863 



(6) L> HYSSOPIFOLIA. (Roth.) 



Ident. Roth. Nov. Sp. p. 297. — Benth. in Dec. prod. X; p. 

 388. - 



gpEc. CiiAii. Glabrous, somewhat erect : leaves linear-Ian ceo- 

 Jate, remotely denticulate, upper ones half stem-clasping : floral 

 ones of the same shape : flowers axillary : fructiferous pedicels 

 longer than the'leaf : calycine segments ^hort, lanceolate. 



t'enihsula. 

 ' (7) L. PUNCTATA. ( Blume.) 



Var. SUBRACEMOSA. 



Ment. Dec. prod. X. p. 388. 



Syn. L. gratissima, Blume. 



Spec C»ar. Glabrous, somewhat erect : leaves obloug-lan<;eo-i 

 late, serrated, round or harrow at the base, stem-clasping : floral 

 ones small : racemes akillary and terminal : flowers axillary. 



Peninsula. 



(8) L. RoxBURGHii. (&. Don.) 



Ident. i)on. Gen. Syst. IV. p. 543. — Dec. prod. X. p. 388. 

 Syn. Capraria gratissima, Roxb.^or. Ind. III. p. 92. 



Spec Char. Stem glabrous, thickish : leaves, emersed; ilfjper 

 ones opposite, lanceolate, stem-clasping, 3-nerved : pedicels in the 

 upper axils shorter than the calyx : lippermost ones somewhat race- 

 ihose : flowers purple. 



Peninsula. Sircar knoUntainL Deccan. |i"lowering nearly all 

 the year. 



(9) L. GRATlOtOlDES. (B. Br.) 



I^ent. R. Br. prod. "p. 442. — Dec. prod. X. p. 389: 



Syn. Gratjola virginiana, Linn. — G. trifida, Willd. — Hottoili^ 



indica, Linn. — Hydropitybn pedunctilatum, S'ir. in Dec. prod. I. p. 



422.— -Columnea balsamea, Roxb. fl. Ind. III. p. 97. — L. trifida, 



Spreng. 



Engrav. Rheede Mai. IX. t. 65.— Burm. ^eyl. t. 5^. f. 1. 



Spec Char. Stem glabroiis,. thin: leaves emersed, opposite, 

 (owest ones 3-parted, cut or many-cleft like threads, upper onei 

 entire, serrulate : pedicels in the upper axils much longer than the 

 icalysc : flowers greenish-white, streaked with purple. 



> Coromandel. Bombay. Common on the margins of tanks, 

 ^fowering nearly all the year. 



