Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 351 



in fruit. Calyx -1 in. long, teeth short. Corolla pure white, -4 in. long. 

 L. sessiliflora, Griff. Notul. IV. 99, t. 418, f. 5 {not of BL). L. gmtio- 

 loides var. myriophylloides, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 389 partly. Quin- 

 quelobus glaber, Benj. in Linnaea XX. 316. Benjaminea glabra, Benj. 

 in Linnaea XX. 761. 



Malacca : Griffith ! Leman, Cuming ! Maingay I Perak : King's 

 Collector ! 



Griffith's specimens have slightly larger leaf-segments and shorter pedicels than 

 those of Maingay, Cuming, and Kunstler, where the leaf-segments are finely capillary. 

 But Griffith's plant evidently grew on mud, while that of Kunstler was floating in 

 water, and the diiierence of habitat probably sufficiently explains the difference in 

 foliage. The flowers of the two forms are the same. 



5. Heepestis, Gaertn. f. 



Herbs, glabrous. Leaves often dotted, entire or toothed, or below 

 submerged and multifid. Flowers axillary or racemose ; bracteoles 

 small or obsolete. Calyx 5-partite ; lobes imbricate, the upper largest, 

 the two lateral inmost often very narrow. Corolla indistinctly 2-lipped; 

 upper hp outmost spreading, 2-lobed or only emarginate, lower 3-lobed ; 

 tube cylindric. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; anthers sometimes 

 approximate in pairs ; ceUs contiguous, parallel, not confluent. Ovary 

 2-celled ; ovules in each cell numerous ; style dilated at the top ; 

 stigma entire or 2-lobed. Fruit a globose or ovoid 2-celled capsule ; 

 valves 2 or 4, separating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds many, 

 very minute. — -Disteib. Species about 50, throughout the tropics. 



Heepestis Monnieeia, H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. and Sp. II. 366. 

 A glabrous, rather succulent creeping herb, rooting at the nodes ; 

 branches 4 to 10 in. long. Leaves obovate-oblong, spathulate, sessile, 

 obtuse, entire, '5 to '75 in. long. Flowers axiUary, peduncles usually 

 •75 to 1 in. long ; bracteoles 2. Calyx of 5 nearly free sepals, -2 to 

 •3 in. long, the upper sepal ovate. Corolla white, faintly tinged with 

 blue, "4 to "6 in. long, lobes sub-equal. Capstde ovoid, acute, hidden by 

 the sepals, -15 to "25 in. long. Seeds minute, irregular ; testa pale. Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind. 30, and in DC. Prod. X. 410; Wall. Cat. 3900; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 178 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 685 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2557 ; 

 Boiss. Elor. Orient. IV. 426 ; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 272. H. 

 spathulata, Bl. Bijdr. 748. Ch'atiola Monnieria, Linn. Cent. PI. II. 

 n. 120 ; Eoxb. Cor. PI. II. 41, t. 178, and Flor. Ind. I. 141. Septis 

 repens, Lour. Flor. Cochin-Chin. 392. Bramia indica, Lamk Bncyc. 

 I. 459. Eheede Hort. Malab. X. t. 14. 



Malacca : Hervey I Johore : Hullett ! Singapore : Kurz ! Bid- 

 ley ! — Disteib. Throughout the tropics. 



