Vo1 - 3 SCROPHULARIACEAE 433 



Edano, 9032 Robinson. In marshes and open wet places at low and medium 

 altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. India to Formosa southward through Ma- 

 laya to tropical Australia. . -, 

 Local name: Angahgi (Bon.). 



LIMNOPHILA CHINENSIS (Osbeck) Merr. in Am. Journ. Bot. 3 (1916) 



581. 

 Columned, chinensis Osbeck Dagbok Ostind. Resa (1757) 230. 

 Limnophila hirsuta Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10 (1846) 388; Hook. f. Fl. 



Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 268; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 



(1908) Bot. 124. 

 Stemodia hirsuta Heyne in Wall. Cat. (1831) No. 3930, nomen nudum; 



Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 24. 



Mindanao (Lanao, Davao), Clemens, Copeland 1+26. In open swampy 

 places at low and medium altitudes. India to southern China and Borneo. 



LIMNOPHILA FRAGRANS (Forst. f.) Seem. Fl. Vit. (1865) 180; Merr. 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 423. 

 Ruellia fragrans Forst. f„ Prodr. (1786) 44. 



Limnophila serrata Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 448, t. 57, f. 2; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 147; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 6 (1911) Bot. 221. 

 Polillo, B. S. 9025 Robinson. In rice paddies at low altitudes. Malay 

 Archipelago to tropical Australia and Polynesia. 



LIMNOPHILA IND'iCA (Linn.) Druce Bot. Exch. Club (February, 1914) 

 420; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (June, 1914) 140. 

 Hottonia indica Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 909. 



Limnophila gratioloides R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 442; Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. 10 (1846) 389; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 271; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 147; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 345. 

 Limnophila myriophylloides Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 78; F.-Vill. 



& Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 60, non Roth. 

 Limnophila sessiliflora Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 124, non Blume. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva 

 Ecija, Rizal, Laguna), Leyte, Mindanao (Bukidnon, Davao, Lanao). In 

 shallow slow streams at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,500 m. 

 India to Japan through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Earlier collections were identified as L. sessiliflora Blume, some later 

 ones as L. demersa Merr. 



LIMNOPHILA MANILENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 246, Fl. Manila (1912) 423. 

 ? Limnophila diffusa F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 147; Ceron Cat. 

 PL Herb. Manila (1892) 125, non Benth. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Bulacan), Baker 600, Merrill 71+32, Phil. PI. 1+61+, B. S. 

 19197 Reillo. In wet fallow rice paddies at low altitudes. Endemic. 



LIMNOPHILA OBOVATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 439. 



Palawan, Merrill 7227. Along small streams, often in shallow water, 

 in shaded places at low altitudes. Borneo.- 



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