An erect herb from 1" high with simple stem to 8" high, branched, 

 and hairy or nearly glabrous, not tufted. Leaves ovate serrate -5-2", 

 lower larger with slender petioles, upper smaller or passing into 

 bracts. Flowers small yellow about •3---i" long, 1-2 in the axils, 

 shortly pedicelled. Anthers all perfect, cells distinct, one stipitate. 

 Capsule -2" slightly Qixserted from the calyx, hairy, beaked. 



Rare. On walls and banks. Shahabad (Rhotas). Ketc Herb. I Parasnath ! 

 Ranchi ; Pitorea, JFoorf! Fl., Fr. end of r.s. and c.s. 



Leaves larger and more membranous than in L. polyantha. Petiole •2--75" long. 

 Fig. secund. Calyx •12-15" with 5 broad obtuse lobes, lobes recurved. Corolla 

 sparsely Imiry. Uvary pubescent. 



11. ADENOSMA, Br. 



Glandular herbs with opposite rugose crenulate leaves and flowers 

 axillary or in leafy spikes, racemes or heads. Sepals 5, often some- 

 times greatly enlarged in fruit. Corolla-tube cylindric, upper lip 

 erect entire or notched, lower spreading 3-lobed, base not plaited. 

 Stamens didynamous included ; anther- cells distinct, stipitate, one 

 cell empty or of the two anterior anthers only. Style dilated at the 



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