288 cm. SCROPHULARINE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Glossostigma. 



fluent. Ovary perfectly or imperfectly 2-celled ; style short, stigma dilated 

 spathulate recurved. Capsule included in the calyx, loculicidal ; valves 

 entire, separating from a columnar axis. Seeds small, ovoid. Species 3, all 

 Australian, one of them widely dispersed. 



G-. spatlmlatum, Arn. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. 355 ; leaves 

 narrowly spathulate, calyx 3-lobed, stamens 2. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 

 426 ; Dalz. # Gibs. JBomb. Fl. 180 ; Miquel Fl. 2nd. Sat. ii. 699. Limo- 

 sella diandra, Linn. Mant. 252 (the Indian plant) ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 91 ; 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 102, t. 458, f. 12. Microcarpsea spathulata, Benth. Scroph. 

 Ind. 31; Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 101, Suppl. t. 4. Pasderota 

 minima, Retz Obs. v. 10. 



UPPEE GANGETIC plain, Boyle, Thomson. BEHAR, J. D. H. The DECCAN 

 PENINSULA, common. , CEYLON, Gardner. DISTEIB. Tropical Africa and Australia. 



A very weak densely tufted creeping rooting herb like Limosella. Leaves ^-^ in. 

 long, tapering into a petiole of variable length. Pedicels slender, shorter than the 

 leaves. Calyx J, in. long. Corolla blue, tube included. Capsule about as long as 

 the calyx. Griffith's Microcarpcea diandra differs from this in the sessile flowersf<aud 

 5-partite calyx. 



31. LIMOSELLA, Linn. 



Small tufted creeping glabrous marsh- or water-herbs. Leaves opposite 

 or fascicled or rarely alternate, long petioled, linear or spathulate, quite 

 entire. Flowers minute, axillary, ebracteolate. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla subrotate or campanulate; lobes 5, subequal. Stamens 

 4, filaments filiform ; anthers confluent, 1- celled. Ovary 2-celled at the base ; 

 style short, stigma incurved capitate. Capsule obscurely dehiscent, valves 

 thin. Seeds many, small, ovoid, rugulose. Species 5 or 6, very variable and 

 widely distributed. 



Zi. aquatica, Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 426 ; leaves long- 

 petioled narrowly spathulate, corolla-lobes very short. Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 426 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 427 ; Gaertn. Fruct. i. 228, t. 50, f. 3; 

 Eeichb. Ic. Fl. Germ, t. 1722. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 ft., Thomson, &c. WESTERN TIBET; 

 alt. 13000-14500 ft., Thomson. DISTRIB. N. and S. temperate regions. 



Stems creeping. Leaves 1-2 in., long petioled. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 

 recurved in fruit. Corolla ^ in., pink or white. Capsule globose, \ in. diam. 



TRIBE VII. DZGZTAZ,E2E. 

 32. SIBTHORPIA, Linn. 



Hairy, creeping herbs. Leaves alternate, petioled, reniform or rounded, 

 crenate or pinnatifid. Flowers small, axillary, solitary or fascicled, ebracteo- 

 late. Calyx campanulate, 4-8-fid. Corolla subrotate ; lobes 4-8, spreading, 

 subequal. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes or one fewer ; anthers 

 sagittate, touching. Stigma capitate. Capsule membranous, compressed, 

 loculicidal, valves septiferous. Seeds few, piano- or concavo-convex, rugu- 

 lose. Species 6, W. Europe, Africa, the Himalaya and Andes. 



S. pinnata, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 959 ; leaves deeply pinnatifid or 

 pinnatisect. Mazus pinnatus, Wall. Cat. 3915. Ourisia pinnata, Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind. 47. Hornemannia pinnata, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 428. 



NEPAL, Wallich. 



