VANDELLIA.] SCROPHULARIACE&. 149 



Leaves with 3-5 parallel nerves ; calyx 

 divided to the base, shorter than the 

 ovoid orbicular capsule . . . 5. V. pyxidaria. 



1. V. Crustacea, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 35 ; F.B I. iv, 279 ; Collett Fl. 

 Bivnl. 354 ; Prain Beng. PI. 768 ; Coofce Fl. Bomb, ii, 295. Torenia 

 varians, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 96. Gratiola lucida, Vahl. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 138. 



A glabrous or sparsely hairy annual, 4-18 in. high, diffusely branched 

 from the base ; stems angular. Leaves shortly petioled, f~J in. long, 

 ovate or lanceolate, sub-acute, margins with shallow teeth or sub-entire. 

 Flowers axillary and sub -racemose at the ends of the branches ; pedicels 

 |-1 in. long, slender, stiff. Calyx - in. long in flower, elongating 

 in fruit, 5-ribbed, not divided beyond the middle ; teeth triangular, 

 acute. Corolla - in. long, purplish or white. Capsule shorter 

 than the calyx, oblong-ovate, obtuse. 



A common weed within the area. DISTEIB. : Throughout India and 

 in Ceylon, Himalaya up to 4,000 ft., and generally scattered throughout 

 the tropics of the Old World. 



2. V. multiflora, G. Don 8yst. iv, 549 ; F.B.I. iv t 280 ; Prain 

 Beng. PL 768. Torenia multiflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi. 96. 



A small erect glabrous herb, somewhat succulent Stem 4-6 in. high, with 

 3-chotomous quadrangular branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; lowest 

 stalked, upper sessile, oblong ovate-oblong or obovate, obtuse, entire 

 sinuate or subserrate. Flowers minute, racemed, pedicels exceeding the 

 calyx- Calyx -^ in. long, divided to the base or nearly so ; segments 

 narrowly acuminate, lanceolate, Capsule about as long as the calyx, 

 suborbicular. with an acute apex. 



Guna in C. India (King). DISTRIB. t Behar, E. Bengal and S. India ; 

 Sarju Valley in Kumaon up to 4,000 ft. and eastwards to Assam. 



S.V.nummularifolia, Don Prod, 86 ; F.B.L iv, 282; Collett FL 8imL 

 354 ;Licdernia nummularifflfolia, WettstinEngl. andPrantl,Pfl.iv,3B, 79. 



An erect glabrous herb, simple or branching from the base, branches 

 2-6 in. locg, divaricate, not rooting. Leaves sessile or shortly stalked, 

 -f in. lonjr, broadly ovate obovate or euborbicular, crenate-serrate, 

 nerves su I flat el late. Pedicels very slender, or in subumbellate or 

 few-flowered racemes longer than the leaves. Calyx % in. long, 

 divided half-way or to the base when in fruit, teeth acute. Corolla ^ 

 in. long, reddish-purple, lateral lobes of lower hp white. Capsule % in. 

 long, ellipsoid, acute, longer than the calyx. 



Dehra Dun (Duthie). DISTRIB.: Himalaya from Kashmir to gikkim up 

 to 7,000 ft., and on the Khasia Hills ; also in Trop. Africa. 



4. V. pedunculata, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 37 ; F.B.L iv, 282; Prain. 

 Beng. PI. 769; Coofce Fl. Bomb, ii, 295. Torenia diffusa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii, 95. 



