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6. HERPESTIS. 



Note. The Indian species all belong to the section, with snb -equal 

 corolla lobes and stamens, and capitate 2-lobed stigmas (H.). 



H. monniera. A succulent plant, leaves obovate entire, 

 flowers solitary stalked, pale blue, calyx with 2 small bracts, 

 corolla lobes nearly equal, capsule ovoid. Bdmb, nirbrdhmi. 



Deccan and Konkan ; Mahableshwar. Dr. Cooke. Marshes through- 

 out India and in all warm countries (-ff.). Generally to be met with 

 on the margins of tanks (#) 



H. Hamiltoniana, small stout erect, leaves lanceolate entire, flowers 

 sessile axillary, upper lobe of calyx very broad cordate, capsule 

 round. At Malwan, plentiful (Z>.). 



7. DOP ATRIUM. 



D. junceum. Stem naked, leaves mostly radical, thick, 

 obJong lanceolate blunt, stem leaves like scales, flowers solitary 

 sessile or on slender stalks, pink, capsule round. 



S. Konkan. Swampy places, common (D.). Throughout India 

 (JET.). 



8. TORENIA. 



T. Asiatica. Diffuse or prostrate,. leaves petioled, triangular 

 crenate serrate, calyx 2-lipped, winged, flowers shaded, lateral 

 lobes and lower lip dark purple. 



I take this to be the common and handsome garden plant, often 

 called " the Belgaum violet," and found wild in S. Konkan; and I 

 suppose it to be D.'s T. bicolor, though H. does not so identify it. 

 T. cordifolia is erect or trailing, with square stem, leaves ovate crenate, 

 not cordate, flowers of 2 shades of purple, calyx winged. S. Konkan. 

 *T. bicolor has flowers dark blue, or violet and white, and the calyx 

 not winged. H. says that the species are imperfectly characterized, 

 and 1 can throw no light on them from the specimens I have seen. 



9. YANDELLIA. 



1. F. Crustacea. Diffuse, smooth, with square stem, leaves 

 ovate, coarsely crenated, flowers light purple, calyx segments 

 lanceolate ribbed, capsule oval as long as the calyx. 



Growing everywhere. Throughout India, a weed, and throughout 

 the tropics of the old world (#.) It is very like a diminutive of 

 Torenia cordifolia. 



2. V. hirsuta. Erect, branched, stems square, pedicels and 

 calyx hairy and glandular, leaves sessile ovate crenated, flowers 

 dull white in long racemes, capsule ovate or roundish. 



In watercourses, S. Konkar. Vingorla (P.). 



