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racemose, glandular and hairy, as well as the calyx. Margins of 

 ponds, &c. 



7. HERPESTES. 



1 . MoNNiERiA, Kunth. nov. Gen. sp. ii, p 336. — Glabrous, stem- 

 creeping; leaves obovate, oblong-obtuse, entire, rather fleshy; 

 peduncles longer than the leaf; flowers pale-blue. On the margins 

 of tanks ; grows all over the world. Syn. Gratiola monniera, Linn. 

 sp. p 24 ; Lemosella calycina, Forsk. ; Septas repens. Lour. ; Bramia 

 indica. Lam., and no less than twelve others. 



2. Hamiltoniana, Benth. DC. Prod. 10, p 400. — Small, erect ; 

 leaves lanceolate entire, narrow at the base ; flowers subsessile, 

 axillary, opposite, solitary ; upper segment of calyx very broad, 

 cordate. At Malwan, plentiful. 



8. DOPATRIUM, Ham. 



1. JuNCEUM, Ham. Mss. — Stem elongated, scarcely branched ; 

 floral leaves minute, obtuse; lower ones obovate, entire ; capsule 

 globose ; corolla about three times longer than the calyx. In swampy 

 places, common. Syn. Gratiola juncea, Roxb. PI Cor. ii, p 18, 

 t. 129; Morgania juncea, Spr. syst. ii, p 803. 



9. BONNAYA, Link and Otto. 



1 . Brachiata, Link and Otto, Abbild. ii, p 25, t. 9. — Erect, 

 much-branched ; leaves sessile, oblong or obovate, sharply serrated ; 

 flowers racemose, pink; capsules spreading, twice the length of the 

 calyx. Pretty common in pastures during the rainy season. Syn. 

 Gratiola serrata, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 140; B pussilla, Benth. Scroph. 

 Ind. p 33. Stems 2 to 8 inches high. 



2. VERONiciEFOLiA, Spr. syst. i, p 41. — Stem decumbent or 

 creeping at the base ; flower-bearing branches ascending ; leaves 

 subsessile, narrow at the base, oblong, rather thick, sharply ser- 

 rated, lower ones nearly entire ; flowers racemose ; capsules 2 to 

 3, longer than the calyx. Common. Syn. Gratiola veronicse- 

 folia, Retz. Obs. 4, p 8 ; Roxb. Cor. t. 154 ;- B marginata, Spr. 

 syst. i, p 41 ; G racemosa. Roth. nov. sp. p 9. 



3. Verbenjefolia, Spr. syst. \, p 42 — Leaves subsessile, ob- 

 long-lanceol.ate or nearly linear, entire or serrated ; flowers race- 

 mose; capsules 2 to 3 times longer than the calyx ; leaves narrower 

 and not so much serrated as in the [ireceding. Southern Concan. 

 Syn. Gratiola verbensefolia, Colsm. Vahl. Enum i, p 96 ; G race- 

 mosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 139 ; G roxburghiana, Roem. and Schult. 

 syst. i, p 123. 



