LimnopMla.'\ cm. scEOPHULARiNBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 269 



pedicels very slender; bracteoles nearly as long as the calyx. Corolla about \ in. long. 

 Capsule obovoid-oblong. 



** Leaves ■with 3-5 parallel nerves running from the base to the tip, or 

 pinnatifid or multifid. 



t Mowers sessile or very shortly pedicelled. 



13. Ii. Kelferl, HooJc. f. ; glabrous, 4-6 in., stem or branches very 

 slender ascending, leaves opposite and 3-4-nately whorled sessile linear 

 obscurely serrulate, flowers minute very numerous in peduncled axillary 

 cymes, pedicels shorter than the calyx and peduncles capillary, calyx ^^ in. 

 long, lobes subulate erect, fruiting very narrow striate. 



Tbitasseeim, Selfer. 



A very elegant little plant, the smallest flowered of any allied to £. polt/cmtha, of 

 which it is a glabrous miniature. Leaves ^J in. long. Pedicels rarely as long as the 

 narrow calyx. Corolla ^-^ in. long. Capsale obovoid-oblong. 



14. Ii. liypericifolia, Benth. in DC. Prodr.x. 386; glabrous, stem 

 1-2 ft. stout erect simple, leaves all opposite and entire 4-amplexicaul 

 elliptic or ovate-oblong obtuse orenulate, flowers large sessile in the axils 

 of opposite or alternate leafy bracts forming terminal and axillary sessile or 

 peduncled spikes, calyx-lobes ovate acuminate, fruiting membranous not 

 striate. Cybbanthera connata, Sam. in Don Prodr. 87. Herpestis connata, 

 Sprenff. Syst. cur. post. 234. Stemodia hypericifolia, Senth. Scroph. Ind. 

 23; Wall. Cat. 3934. 



Marshy places in the Western and Centbai. Himaiata, from Kangra, Edge- 

 woHh, to Nepal, Wallich. Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. S, i{ T. T. 

 NiL&HiEi Mts., Wight, &c. 



Stem rarely branched. Leaves all opposite in every specimen, J -2 by |- in., 

 rather thick, minutely punctate beneath. Flowers J in. long, rose-purple, pedicels 

 very rarely J in. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, purple, fruiting membranous. 

 Capsule broadly elliptic. — I find no trace of pinnatifid or multifid leaves on any of the 

 numerous specimens. 



15. Ii. cana, Griff. Notul. iv. 98; stem 6-10 in. very stout hirsute, 

 leaves 3-6-nately whorled sessile upper elliptic or linear-oblong obtuse serru- 

 late 3-5-nerved, lower pinnatifid, flowers sessile crowded in terminal rarely 

 axillary erect leafy spikes with opposite or whorled bracts, calyx-tubes subu- 

 late. 



East Ben&ai., in the Jheels, Chiffith, J. J}. H. ^ T.T.; Dacca and Pubna, 

 Clarke, 



Stem extensively creeping, sending up erect simple branches, heaves f-1 by \-\ 

 in., thick, gradually passing upwards into the bracts which are almost imbricate. 

 Flowers quite sessile, violet. Calt/x^ in. long, fruiting not seen. — I have referred this 

 very distinct species to Griffith's L. cana at Mr. Clarke's suggestion ; from the habitat 

 and other characters it may be the true plant, but I have seen no specimens from 

 Griffith, who describes the leaves as 3-nately whorled and the flowers as furnished with 

 2 most minute tooth- like bracteoles, which latter I do not find. It should be sought 

 for at Jumalpore, Griffith's locality. 



16. Ii. polystachya, Benth Scroph. Ind. 26, and in DC. Prodr. x. 

 790 ; glabrous, floating, upper leaves opposite or 3-4-nately whorled sessile 

 linear or oblong crenulate, lower capillaceo-multifid, flowers sessile in ter- 

 minal and axillary long-peduncled slender spikes with short bracts. Wall. 

 Cat. 3909 ; Wight Ic. t. 860. Stemodia aquatica, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 346. 

 Conobea indica, Sjpreng. Syst. ii. 771. 



