.304 



(14) L. HYPEKiciFOLiA. ( Benth.) 



Ideni. Dec. prod. X. p. 386. 



Syn. Steflaodia hyperi^iifolia, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 23. — Her- 

 pestis connata, Spr eng.-^Gyhh^nthexei connata, Ham. in Don. pr&d^ 

 fior. Nep. p. 86. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. %. 1409. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous, rooting at the base, ascending : leaves 

 sessile, ovate-ol](long, obtuse, cordately halfrstem-clasping at the. 

 base, floral ones smaller : racemes terminal or axillary : flowers 

 sessile : calycine segments lanceolate. 



^otagherry, Neilgherries, in swampy ground, flowering in August. 



GENUS X. HERPESTIS. 



Itidyiiaiuia Aiisioapermia, Sex: Syst: 



Beriv. From Herpeatis, any thing tha,t creeps ; in allusion tq 

 the habit of the plants. 



Gen. Csae. Calyx 5-parted, posterior segment brpader, often, 

 the largest, lateral ones often very narrow : upper Ijp of the 

 corolla emarginate or 2-lobed, loveer 3-lobed, lobes' arranged in 

 two lips or all nearly equal ; anthefs 2-celled, cells distinct, con- 

 tiguous, parallel or divaricated : style concave-dilated at the apex 

 or shortly 2-lobed : capsule 2-furrowed, dehiscing by two bipar- 

 tite or entire valves, margins of the carpels jnflexed, showing the, 

 entire placentiferous column : seeds numerous^ small. — Herbs, 

 often found in swamps : leaves opposite, entire, toothed, or capil- 

 lary : peduncles axillary,, or oppositely' sulbi'aoeinose at the tops, 

 pf the branchlets, l-flowered, without bracts or furnished with two 

 rpinute bristly bracts under the calyx. 



(1) H. Hamiitoniana. (Benth.) 



Jdent. Benth. Scroph, lad. p. 30. — Dec. prod. X. p. 400. 



Spec. Qhar. E^'ect or decumbent at the base : leaves lanceo- 

 late, quite entire, narrow at the base : flowers subsessile, opposite,, 

 solitary, bibracteate : posterior segments of the calyx very broad,' 



cordate. 



I 

 Malwan. Assam. 



