288 cm. scEOPHULAEiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Glossostigma. 



fluent. Ovary perfectly or imperfectly 2-celled ; style short, stigma dilated 

 spattulate recurved. Capsule included in the calyx, lociilicidal; valves 

 entire, separating from a columnar axis. Seeds small, ovoid. — Species 3, all 

 Australian, one of them widely dispersed. 



C spathulatum, Am. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. 355 ; leaves 

 narrowly spathulate, calyx 3-lobed, jjtamens 2. Benth. in DC. Frodr. x. 

 426; Balz. Sf Gibs. Somb. Fl. 180; Miquel Fl. Ind. JBat. ii. 699. Limo- 

 sella diandra, lAnn. Ma/nt. 252 {the Indian plant) ; Soxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 91 ; 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 102, t. 458, f. 12. Microcarpasa spathulata, Benth. Seroph. 

 Ind. 31; Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 101, Suppl. t. 4. Psederota 

 minima, Metz Obs. v. 10. 



TJbpbe GANaBTic plain, Soyle, Thomson. Behab, J. 2). H. The Dbcoau 

 Peninsitla, common. Ceylon, &ardner. — Disteib. Tropical Africa and Australia. 



A very weak densely tufted creeping rooting herb like lAmosella. Leaves ^-J in. 

 long, tapering into a petiole of variable length. Pedicels slender, shorter than the 

 leaves. CaZ^a; ^ in. long. Coj-oHa blue, tube included. Capsule about as. long as 

 the calyx. — Gtriffith's Microoarp<Ba diandra differs from this in the sessile flowers and 

 5-partite calyx. 



31. XiXniOSEX.X.A, Linn. 



Small tufted creeping glabrous marsh- or water-herbs. leaves opposite 

 or fascicled or rarely alternate, long petioled, linear or spathulate, quite 

 entire. Flowers minute, axillary, ebi'acteolate. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla subrotate or campanulate; lobes 5, subequal. Stamens 

 4, filaments filiform ; anthers confluent, 1- celled. Oijaj?^ 2-celled at the base; 

 style short, stigma incurved capitate. Capsule obscurely dehiscent, valves 

 thin. Seeds many, small, ovoid, rugulose. — Species 6 or 6, very variable and 

 widely distributed. 



Ii. aquatica, Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Frodr. x. 426 ; leaves long- 

 petioled narrowly spathulate, corolla-lobes very short. Benth. in DC. 

 Frodr. x. 426 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 427 ; Gaertn. Fruct. i. 228, t. 50, f . 3 ; 

 Beiehb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1722. 



Webtben Himalaya; Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 {t.,Thomson, &c. Westebn Tibet; 

 «lt. 13000-14500 ft., Thomson. Dibtkib. N. and S. temperate regions. 



Stems creeping. Leaves 1-2 in., lo'ng petioled. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 

 recurved in fruit. Corolla ^ in., pink or white. Capsule globose, J in. diam. 



Tbibe YII. DXGITAXiEH:. 

 32. SXSTHORPXA, 



Hairy, creeping herbs. Leaves alternate, petioled, reniform or rounded, 

 crenate orpinnatifid. Flowers small, axillary, solitary or fascicled, ebracteo- 

 late. Calyx campanulate, 4-8-fid. Corolla subrotate ; lobes 4--8, spreading, 

 subequal. Stamens as _ many as the corolla-lobes or one fewer ; anthers 

 sagittate, touching. Stigma capitate. Capsule membranous, compressed, 

 loculicidal, valves septiferous. Seeds few, piano- or concavo-convex, rugu- 

 lose. — Species 6, W. Europe, Africa, the Himalaya and Andes. 



S. pinnata, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 959 ; leaves deeply pinnatifid or 

 pinnatiseot. Mazus pinnatus. Wall. Cat. 3916. Ourisia pinnata, Benth. 

 Seroph. Ind. 47. Hornemannia pinnata, Benth. in DC. Frodr. x. 428. 



Nepal, Wallich. 



