274 



(2) L. WiGHTiANUM. (Griseb.) 



Ident. Griseb. Qent. p. 244.— Dec, pro4. IX. p. 139. 



Spec. Ohj>r. Leaves cordate-orbipula^e, smoothish or roughish 

 aboye, nerves protQii^ent beneath : segments ,qf the calyx ovate : 

 cojrolla white 1 segments irregv(larly fringed at the margin and 

 4isk, without glands : style long, thin : stigma 3-2Tlobed i capsule 

 wany-seeded : seeds muricated, not keeled. 



Madras. 



(3) L. CRisTATUM. (Griseb.) 



Ident. Griseb. Gent. p. 342. 



Syn. Menyanthes cristata, Roxb. — ViHarsia cristata, Spreng.—t 

 M. Indica, Bory[. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t. 105. 



S^BC. Char. Aquatic : leaves cordate-brbicular, roughish 

 aboye, glandular beneath : cal^x segments ovate-lan<!eolate : seg- 

 ments of the corolla waved, ciliated, with a longitudihal crest 

 within : ilQwers whitfi) cymose, inserted on the petiole : capsule 

 1-2-seeded : seeds mifiicated. 



Tanks ii^ ^he poncan. 



(4) L. AURANTIACUV. ( Palz.) 



Ident. Dalz. in ^ook. JoUm. p.ot. IJ. p.l36.— Bomb. flor. p, 

 158. 



Spec. Char. Umbel; axillary : leaves small, orbicular, deeply 

 pprdate, shining above, glandular dotted an^ purple beneath : co? 

 rolla orange-ooloure4 : seginents of th^ limb W^dge-shaped, broadly 

 and deeply emarginate, fringed on the margin, bearded at the base : 

 Sfseds lenticular, muricated: papsule ovate, obtuse, 12-seeded. 



Neai; Mafwan, 'flowering in Septeinher. i 



(5) L. Indicum. (Griseb.) 



Ident. Griseb. Gfent. p. 343.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 158. 



Syn. Menyanthes Indica, Linn. — Villarsia Indica, Vent. 



Spec. Char. Leaves cordate orbicular, membranaceous, rough- 

 ish : calyx segments ovate : si^gments of the corolla fringed on 't)ie 

 margin, destitute of a crest within : flowers white, arising from the 

 pet^pie : capsule inany -seeded : seeds muricated. 



f^nks in the Concans and Deccaa. 



