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2. Limnophila balsamea, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 386. A stoutish, 
softly pubescent herb ; stem 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, 
sub-acute, narrowed from the middle to the base with margin entire, 
beyond the middle obscurely crenulate, punctate beneath, nerves 
slender, 3 to 5 pairs ; length up to 2 in., width to 1 in. ; petiole 0. 
Flowers in short peduncled axillary heads or spikes. Calyx hirsute, 
■15 in. long ; lobes lanceolate, finely acuminate ; in fruit striate. 
Corolla -35 in. long. Capsule -2 in. long, broadly elliptic, obtuse. 
Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 266. Stemodia balsamea, Benth. Scroph. 
Ind. 23 ; Wall. Cat. 3928. 
Perak : King’s Collector 1027 ! — Distrib. Indo-China. 
3. Limnophila micrantha, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 387. A small, 
stoutish, glabrous herb, creeping below ; stem 3 to 6 in. long, branching 
from the base. Leaves all opposite, crowded, thick, "25 to ‘45 in. long, 
margin entire or very sparingly sub-serrate, punctate beneath ; nerves 
obscure ; petiole 0. Flowers axillary, sub-sessile, small. Calyx '06 in. 
long, glabrous ; lobes subulate, in fruit striate. Corolla reddish-purple, 
■12 in. long. Capsule ovate, '08 in. long. Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. 
IV. 267. Stemodia micrantha, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 23 ; Wall. Cat. 3936. 
Herpestris pygmcea, Griff. Notul. IV. 104. 
Pahang : Ridley ! — Distrib. Indo-China, Bengal. 
4. Limnophila villosa, Bl. Bijdr. 750. An erect or spreading, sub- 
simple, stoutish or slender, pubescent herb ; stems 4 to 6 in. high. 
Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, sub-crenate, '5 to '75 in. long, punctate 
beneath, nerves obscure; petiole 0. Flowers axillary, solitary, on 
short pubescent pedicels, -15 in. long, erect in fruit. Calyx hirsute, 
•15 in. long, lobes lanceolate, acuminate-subulate, in fruit striate. 
Corolla -2 in. long. Capsule 15 in. long, ovate. Benth. in DC. Prod. 
X. 388 ; Miq. Plor. Ind. Bat. II. 681. L. laxa, Benth. in DC. Prod. 
X. 388 partly. L. pulcherrima, Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 267. Her- 
pestis pulclierrima, Griff. Notul. IV. 104. 
Perak: Wray 788! Malacca: Griffith! Cuming! Maingay ! 
Ridley ! Hervey ! Penang : Tulloh Bahang, Curtis ! Ridley 7104 ! 
Pahang : Ridley ! Singapore : King’s Collector ! Hullett ! Deschamps ! 
Kurz ! Ridley ! Province Wellesley : King ! Salama : Scortechini ! 
— Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 
5. Limnophila hirsuta, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 388. An erect 
hirsute herb ; stem 6 to 8 in. high. Leaves opposite or 3-4-nately 
whorled, elliptic, linear-oblong or sub-spathulate, 1‘5 to 2'5 in. long, 
apex obtuse, margin serrulate, punctate beneath, nerves few, very 
indistinct ; petiole short or obsolete. Flowers axillary, solitary or 
cymose or paniculate at the apex of the stem; pedicels - 2 to '75 in. 
