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bracteoles minute. Calyx '3 in. long, hirsute ; lobes lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, in fruit striate. Corolla "5 in. long. Cajysiile sub-orbicular, 

 •25 in. long. Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 268. L. javanica, A. DC. in 

 DC. Prod. X. 594. Stemodia hirsuta, Heyne, ex "Wall, in Cat. 3930 ; 

 Benth. Scroph. Ind. 24. Amhulia ebracteata, Ham. ex Hook. f. Flor. 

 Brit. Ind. IV. 268. 



NicoBAES : Kurz ! Peeak : Scortechini ! Kunatler ! Malacca : 

 Ridley ! — Distrib. India, Indo-China, Malay Archipelago, China. 



6. LiMNOPHiLA PYGM^A, Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 268. A very 

 small, glabrous, much-branched creeping herb ; branches 4 to 6 in. long, 

 divaricate. Leaves opposite, -3 to -4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, apex 

 acute, margin sub-serrate ; punctate beneath, nerves very obscure ; 

 petiole 0. Floivers axillary, solitary, pedicels slender, -15 to -2 in. long, 

 erect in fruit. Calyx -15 in. long, hirsute, lobes subulate-lanceolate, 

 striate in fruit. Corolla '2 in. long. Capside -15 in., ovate. Herpestis 

 pygmcea, Griff. Notul. IV. 104. Stemodia diffusa, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 

 3937. 



Malacca : Griffith. I Cuming ! — Distbib. Tenasserim. 



7. LiMNOPHiLA EEECTA, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 388. An erect, 

 sub-simple or branched, stoutish glabrous herb ; stems 4 to 8 in. high. 

 Leaves all opposite, linear-oblong, '5 to 1 in. long, apex acute, margin 

 sub-serrate except the narrow cuneate base, punctate beneath, nerves 

 obscure ; petiole very short or obsolete. Floioers white, axillary, soli- 

 tary, on short pedicels, -1 in. long, recurved in fruit. Calyx glabrous, 

 •15 in. long, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, in fruit striate. Corolla "2 in. 

 long. Capsule -15 in. long, ovate. Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX. 406; 

 Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 267. Stemodia gratioloides, Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind. 25; Wall. Cat. 3938. 



Peeak : Scortechini ! Wray ! King's Collector ! Negei Sembilan : 

 Ridley I Selangoe : Ridley ! Pahang : Ridley ! — Disteib. Indo- 

 China, Bengal, S. China. 



8. LiMNOPHiLA GEATissiMA, Bl. Bijdr. 749. An erect, glabrous herb 

 with a stout stem, 1 to 2 feet high, simple or occasionally branched 

 above. Leaves opposite and ternate, half-amplexicaul, linear-oblong, 

 1"5 to 2-5 in. long, apex sub-acute, margin serrulate, punctate beneath, 

 nerves few, indistinct ; petiole 0. Floivers in axillary and terminal 

 many-flowered racemes, rarely flowers axillary solitary, sometimes the 

 racemes 12 in. long and paniculately branched with the flowers whorled, 

 at others the racemes reduced; pedicels "5 to 1 in. long, glandular; 

 bracteoles minute. Calyx "3 in. long, glabrate, lobes lanceolate-acumi- 

 nate ; in fruit calyx hemispherical with lobes striate. Corolla -5 in. 

 long. Capstde oblong, acute, -3 in. long. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 26 ; 



