98. SCROPSULARIACEM. [13. Limnophila. 



loose bracteate spikes or solitary axillary ; bi-acteolate. Calyx •12-"2", 

 glandular pubescent with linear acuminate lobes. Capsule "OS-'l" 

 ellipsoid shining papery or membranous, falling before dehiscing or 

 very tardily dehiscent. Seeds short oblong angled, shining. 



Rice fields and watery places. Purneah, common ! Singbhum ! Manbhum, Camp.l 

 Ranchi, Clurkc ! Sambalpur 1 Fl., Fr. c.s. 



Leaves narrowed at the base; petiole occasionall.y '25" long, often 0. Spikes 

 sometimes up to 2" in length and compound with lowest flowers sometimes 

 shortlj- pedicelled. rhachis pubescent, bracts opposite or alternate, bracteoles 

 shorter than the calyx, linear. Calyx deeply 5-fid, striate in fruit. Corolla tube 

 nearly straight, slightly inflated below, 2 upper lobes exterior in bud, purple, 

 throat yellowish and tube hairy within, lobes semi-orbicular. 



3. L. diffusa, Benth. 



Scarcely appears to be more than a variety of L. conferta, with 

 pubescent more strongly nerved crenate-serrate leaves and often 

 racemose flowers or flowers in short axillary cymes or long spikes or 

 racemes, 



Singbhum ! Purneah, Eitrz ! Fl., Fr. c.s. 



4. L. hypericifolia, Benth. 



Erect, or decumbent below, 6-18" high, glabrous except the gland- 

 pubescent inflorescence. Leaves opp. entire or denticiilate, To-l'S" 

 long, half-amplexicaul, elliptic- or ovate-oblong, with 1-2 nerves from 

 the base each side of the mid-rib. Flowers o-Q" long, rose-purple, 

 sessile in the axils of the floral leaves or bracts which are opposite or 

 alternate. Calyx ■2-*25", ribbed, Avith stalked glands, lobes linear or 

 lanceolate (ovate, F.B.I.) acuminate, membranous in fruit. Capsule 

 broadly elliptic. 



Watercourses below Neterhat, 3000 ft. Palamau ! Fl. Oct. 



It differs from the description of the species in the F.B.I, hy being glandular 

 pubescent above and by the calyx-lobes being lanceolate, not ovate. Leaves 

 punctate, rather thick, base broad, obtuse. Bracts with sub-cordate base, leaf-like 

 but usually onlj- 'Jr-'o", very glandular. Bracteoles narrowly linear-subulate 

 •2" long. Calyx lobes with membranous margins. Corolla densely glandular, 

 upper lip exterior in bud, posterior lobe largest broadly oblo:ig, side lobes small 

 rounded. 



5. L. gratissima, Bhime. 



An erect glabrous species also a good deal resembling L. conferta, 

 with opposite or some 3-4-nately whorled, scarcely petioled, very 

 punctate, oblong leaves l".5-2"5" long, half-amplexicaul and often 

 attenuate at the base. Flowers •3o-'6* long in axillary and terminal 

 many-fld. racemes with pedicels •3-"4* long. Calyx •2-"25" long, striate 

 with veins. Capsule '2" oblong acute. 



Waterj' places. Hazaribagh, Clarke ! Fl. Oct. 



Leaf margin thickened, sharplj- serrate to shallowlj- serrulate. Bracteoles 

 acicular, "Oi-'OS", 



6. L. hirsuta, Benth. 



A pretty marsh herb with hollow purplish usually hairy stems 

 1-2 ft. high, opposite and 3-4-nate oblong or elliptic-oblong gland- 

 dotted serrate leaves about 1" long, sessile or narrowed into a short 

 petiole, and many 1-2-nate axillary pedicelled flowers 'o" long, sometimes 

 eymose or panicled at the top of the stem. Calyx •27-'3" long, thinly 



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