13. LiMNOPHiLA.] 98. SCROPHVLABIACEJE. 



glandular-pubescent or hirsute, lobes narrowly lanceolate acuminate, 

 striate in fruit. Corolla- tube exserted reddish, lobes violet small "lo", 

 expanded corolla ••i5--5" diam. Capsule broadly ellipsoid. 

 Purneah ! Ranchi, Clarke ! Fl.. Fr., c.s. 



Stems hollow, terete, sometimes decumbent below. Leaves with 

 broad amplexicaul base below, aromatic, widest about the middle. 

 Sec. n. 3-4 faint unbranched. Floral leaves exceeding the slender 

 ■3-*5" pedicels, bracteoles one-third the calyx, filiform. Upper corolla- 

 lobes rounded, lateral broadly oblong "lo", anterior similar. 



Var. Clarkei. 



Glabrous with much broader elliptic leaves. This is placed under L. hirsuta by 

 looker. The leaves are opposite and it is difficult to distinguish it from L. gratis- 

 fima except by the more cymose inflorescence and, Hooker says, by the more 

 orbicular capsule. Ranchi, Clarke. 



7. L. gratioloides, Br. ; Karpur, Beng. ; Nanha Hemcha, S. 



A common small marsh plant much resembling L. sessilifiora in 

 habit, aromatic puberulous and glandular all over, or glabrous, with 

 pinnatifid whorled leaves and pedicelled Avhite or pinkish axillary 

 flowers, the pedicels of which elongate in fruit, attaining 7-1" in 

 length. Fls. •4—"5". Calyx with linear sepals •15-"2", in fruit hemi- 

 spheric with broader acuminate sepals, midribs usually evident, but 

 not striate. 



Marshes, tanks, etc. N. Bengal, Kurz ! Monghyr ! Gya, Cat. Herb. ! Manbhum, 

 Camp.l Singbhum, common ! Sambalpur, Gri^. ! 2\o doubt therefore in all districts. 

 Fl., Fr. Sept.-Feb, 



Lower leaves often capillaceo-multifid, uppermost rarely entire. Some of my 

 specimens have 12-14 leaves in a whorl, cuneate-pinnatifid, "5", submersed much 

 longer and multifid. Calyx glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Cor. white or pale- 

 purple ; I have never seen it dark purple in this species. Bracteoles linear. 

 Fruiting .sepals occasionally 3-nerved. Cap.sule broadly elhpsoid, o". 



8. L. racemosa, Benth. 



Robust below and stems 10"-2 ft. (F.B.I.), piibescent or hirsute, 

 sometimes glabrous {F.B.I.). Lower leaves very flaccid and capillaceo- 

 multifid, uppermost oblong prominently 3-5-nerved and serrate 

 •5-l"5" long, intermediate with intermediate characters. Flowers 

 •4-"5", short- to long-pedicelled in erect terminal racemes. Calyx '15" 

 (•25", F.B.I.), lobes with thick centre and slender points, ovate acumi- 

 nate in fruit. Corolla bluish or purple, fragrant. Capsule almost 

 globose. 



Purneah, Eurz ! Fl., Fr. Oct.-Jan. 



9. L. sessilifiora, Blume. 



An elegant little plant growing in masses in water or swampy 

 places, smelling strongly of musk, with pubescent stems 4-8" long 

 and 4-8-nately Avhorled lobulate and pinnatisect leaves 'S-b" long, or 

 upper leaves sometimes '7" and less divided, and opposite solitary 

 axillary sessile light-purple flowers •4-"o" long. Capsule orbicular 

 turgid 17". 



In watery places. Purneah, common! Sambalpur, Griff [ Said to be common 

 throughout India but these are the only specimens from our area. Fl., Fr. 

 Sept.-Nov. 



A variable plant and possibly a species composed of sessile-fld. forms of 



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