268 cm. SCROPHULAHINE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) \Limnopldla. 



9. Zi. pygrmaea, HooTc.f. ; glabrous, much branched, creeping, branches 

 4-6 in. divaricate, leaves all opposite sessile oblong-lanceolate acute sub- 

 serrate, nerves very obscure, flowers axillary solitary, pedicels equalling or 

 exceeding the calyx erect in fruit, calyx in. hirsute, lobes subulate-lanceolate 

 fruiting striate. Herpestis pygmsea, Griff. Notul. iv. 104. Stemodia diffusa, 

 Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3937. 



TENASSERIM ; at Tavoy, Gomez, Heifer; Mergui, Griffith. MALACCA, Griffith,- 



Very near to L. laxa, but much smaller, more glabrous, with leaves less than ^ iu. 

 long. 



ftt Leaves some or most Z-A-nately whorled, sometimes all opposite in L. 

 gratissima and hirsuta. 



10. Zi. gratissima, Slume Bijd. 749; erect, 1-2 ft., glabrous, leaves 

 opposite and 3-nately whorled |-amplexicaul linear-oblong subacute serru- 

 late, flowers in axillary and terminal many-fld. racemes rarely solitary, calyx 

 usually shorter than the pedicels glabrate, lobes lanceolate acuminate fruit- 

 ing striate. Benth. Scroph. 2nd. 26 ; Wall. Cat. 3906 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 177. L. punctata, Blume I.e. 750; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 388; 

 Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 682; Maxim. Diagn. PI. Nov. Dec. xix. 406. 

 Gratiola aromatica, Pers. Synops. i. 14. Ambulia aromatica, LamJc. Encycl. 

 i. 128. Eheede Sort. Mai. x. 6. 



Watery places. CACHAE, Keenan. PEGU, Kurz. MALACCA, Maingay. The 

 DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, common. DISTBIB. 

 Malay and Philippine Islands, China, Japan, N. Australia. 



Stem stout, simple, rarely branched above. Leaves l|-2j in., nerves few and 

 faint. Racemes sometimes 1 foot long and paniculately branched, with the flowers 

 whorled, at others few-fld., or flower solitary and axillary; pedicels ^-1 in., glandular; 

 bracteoles minute. Calyx \ in. long, glandular, fruiting hemispheric. Corolla % in. 

 long. Capsule oblong, acute. Blume's L. gratissima is the typical form of this 

 plant, L. punctata being a reduced state with solitary flowers in the axils. 



11. I. hirsuta, BentJi. in DC. Prodr. x. 388; erect, stem 6-18 in. 

 hirsute rarely glabrate, leaves opposite or 3-4-nately whorled sessile or 

 narrowed into a short petiole elliptic linear-oblong or subspathulate serrulate, 

 nerves very obscure, flowers axillary solitary or cymose or panicled at the 

 top of the stem, pedicels long or short, calyx hirsute, lobes lanceolate finely 

 acuminate fruiting striate. Stemodia hirsuta, Seyne ; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 

 24; Wall. Cat. 3930. Ambulia ebracteata, Her b.' Ham. 



Wet places, from ASSAM to CHITTAGONG and the NICOBAR ISLANDS. DECCAN 

 PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, common. DISTKLB. Borneo, 

 China. 



Best distinguished from L. gratissima by its pubescence, less racemose inflorescence, 

 and more orbicular capsule. There are what appear to be glabrous states of it from 

 Chota Nagpore (Ranchee, alt. 2000ft., Clarke) and Balaghat (Wight) with always 

 opposite leaves. 



12. Xi. polyantha, Kurz mss. ; glandular-pubescent, stem slender 

 6-18 in., leaves 4-nately whorled ^-amplexicaul linear serrulate, nerves 

 obscure, cymes terminal panicled, flowers very numerous small shortly 

 pedicelled, calyx ^ in., lobes subulate fruiting not striate. 



Marshes. SIKKIM TERAI, Herb. Griffith ; Siligoree, Clarice. PEGU, Kurz. 

 A graceful species, conspicuous for the copious minute flowers in a subpyramidal 

 inflorescence. Leaves -! in., all whorled except in starved forms. Peduncles and 



