502 JiXXXVii. PEiMULACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [_Tjysimdchia. 



erect, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acute closely gland-dotted, racemes dense-fld., 

 pedicels ^ in., fruiting 1 in., bracts filiform, petals exceeding the calyx. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1204; Fl. des Serves, x. t. 982; Kl<at, die Oatt. Lysim. t. 7. L. 

 Olementsoniana, Wall. Cat. 1485. L. Notoniana, Wcdl. mss. 



NuGHEBRy and Puuset Mts., Leschenault, &c. 



Glabrous. Stem 6-8 ft., robust, branched. Leaves 2-4 in., acute or acuminate, 

 sessile or petioled, margin /smooth or crisp. Racemes 3-9 by H-2^ in., leafless 

 except at the base. Flowers ^-\ in. long. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, margins 

 membranous, disk with oblong glands. Corolla-lobes obovate-spathulate. Filaments 

 eglandular ; anthers oblong, esserted. Capsule ^-^ in. diam. 



2. I>. lobelioldes, Wall, in Ho.vb.Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 29; Cat. 

 1484 ; suberect or ascending, leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, margin only 

 gland-dotted, racemes long lax-fid., pedicels J in., fruiting J in., bracts subu- 

 late, petals exceeding the calyx. Duhy in DC. Prodr. viii. 61 ; Bot. Reg. 1842, 

 t. 6 ; Klatt, die Oatt. Lysimach. t. 2. L. secunda. Ham. in. Don Prodr. 84. 



Western and Central Himalaya, alt. 4-7000 ft. ; from Nipal to Kashmir. — 

 DisTRiB. Java. 



Griabrous, annual, 1-2 ft. Stem branched from the base. Leaves 1-lJ i"-' acute, 

 narrowed into a short petiole. Saeemes 6-8 in. in flower, to 1 8 in. in fmit ; pedicels 

 spreading and decurved in fruit. Flowers ^J in. long, white or pale purplish, sweet- 

 scented. Sepals lanceolate, margins white, disk with very long glands. Corolla-lobes 

 obovate. Filaments eglandular; anthers oblong, exserted. Capsule J in. diam. — 

 Lindley (in Bot. Beg.) describes the capsule as bursting irregularly at the base. This 

 I have not seen. The dehiscence is irregular, but usually by valves. 



3. Xi. javanlca, Bl. Bijd. 736 ; erect, leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate 

 more or less gland-dotted and margined, racemes long lax-fld., pedicels J in., 

 fruiting \ in., bracts subulate, petals hardly exceeding the sepals. Klatt, die 

 Oatt. Lysimach. t. 5. L. multiflora, Wall. Cat. 1487 ; Duby in DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 63 ; Klatt I. c. t. 4. L. acroadenia, Maxim. Diagn. PI. Jap. Deo. iv. and 

 V. 272. L. consobrina, Hance mss. L. decurrens, Herh. Sance. 



Eastebn Himalaya ; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 4^6000 ft. Assam and Sdhet. — 

 DiSTBiB. Java, China, Japan, Isle of Fines, New Caledonia. 



Very similar to L. lobelioides, but a much more robust and erect plant, with shorter 

 pedicels and smaller petals, and glandular filaments. The capsules burst very 

 irregularly. The amount of glandular dots on the leaves varies exceedingly ; they 

 are sometimes confined to the margin. 



tt Stamens shorter than the corolla. 



4. Za. obovata, Serb. Ham. ; Wall. Cat. 1488 ; erect, slender, simple or 

 sparingly branched, leaves obovate spathulate or oblanceolate minutely gland- 

 dotted, racemes long lax-fld., pedicels fruiting and flowering ^-J in., bracts 

 subulate, corolla-lobes obovate nearly twice as long as the sepals. L. glau- 

 cescens, T^all. mss. 



HiKDOSTAN and Mainphr, Herh. Wallieh. Birma, Griffith. — Dibtrib. Java. 



Smaller than any of the preceding species, more or less glaucous. Stem 6-18 in., 

 sometimes branched from the base. Leaves ^-3 in., acute or obtuse, usually petioled. 

 Bacemes 2-8 in. ; bracts about half as long as the pedicels. Corolla-segments obovate. 

 Filaments short ; anthers apioulate. Capsule \ in. diam., bursting irregularly. — L. 

 Candida, Lindl., differs only in the longer stamens, if at all. 



** Flowers in elongate terminal racemes; bracts leafy, longer than the 

 pedicels. Stamens shorter than the corolla. 



