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bracteoles minute. Calyx '3 in. long, hirsute; lobes lanceolate, finely 
acuminate, in fruit striate. Corolla -5 in. long. Capsule sub-orbicular, 
-25 in. long. Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 268. L. javanica, A. DC. in 
DC. Prod. X. 594. Stemodia hirsuta, Heyne, ex Wall, in Cat. 3930 ; 
Benth. Scroph. Ind. 24. Ambulia ebracteata, Ham. ex Hook. f. Flor. 
Brit. Ind. IV. 268. 
Nicobars : Kurz ! Perak : Scortechini ! Kunstler ! Malacca : 
Ridley ! — Distrib. India, Indo-China, Malay Archipelago, China. 
6. Limnophila pygmaia, Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 268. A very 
small, glabrous, much-branched creeping herb ; branches 4 to 6 in. long, 
divaricate. Leaves opposite, - 3 to - 4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, apex 
acute, margin sub-serrate ; punctate beneath, nerves very obscure ; 
petiole 0. Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicels slender, -15 to -2 in. long, 
erect in fruit. Calyx '15 in. long, hirsute, lobes subulate-lanceolate, 
striate in fruit. Corolla -2 in. long. Capsule '15 in., ovate. Herpestis 
pygmcea, Griff. Notul. IV. 104. Stemodia diffusa, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 
3937. 
Malacca : Griffith ! Cuming ! — Distrib. Tenasserim. 
7. Limnophila erecta, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 388. An erect, 
sub-simple or branched, stoutish glabrous herb ; stems 4 to 8 in. high. 
Leaves all opposite, linear-oblong, -5 to 1 in. long, apex acute, margin 
sub-serrate except the narrow cuneate base, punctate beneath, nerves 
obscure ; petiole very short or obsolete. Flowers white, axillary, soli- 
tary, on short pedicels, -1 in. long, recurved in fruit. Calyx glabrous, 
•15 in. long, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, in fruit striate. Corolla -2 in. 
long. Capsule '15 in. long, ovate. Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX. 406 ; 
Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 267. Stemodia gratioloides, Benth. 
Scroph. Ind. 25; Wall. Cat. 3938. 
Perak : Scortechini ! Wray ! King's Collector ! Negri Sembilan : 
Ridley ! Selangor : Ridley ! Pahang : Ridley ! — Distrib. Indo- 
China, Bengal, S. China. 
8. Limnophila gratissima, Bl. Bijdr. 749. An erect, glabrous herb 
with a stout stem, 1 to 2 feet high, simple or occasionally branched 
above. Leaves opposite and ternate, half-amplexieaul, linear-oblong, 
1‘5 to 2'5 in. long, apex sub-acute, margin serrulate, punctate beneath, 
nerves few, indistinct ; petiole 0. Flowers in axillary and terminal 
many-flowered racemes, rarely flowers axillary solitary, sometimes the 
racemes 12 in. long and paniculately branched with the flowers whorled, 
at others the racemes reduced; pedicels -5 to 1 in. long, glandular; 
bracteoles minute. Calyx -3 in. long, glabrate, lobes lanceolate-acumi- 
nate; in fruit calyx hemispherical with lobes striate. Corolla -5 in. 
long. Capsule oblong, acute, -3 in. long. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 26 ; 
