In/simachia.] Lxxxvii. peimulacb^; (J. D. Hooker.) 605 



Leaves oppotite, rarely 3-nate or alternate. Capsule hvrsting hy valves. 



13. Xi. japonlca, Thwnh. Fl. Jap. 83 ; Icmes, t. 16; prostrate, pute- 

 Bcent or villous, leaves ovate acute gland-dotted, peduncles solitary or 2-nate 

 very short, sepals lanceolate villous longer than the corolla reflexed in fruit, 

 filaments united at the hase by a broad membrane, ovary hirsute. Ihihy 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. Q7 ; Klatt, die Gatt. Lysim. t. 19. L. debihs, Wall, in 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind, ed. Carey Sr WaU. ii. 25; Cat. 1482; Bvhy I. c. 66; Klatt, 

 I. c. t. 20. L. ferruginea, Fdgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 84. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 4-8006 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 3-5000 ft.— DisTBiB. China, Japan. 



Branches 6-10 in. terete, weak. Leaves 1-1^ in., usually petioled. Peduncles 

 very variable in lengfli, spreading deeurved or upeurved. Corolla yellow, J-l in. diam. ; 

 segments oblong, gland-dotted. Filaments long, but shorter than the corolla, 

 glabrous. Capsule much shorter than the sepals. — A specimen apparently of this 

 plant procured in Sikkim by Griffith's collectors has the leaves alternate, very short 

 pedu n les, longer filaments with a shorter connecting membrane and hairy ovary ; it 

 a good deal resembles Klatt's figure of L. fermginea, Edgew., and is intermediate 

 between altemifolia saA jajtonica. 



14. Ii, deltoldes, Wight III. ii. 137, t. 144; hirsute, procumbent, 

 branches ascending, leaves ovate or broadly oblong obtuse or acute, peduncles 

 solitary or 2-nate about as long as the leaves, sepals lanceolate villous shorter 

 than the corolla, filaments united at the base by a very narrow membrane, ovary 

 glabi-ous. Klatt, die Gatt. Lysim. t. 19. L. Metziana, Hohen. PI. Exmc. Ind. 

 Or. No. 1443, 1444. 



NiLGHEKEY and PuLNBT Mts., Wight, &c. 



Much branched from the base ; branches rooting below, terete. Leaves often 3- 

 nate, ^-Ij^ in., more or lees hairy on both surfaces. P«(?«««cfes usually deeurved in 

 fruit. Corolla yellow, | in. diam., segments obovate, gland-dotted. Capsule bursting 

 liy valves, shorter than the corolla. 



Vab. cordifolia ; leaves cordate or truncate at the base. L. umbrosa, Gardn. 

 mss. L. japonica, Thwaites Wnvrni. 172i — Ceylon, alt. 6-7000 ft. 



6. GX.AVX, Tom-nef. 



A succulent glabrous creeping stoloniferous herb. Leaves decussate. 

 Flowers small, axillary, sessile, white or pink. Calyx 6-partite, coloured. 

 Corolla 0. Stamens 6, hypogynous, alternate with the calyx-segments. Ovary 

 subglobose ; style filiform ; ovules few. Capsule globose, 6-valved, few-seeded. 

 Seeds peltate, terete, rough. 



G. marltlma, lAnn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 7. 



Westeen Tibet; alt. 12-15,000 ft.. Falconer, &c. — Distbib. N. temperate and 

 Arctic regions. 



Stem 6-10 in., procumbent or with suberect branches. Leaves J-| in., linear- or 

 obovate- or ovate-oblong. Calyx J-J in. long, campanulate, lobes obtuse, margins 

 scarious. Anthers subexserted. Capsule small, cuspidate. 



7. AXrAeAi:.I.ZS, Toumef. 



Slender annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, quite entire. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, peduncled, ebracteate, red or blue, rarely white. Caly.v 5-. 

 partite. Corolla rotate, 6-partite. Stamens 6, filaments villoua. Ovary globose ; 



