98. SCROPRULARIACEJE. [15. Vandellia. 



pedicels •13-25" long'. Calyx 2" long, lobed almost to the base with 

 linear-subulate finely aristate sepals. Capsule linear-oblong acute 

 •5" long. 



Frequent in damp pastures, rice-fields, etc. Sing-bhum ! Ranchi, Cal. Herb. ! 

 Gaya, Cal.Herh.l Manbhum, Camp.l Hazaribag-h, Cal. Herb. [ Probably in all 

 districts. Fl , Fr. r.s. 



Stems, branches and peduncles 4.-angled. L. sometimes very minutely hirtellous 

 beneath. Bracts linear-subulate '17". Seeds usuallj- truncate both ends. Corolla 

 white with lilac spots on the lip. 



8. Y. cordifolia, G. Don. Syn. Torenia diffusa, Roxb. (exc. syn.) ; 



Gratiola cordifolia, Vahl. (1805); Vandellia pedunculata, Benth. 



(1835) ; Torenia diffusa, Roxh. ; Bonnaya cordifolia, Spreng. 

 A small glabrous diffusely branched herb with diffuse stems 

 2-12" long sometimes procumbent and rooting. Leaves subsessile 

 and shortly petioled, B-"?" rarely "9" ovate or oblong-ovate obtuse or 

 subacute, glabrous, crenate-serrate, base usually cordate. Flowers 

 •3-"35" axillary not racemed, with long-spreading pedicels "7-1" long. 

 Calyx "IS-'IT" glabrous. Corolla white or pale blue or with a pale 

 violet margin, lower lip with a Avhite or yellow spot. Capsule linear- 

 lanceolate •3-'4" long, very acute, often -V broad at base. 



Purneah, Cal. Herb., J.D.H. ! Sambalpur, Cal. Herb. ! In rice-fields. Probably 

 in all districts. Fl., Fr. May-Dec. 



L. often very shallowly or obscurely crenate. Fls. iip to "37" long- in some 

 specimens. Peduncles scattered erect in flower, spreading or reflexed in fruit. 

 Sepals subulate. 



Benfham says that it is scarcelj' distinguishable from Bonnaya grandijlora {vide 

 T', vero7iic(pf'olia), 



9. Y. veronicsefolia, comb. nov. Syn. Bonnaya veronicsefolia, Spreng. ; 



Gratiola veronicsefolia, Retz.; Bonnaya grandiflora, Spreng. 

 A herb with very numerous prostrate often rooting square branches 

 4-10" long. Leaves oblong or elliptic usually tapering somewhat at 

 base into a very short petiole or subsessile above, distinctly but rather 

 distantly serrate, •5-1-25" long. Flowers blue, pinkish or white 

 axillary, •4-"5" long. Calyx •2-'25" in fruit. Stamens 2 upper perfect 

 with fertile anthers, two lower longer with outwardly curved sterile 

 filaments yellow. Fruiting pedicels divaricate •4-'75", Capsule 

 linear •5-"0". 



Wet ground. Bettiah. Hiero»i/v7i(s\ Santal Parg., Kiirzl Ranchi, Clarke I 

 Singbhum ! FL. Fr. r.s. and c.s. 



It has been stated that T'. cordifolia (— T. pedunculata) can only be distinguished 

 from this species by the two pairs of fertile anthers. If this be so it seems to me 

 that they should be treated as sexual forms of the same species until physiological 

 tests prove them to be distinct. In the present case, however, it seems to me that 

 F. cordifolia is distinguishable from T", veroniccefolia as limited above hx its more 

 ovate leaves, shorter calyx, relatively longer pedicels and characters given below. 



L. with very obscure lateral nerves, quite glabrous, acute or subacute. Flowers 

 in my specimens not racemose (Boimai/a ffrandiflora, Sprengel), in others {B. veroni- 

 ccefolia, Spreng.) the.v become racemose. The two species should perhaps be kepD 

 distinct, true veroniccefolia having also somewhat shorter flower 'S" and sepals in 

 flower ■15-'2" as in the next species. Apart from the stamens other characters 

 separating T'. cordifolia and T'. veroniccefolia appear to be as follows :— 

 L. mostly under '7" ovate coi'date. shallowly crenate. Peduncles 



alternate. Capsule 1" wide at base, tapering . , . ,8. cordifolia. 

 L. more or less elliptic or oblong or if ovate mostly over "7", 

 serrate or crenate-serrate. Peduncles mostly opposite. Cap- 

 sule slender uniform "O?" wide 9. veroniccefolia. 



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