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racemose, glandular and hairy, as well as the calyx. Margins of 

 ponds, &c. 



7. HERPESTES. 



1 . MONNIERIA, Kunth. nov. Gen. sp. ii, p 336. Glabrous, stem- 

 creeping; leaves obovate, oblong-obtuse, entire, rather fleshy; 

 peduncles longer than the leaf; flowers pale-blue. On the margins 

 of tanks; grows all over the world. Syn. Gratiola monniera, Linn, 

 sp. p 24 ; Lemosella calycina, Forsk. ; Septas repens, Lour. ; Bramia 

 indica, Lam., and no less than twelve others. 



2. HAMILTONIANA, Benth. DC. Prod. 10, p 400. Small, erect ; 

 leaves lanceolate entire, narrow at the base ; flowers subsessile, 

 axillary, opposite, solitary ; upper segment of calyx very broad, 

 cordate. At Malwan, plentiful. 



8. DOPATRIUM, Ham. 



1. JUNCEUM, Ham. Mss. Stem elongated, scarcely branched ; 

 floral leaves minute, obtuse ; lower ones obovate, entire ; capsule 

 globose ; corolla about three times longer than the calyx. In swampy 

 places, common. Syn. Gratiola juncea, lioxb. PI Cor, ii, p 18, 

 t. 129; Morgania juncea, Spr. syst. ii, p 803. 



9. BON NAY A, Link and Otto. 



1. BRACHIATA, Link and Otto, Abbild. ii, p 25, t. 9. Erect, 

 much-branched ; leaves sessile, oblong or obovate, sharply serrated ; 

 flowers racemose, pink; capsules spreading, twice the length of the 

 calyx. Pretty common in pastures during the rainy season. Syn. 

 Gratiola serrata, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 140; B pussilla, Benth. Scroph. 

 Ind. p 33. Stems 2 to 8 inches high. 



2. VERONIC^FOLIA, Spr. syst. i, p 41. Stem decumbent or 

 creeping at the base ; flower-bearing branches ascending ; leaves 

 subsessile, narrow at the base, oblong, rather thick, sharply ser- 

 rated, lower ones nearly entire ; flowers racemose ; capsules 2 to 

 3, longer than the calyx. Common. Syn. Gratiola veronicge- 

 folia, Retz. Obs. 4, p 8 ; Roxb. Cor. t. 154 ; B marginata, Spr. 

 syst. i, p 41 ; G racemosa, Roth. nov. sp. p 9. 



3. VERBEN^FOLIA, Spr. syst. i, p 42 Leaves subsessile, ob- 

 long-lanceolate or nearly linear, entire or serrated ; flowers race- 

 mose ; capsules 2 to 3 times longer than the calyx ; leaves narrower 

 and not so much serrated as in the preceding. Southern Concan. 

 Syn. Gratiola verbenae folia, Colsm. Vahl. Enum i, p 96 ; G race- 

 mosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 139 ; G roxburghiana, Rocm. and Schult. 

 syst. i, p 123. 



