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Leaves sessile, 1 to 2 in. long, softly pubescent 
Leaves glabrous, never exceeding 5 in. long 
Flowers pedicelled : — 
Leaves hirsute : — 
Leaves usually opposite, rarely 3-nate, never more than 
•75 in. long ; flowers always axillary, solitary 
Leaves usually 3-4-nately whorled, rarely opposite, never 
less than 1-5 in. long ; flowers usually cymose or panicu- 
late, rarely axillary, solitary 
Leaves glabrous : — 
Leaves euneate at base, always opposite ; flowers axillary, 
solitary : — 
Stems creeping ; branches many, divaricate ; pedicels in 
fruit erect 
Stems erect, usually simple ; pedicels in fruit recurved. . 
Leaves half-amplexicaul at base, often 3-4-nately whorled, 
flowers usually in many-flowered racemes, rarely axillary, 
solitary 
Leaves mostly or all lobulate or pinnatisect, or capillary multi- 
2. L. balsamea. 
3. L. micrantha. 
4. L. villosa. 
5. L. hirsuta. 
6. L. pygmcea. 
7. L. erecta. 
8. L. gratissima. 
fid:— 
Flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled ; uppermost 
Flowers all solitary 
Flowers passing into a terminal spike 
leaves entire: — 
. . 9. L. sessiliflora. 
j 10. L. heterophylla, 
' ■ \ vab. reflexa. 
Flowers all pedicelled, the pedicels exceeding the calyx ; all the 
leaves capillary multifid .. .. •• -.11. L. Griffithii. 
1. Limnophila Roxburghii, G. Don Gen. Syst. IY. 543 (not, of 
Benth.). A stout glabrous or pubescent aromatic herb, with a creeping 
rootstock and with decumbent rooting base, giving off numerous erect 
stems 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves opposite, petioled, elliptic or ovate, 
obtuse or sub-acute, margin crenulate, base euneate, punctate beneath, 
nerves distinct, 8 to 10 pairs ; length up to 4 in, width to 2 in. ; petiole 
•75 in. Flowers sessile, in axillary peduncled heads, rarely solitary. 
Calyx hirsute, -2 in. long ; lobes lanceolate, finely acuminate in fruit, 
not striate. Corolla -35 in. long, purplish-blue with a yellow throat. 
Capsule -2 in. long, elliptic, sub-acute. Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 265. 
L. Menthastrum, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 386 ; Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX. 
406. Herpestis rugosa, Both Nov. Sp. 290. Capraria gratissima, 
Roxb. PI. Ind. III. 92 (in part). Stemodia Menthastrum, Benth. 
Scroph. Ind. 23 ; Wall. Cat. 3927. Adenosma triflora, Seem. FI. 
Vit. 184 (not of Nees). Echpta scabriuscula, Wall. Cat. 3212. 
Kedah : Langkawi, at Coah, Curtis 2556 ! — Distrib. Himalaya, 
from Chamba eastward, N. and C. India, Indo-China, Philippines, 
China. 
The bases of the stems are often submerged, and besides the fibrous roots then 
emitted the lower nodes at times have multifid submerged leaves. The plant smells 
strongly* of Aniseed. 
