348 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



2. LiMNOPHiLA BALSAMEA, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 386. A stoutish, 

 softly pubescent herb ; stem 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves opposite, elhptic, 

 sub-acute, narrowed from the middle to the base with margin entire, 

 beyond the middle obscurely crenulate, punctate beneath, nerves 

 slender, 3 to 5 pairs ; length up to 2 in., width to 1 in. ; petiole 0. 

 Flowers in short peduncled axillary heads or spikes. Calyx hirsute, 

 •15 in. long; lobes lanceolate, finely acuminate; in fruit striate. 

 Corolla -35 in. long. Capsule "2 in. long, broadly elliptic, obtuse. 

 Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 266. Stemodia halsamea, Benth. Scroph. 

 Ind. 23 ; Wall. Cat. 3928. 



Perak : King's Collector 1027 ! — Disteib. Indo-China. 



3. LiMNOPHiLA MiCRANTHA, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 387. A small, 

 stoutish, glabrous herb, creeping below ; stem 3 to 6 in. long, branching 

 from the base. Leaves all opposite, crowded, thick, '25 to "45 in. long, 

 margin entire or very sparingly sub-serrate, punctate beneath ; nerves 

 obscure ; petiole 0. Flowers axillary, sub-sessile, small. Calyx -06 in. 

 long, glabrous ; lobes subulate, in fruit striate. Corolla reddish-puiple, 

 •12 in. long. Capsule ovate, -08 in. long. Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. 

 IV. 267. Stemodia micrantha, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 23 ; Wall. Cat. 3936. 

 Herpestris pygmcea, Griff. Notul. IV. 104. 



Pahang : Bidley ! — Disteib. Indo-China, Bengal. 



4. LiMNOPHiLA viLLOSA, Bl. Bijdr. 750. An erect or spreading, sub- 

 simple, stoutish or slender, pubescent herb ; stems 4 to 6 in. high. 

 Leaves opposite, elhptic-oblong, sub-crenate, "5 to "75 in. long, punctate 

 beneath, nerves obscure ; petiole 0. Flowers axillary, solitary, on 

 short pubescent pedicels, '15 in. long, erect in fruit. Calyx hirsute, 

 •15 in. long, lobes lanceolate, acuminate-subulate, in fruit striate. 

 Corolla •2' in. long. Capsule 15 in. long, ovate. Benth. in DC. Prod. 

 X. 388 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 681. L. laxa, Benth. in DC. Prod. 

 X. 388 partly. L. pulcherrima, Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 267. Her- 

 pestis pulcherrima, Griff. Notul. IV. 104. 



Peeak : Wray 788 ! Malacca : Griffith ! Cuming ! Maingay ! 

 Bidley ! Hervey ! Penang : Tulloh Bahang, Curtis ! Bidley 7104 ! 

 Pahang : Bidley ! Singapoeb : King's Collector ! Hullett ! Deschamps ! 

 Kurz ! Bidley ! Peovince Welleslet : King ! Salama : Scortechini ! 

 — Disteib. Sumatra, Java. 



5. LiMNOPHiLA HiESUTA, Bcuth. in DC. Prod. X. 388. An erect 

 hirsute herb ; stem 6 to 8 in. high. Leaves opposite or 3-4-nately 

 whorled, elliptic, linear-oblong or sub-spathulate, 1*5 to 2*5 in. long, 

 apex obtuse, margin serrulate, punctate beneath, nerves few, very 

 indistinct ; petiole short or obsolete. Flowers axillary, solitary or 

 cymose or paniculate at the apex of the stem ; pedicels "2 to "75 in. 



