Plants of the Punjab. 



199 



_ Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals united. 

 Corolla two-lippbd. 



Torenia cordifolia, 



SCROPHULARIACE.E. 



F. B. I. iv. 276. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Koti. 



1-li 



Stamens pour. 



small, annual, stems and branches 4-angled ; leaves 

 in., ovate, sharply toothed, stalked ; flowers f in. 

 long, lilac or blue purple, solitary on axillary stalks, 

 crowded at the end of branches, calyx | in., ovoid or oblong, 

 winged, base rounded or heart-shaped, corolla 2-hpped, 

 upper lip erect, concave, notched, lower larger, spreading, 

 3-lobed, tube cylindrical, dilated above, stamens 4, in un- 

 equal pairs, style linear curved, stigma flat, 2-lobed ; capsule 

 oblong, short-pointed, seeds many, wrinkled. 



Vandellia Crustacea, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



Vandellia erecta, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



Vandellia 

 nummularifolia, 



Scrophulariace^. 



F. B. I. iv. 282. 



Himalaya, 



2-7,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Kasauli. 



f -4 in. 



small, smooth, annual, stem 4-angled ; leaves |-f 

 nearly round, round-toothed, sessile or nearly so ; flowers 

 I in. long, red-purple, edges white, on axillary stalks or 

 few-flowered racemes, calyx 5-toothed, ^ in., corolla 2* 

 lipped, upper lip erect, broad, concave, notched, lower 

 spreading, 3-lobed, stamens 4, lower pair with a broad 

 tooth, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule | in. long, much longer 

 than the calyx, long-pointed, seeds wrinkled. 



Vandellia 

 sessiliflora, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 282. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-7,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Hke the last species, except that the flowers are sessile 

 as the specific name implies. 



