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4. Vandellia scabra, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 36. A slender diffusely 
branched herb with rather rigid stems and branches, the latter 2 to 
4 in. long ; more or less clothed everywhere with long white spreading 
hairs. Leaves broadly ovate or ovate-cordate, or orbicular, serrate or 
entire, acute or obtuse; lamina - 3 to -6 in. long, -3 in. wide. Flowers 
axillary or terminal, on slender capillary pedicels -5 to 1-5 in. long, 
strict, spreading in fruit, much longer than calyx. Sepals lanceolate, 
hirsute or glabrous, -1 in. long. Corolla - 3 in. long. Capsule orbicular 
■1 in. long. DO. Prod. X. 414 ; Miq. Plor. Ind. Bat. II. 692 ; Griff. 
Notul. IV. 122, and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 418, f. 4 ; Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 
281. V. monnierioides, Ham. ex Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 281. 
Torenia hirta, Cham. & Schlecht! Linnsea II. 571. T. globosa, Ham. 
ex Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 281. Gratiola pusilla, Willd. Sp. PL I. 
105. Columnea minuta, Eoxb. Plor. Ind. III. 98. Tittmannia pusilla,. 
Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3945 partly. T. sulcata, Wight in Wall. Cat. 
3946 partly. Bonnaya Vahlii, G. Don Gen. Syst. IV. 538. Stemodia 
minuta, G. Don Gen. Syst. IV. 542. Selago pusilla, Thunb. Prod. PL 
Cap. 99. 
Malacca: Griffith! Prov. Wellesley : King ! Negri Sembilan : 
Serembam, Bidley 10090! Singapore: King's Collector! Ridley ! — 
Distrib. S.E. Asia generally, Africa, Madagascar. 
5. Vandellia elata, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 36. A slender, sub-erect 
or diffuse, glabrous or sparingly hirsute herb ; stems simple or dichoto- 
mously branched, sometimes rooting near the base ; branches slender, 
6 to 8 in. long or longer. Leaves ovate, coarsely crenate-toothed, acute, 
base cuneate entire passing into the petiole ; lamina ’3 to -5 in. long, 
■25 to 3 in. wide ; petiole '15 to '25 in. Flotvers axillary or terminal, 
on slender capillary pedicels -3 to -5 in. long, strict, somewhat spreading 
in fruit, much longer than calyx. Sepals narrow-lanceolate, sparingly 
hirsute, ‘09 in. long. Corolla very small, pale blue, - 1 in. long. Capsule 
broadly oblong, -12 in. long, as long as the fruiting sepals. DC. Prod. 
X. 414; Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 280. Tittmannia elata, Benth. in 
Wall. Cat. 3944. 
Singapore : Bidley ! — Distrib. Tenasserim, Borneo. 
6. Vandellia pedunculata, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 37. A slender 
glabrous herb, stem sometimes creeping at the base ; branches slender, 
4 to 10 in. long, prostrate. Leaves ovate, obtuse or sub-acute, obscurely 
crenate-toothed, -5 to 1 in. long, -4 in. wide, shortly petioled. Flowers 
axillary and in terminal racemes; pedicels slender 1-5 in. long, usually 
twice as long as leaves or longer. Sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, free 
almost to the base, -25 in. long. Corolla white, or pale blue with a 
white spot. Capsule linear-lanceolate, m 5 in. long. DC. Prod. X. 416 ;. 
