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Leaves sessile, 1 to 2 in. long, softly pubescent . . 2. L. baUamea. 



Leaves glabrous, never exceeding -5 in. long . . . . 3. L. micrantha. 



Flowers pedicelled : — 

 Leaves hirsute : — 

 Leaves usually opposite, rarely 3-nate, never more than 

 •75 in. long ; flowers always axillary, solitary . . i. L. villosa. 



Leaves usually 3-4-nately whorled, rarely opposite, never 

 less than 1-5 in. long ; flowers usually cymose or panicu- 

 late, rarely axillary, solitary . . . . . . 5. L. Jdrsuta. 



Leaves glabrous : — 

 Leaves cuneate at base, always opposite ; flowers axillary, 

 solitary : — 



Stems creeping ; branches many, divaricate ; pedicels in 

 fruit erect 



Stems erect, usually simple ; pedicels in fruit recurved. 

 Leaves half-amplexicaul at base, often 3-4-nately whorled, 

 flowers usually in many-flowered racemes, rarely axillary, 

 solitary 

 Leaves mostly or all lobulate or pinnatisect, or capillary multi- 

 fid :— 

 Flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled; uppermost leaves entire: — 

 Flowers all soUtary 



Flowers passing into a terminal spike 



Flowers all pedicelled, the pedicels exceeding the calyx ; all the 

 leaves capillary multifid 



1. LimnophiijA Eoxbueghii, G. Don Gen. Syst. IV. 543 {}iot of 

 Benth.). A stout glabrous or pubescent aromatic herb, with a creeping 

 rootstock and with decumbent rooting base, giving oif numerous erect 

 stems 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves opposite, petioled, eUiptic or ovate, 

 obtuse or sub-acute, margin crenulate, base cuneate, punctate beneath, 

 nerves distinct, 8 to 10 pairs ; length up to 4 in., width to 2 in. ; petiole 

 •75 in. Flowers sessile, in axillary peduncled heads, rarely solitary. 

 Calyx hirsute, "2 in. long ; lobes lanceolate, finely acuminate in fruit, 

 not striate. Corolla -35 in. long, purplish-blue with a yellow throat. 

 Capsule -2 in. long, elliptic, sub-acute. Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 265. 

 L. Menthastrum, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 386 ; Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX. 

 406. Herjpestis rugosa, Eoth Nov. Sp. 290. Capraria gratissima, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 92 {in part). Stemodia Menthastrum, Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind. 23 ; Wall. Cat. 3927. Adenosma triflora, Seem. Fl. 

 Vit. 184 {not of Nees). Eclipta scabriuscula, Wall. Cat. 3212. 



Kedah : Langkawi, at Coah, Curtis 2556 ! — Disteib. Himalaya, 

 from Chamba eastward, N. and C. India, Indo-China, Philippines, 

 China. 



The bases of the stems are often submerged, and besides the fibrous roots then 

 emitted the lower nodes at times have multifid submerged leaves. The plant smells 

 strongly of Aniseed. 



6. 



L. pygmcea. 



7. 



L. erecta. 



8. 



L. gratissima. 



9. 



L. sessiliflora. 



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L. heterophyllaf 



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VAK. reflexa. 



11. 



L. Grifflthii. 



