DOPATEIDM. ] SCROPRULARIACEJE. 147 



VAB. elongata. Benth. Stem very long ; upper leaves opposite, entire ; 

 submerged leaves capillaceo-nmltifid. -Moradabad (T. Thomson), Oudh 

 {Wallich), extending to the Central Provinces and the Deocan. 



11. DOP ATRIUM, Buch.-Ham. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 273. 



Glabrous slender annual marsh herbs. Leaves few, opposite ; lower 

 pairs small, the upper minute, remote. Flowers small, solitary, 

 axillary, usually violet ; pedicels filiform or none, bracteoles none. 

 Calyx small, S-partite ; lobes narrow, imbricate, Corolla 2-lipped ; 

 tube slender below, dilated into a broad tbroat ; upper lip outside in 

 bud, 2-fid. ; lower broad, 3-lobed, spreading. Stamens 2. upper only 

 perfect, included ; anther-cells parallel, distinct, equal ; stami nodes 2, 

 minute, included within the tube. Ovary 2-oelied, style short, stigma 

 2-lamellate. Fruit a small globose or oblong capsule, opening loculi- 

 cidally, the valves placentiferous, Seeds many, very small, tuber- 

 culate. Species 12, in Asia, Africa and Australia. 



D. junceum, Buch Ham. in Benth. 8croph. Ind. 31; F.B.I. iv t 274 ; 

 Prain Beng. PI. 766; Coo ke Fl. Bomb. ii,292. Gratiola juncea, Roxb.; Pi. 

 Ind. i, 142. 



Bather fleshy : stems erect, 6-12 in. high, branched from the base, lower 

 portion swollen and spongy. Leaves few, sessile ; the lower oblong or 

 obovate, obtuse or subacute, entire upper much smaller, in pairs and 

 remote. Flowers subracemose, in opposite distant pairs, sessile or shortly 

 stalked ; pedicels (when present) filiform, erect in fruit. Calyx-lobes 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla ^-g- i n - l n g pinkish-violet. Capsules -^ in. in 

 diam, globose. Seeds minute, tuberculate. 



In rice-fields and swampy ground, flowering in rainy season. DISTRIB.; 

 Throughout India and in Ceylon ; Himalaya, in Brit. Garhwal and 

 Kumaon at low elevations ; extending to the Malay Islands, China, 

 Japan and Philippines to Australia. 



12. TORENIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 275. 



Glabrous or pubescent herbs. Leaves opposite, entire, crenate or 

 serrate, Flowers often showy, axillary or in terminal or pseudo-axillary 

 umbels or racemes, bracteoles none. Calyx tubular, 3- 5 -winged or 

 -folded or -keeled, 2-lipped or 3-5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, tube 

 cylindric, somewhat curved and dilated upwards ; upper lip concave or 

 pinched, notched or 2-fid. ; lower larger, spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 

 didynamoue, all perfect, 2 upper included, 2 lower adnate to the 

 throat, appendaged or not at tbe base and conniveut under the upper 

 lip, cells often confluent. Ovary 2-celled, style slender, stigma 



