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4. GRANDIFLORA, Spr. syst. i, p 41. Stem diffuse, rather 

 creeping ; ovate-oblong or lanceolate, sessile, serrated ; flowers 

 axillary, uppermost ones racemose ; capsules linear, scarcely twice 

 as long as the calyx. Southern Concan. Syn. Gratiola grandiflora, 

 Roxb. Cor. t. 179; G pulegiifolia, Vahl. Enum. i, 98; B pulegii- 

 folia, Spr. syst. i, p 41. 



5. OPPOSITIFOLIA, Spr. syst. i, 41. Erect; leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, slightly serrated ; lower peduncles opposite the leaves, 

 rerlexed in fruit, uppermost ones racemose ; capsules linear, 4 lines 

 long. The Concans. Syn. Gratiola oppositiiblia, Roxb. Cor. t. 

 155 ; G minima, Roth. nov. sp. p 8 (?). 



6. REPTANS, Spr. syst. i, p 41. Stem creeping and rooting; 

 leaves rounded or obovate-oblong, sharply serrated, narrowing into 

 the petiole ; capsules spreading, 2 to 3 times longer than the calyx. 

 Southern Concan. Syn. Gratiola reptans, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, p 140; 

 G melloides, Koen. in Vahl. Enum. i, p 99 ; Bonnaya melloides, 

 Spr. syst. i, p 41 ; G ciliata, Vahl. Enum. i, p 97 ; B ciliata, Spr. 

 syst. i, p 41. 



10. ILYSANTHES, Raan. 



1. I HYSSOPIOIDES, Benth. in DC. Prod. 10, p 149. Stem 

 diffuse, elongated, lax ; leaves oblong or lanceolate, remote, narrow 

 at the base, upper ones small-linear ; peduncles elongated, filiform ; 

 corolla 3 to 4 times longer than the calyx. Common in the rains. 

 Syn. Gratiola hyssopioides, Linn. Maut. p 174 ; Morgania hysso- 

 pioides, Spr. syst. ii, p 803; Bonnaya hyssopioides, Benth. Scroph. 

 Ind. p 34 ; Wight Ic. 857. 



11. VANDELLIA. 



1. V HIRSUTA, Ham. in Benth. Scroph. Ind. p 36. Hirsute, 

 erect, much-branched ; leaves ovate-crenate, lower ones narrowing 

 into the petiole, upper sessile, or slightly stem-clasping; racemes 

 elongated (2 inches) ; calyx-segments lanceolate-subulate ; capsules 

 subglobose. Vingorla. Syn. Gratiola viscosa, Hornem. Hort. 

 Hafu. p 19 ; Hornemannia viscosa, Willd. Enum. p 6-54 ; Titmannia 

 viscosa, Reich. Ic. Exot. i, p 26, t. 38. 



2. LAXA, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p 36. Diffuse, clothed sparingly 

 with long hairs ; leaves subsessile, broadly-ovate, rounded or cordate 

 at the base; pedicels axillary, and in lax racemes, many times 

 longer than the calyx ; flowers pretty large, white. At Vingorla. 



3. PEDUNCULATA, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p 37. Glabrous ; leaves 

 very shortly-petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, crenated or 



