375 



(3) B. fiRAcHiATA. (Link. ^ Otto.') 



id'ent. Link. & Otto. Abbild. II. p. 25. t. 9.— Dec. prod. X, 

 p. 420. 



Syn. Gratiola serrata, Roxb:—^B. pusilla, Bsnth. 



Spec. Char. Erect, much branched : leaves sessile, oblong or 

 'obovate, sharply serrated : flowers racemose, pink : capsules spread." 

 ing, twice the length of the calyx. 



Common in pastures during the rainy seasort. 

 (4) B. REPTANS. ( S'preng.) 



ident. Spreng. Syst. I. p. 41. — Dec. prod. X. p. 420. 



Syn. Gratiola reptans, Roxh. — G. ruelloides, Koen. Vahl. Eiii 

 — Henckelia Roxburghiana, Link. — G. ciliata, Vahl. — B. ciliata, 

 Spreng. 



Spec. Char. Stem creeping and rooting : leayes rounded or 

 bbovate-oblong, sharply serrated, narrowing into the petiole : cap^ 

 sules spreading, 2 to 3 times longer than the calyx : flowers bluish- 

 pink. 



Southern Concan. Khasia Hills, Flowering in the rainy 

 season. 



(5) B. vERONiciEronA. {^S'preng.) 



tdent. Sprengr Syst. I. p, 41.-^Dec. prod. X. p. 421. 



Syn. Gratiola veronicsefolia, Retz.-^G. marginata, Vahl.—B. 

 Hiarginata, Spreng. — G. grandiflora. Rets. — G. racemosa, Roth.^-^ 

 B. Rothii, Link. — B. rigida et B. procumbens, Benth. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1411. — Roxb. Cor. II. t. 154. 



Spec. Char. Stem decumbent or creeping at the base : flower* 



f hearing branches ascending : leaves subsessile, narrow at the base^ 



oblong, rather thick, sharply serrated, lower ones nearly entire : 



flowers racemose : capsules 2 to 3, longer than the calyx : flowers 



Violet. 



Coromandel. Mahableshwur. Bengal. Silhet. Flowering in 

 ,tlie rainy season. 



(6) B. VERBEN^FOtiA. (Spreng.) 



Ident. Spreng. Syst. I. p. 42; — Dec. prod. X. p. 421. 

 ' Syn. Gratiola verbensefolia, Vahl. — G. racemosa, Roxb. — G^ 

 Roxburghii, Link. — Tittmannia Colsmanni et Torenia gracilisj 



Benth. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1412. 



