273 



(1) II. Perottettii. (Dm.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 129. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1334.— Spicil. II. t. 166. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, ramous t kaves ovate-laneeotete, 

 acute,' 5-nerved, subsessile : pedicels axillary and terminal, unequal, 

 filiform : segmehts of the calyx lanceolate, acute : spUTS thickish, 

 half the length of the corolla, corniculato-obtuse, spreading and 

 ascending at the point : corolla pale blue, lobes ovate, mucronate- ; 

 Stigmas small, distinct at the apex. 



Neilgherries. Pulney mountains. Common in long grass. 



GENUS X. LIMNAKTHEMUM. 

 Pentandria Honog^ynla. Sex-. 



, Deriv. Erom Z«7)i??e,, a marsh, audi ^r/.themon, flowering'; al- 

 luding to the habitat, of ijhe species. ,(.r. , : 



Gen. Chak. Calyx 5-partite, segments connected. ; at the base 

 into a tub& : corolla deciduonsj rotate, somewhat membranaceous, 

 5-parted, segments variously fringed,' fiarnished with glands occa- 

 sionally on, the petals : stamens inserted on the> tube, filaments 

 equal at the base : anthers erect : ovary surrounded by five 

 hypogynous glands, I-celled, ovules inserted on the suture : style 

 persistent with the 2-lobed stigma: capsule 1 -celled, without 

 Tcalves, afterwards to be opened by, inacepation,/placentEe ^utural : 

 seeds two or numerous with a smooth or murioated testa.— ;:l?(j- 

 rennial herbs, floating, with axillary or petiolar inflorescence ; 

 leaves long-petioled, floating, peltate 'br cordate, orbiculate, en» 

 tire :' umbels unequal, sessile, em ersed.' ,. ■' 



(1) L. Ki,EiNiA,NUM. (Griseb.) 



Ident. Griseb. Gent. I. p. 34^. — Dec, prod-. IX- p. 139i. . 



Syn. Villarsia Indica, Wall. Cai. No... 43.52. — V. macrophylla, 

 Roem. ^ ScMlt.'i ■ : . ■. .) ! 



Engrav. Wight, in Hook. Bot. Misc. III. p. »6. Suppl. t. 30. 



Spec. Char,' Leaves eordate-orbiculate, smooth or roughish 

 ahove, glanduliferous below, afterwards rough with depressions, 

 3-nerved, nerves prominent beneath : segments of the calyx ovate- 

 lanceolate : segments of the white-yellow corolla irregularly fring- 

 ed at the margin apd within, without glands : style abbreviated, 

 thick : stigma 2-Iobed : capsule n^ahy-seeded : seeds shinin^^ 

 smooth, bluntly keeled. -•■ ■' ' 



Silhet. 



