Limnophila.] 
LXXXVII. SCROPHULARINE/E. 
1107 
inside, about 5 or 6 lines long, the tube exceeding the calyx, the lips broad and 
shorter than the tube, the upper one shortly 2-lobed. Anthers cohering in pairs. 
Capsule broad and obtuse. — Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 389, with the synonyms 
quoted (except the reference to Gaudiehaud’s plate in Freyc. Voy. t. 57. f.l.. 
which is evidently L. sessiliflora) ; F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 104 ; Rheede, Hort. Mai. 
ix. t. 85. 
Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller ; Broadsound, R. Brown, Bowman: Port Denison, 
Fitzalan; Rockingham Bay, Valla chy : Rockhampton, O'Slumesy. 
The species is widely dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa. The Mowers are variously 
described by Australian collectors as yellow pink or red . — Benth. 
2. L, punctata (spotted), Blume ; Benth. in DC. /’rod. x. 388, and FI. Austr. 
iv. 490. Stems ascending or erect, usually taller and stouter than in L. 
yratioloides, often above 1ft. high, the whole plant glabrous. Leaves opposite 
or rarely in whorls of 3, sessile and stem-clasping, oblong-lanceolate, minutely 
serrate, 1 to 1A or even 2in. long, the upper ones smaller, the larger ones 
sometimes rugose. Flowers violet-blue, 7 to 8 lines long, on pedicels scarcely 
shorter than the floral leaves, the upper ones sometimes forming a very loose 
leafy raceme. Calyx-segments lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, often above 8 
lines long, striate with 5 to 7 prominent nerves. Corolla-lips shorter than the 
tube, the upper one very broad and ret use but scarcely lobed. Anthers cohering 
in pairs. Capsule oblong, shorter than the calyx. 
Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidivil! : Rockingham Bay, Valla chy ; not uncommon in the swamps noith 
and south. 
Common in the Indian Archipelago, also in Ceylon. 
11. HERPESTIS, Gtertn. f. 
(Alluding to creeping habit of plant.) 
Calyx divided to the base into 5 distinct sepals, the outer one much broader 
than the others. Corolla tubular at the base, the upper lip erect or spreading, 
notched or 2-lobed, the lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, or sometimes the 5 lobes 
nearly equal. Stamens 4. in pairs, the anthers all perfect, 2-celled, the cells 
contiguous. Style dilated at the summit, concave or slightly 2-lobed. Capsule 
opening loculicidally in 2 often bifid valves or in 4 valves, leaving the placentas 
on a free central column or dissepiment. Seeds numerous, usually striate and 
transversely reticulate. — Glabrous or rarely pubescent herbs. Leaves opposite, 
entire, toothed or in some non-Australian aquatic species the submerged ones cut 
into numerous capillary segments. Flowers axillary., or, in species not 
Australian, in a terminal raceme. Bracteoles under the calyx only in a very few 
species. 
A considerable tropical and subtropical genus, chiefly American, with a few species natives of 
the Old World. Of the 2 Australian species, one is common over nearly the whole area of the 
genus, the other extends over tropical Asia and Africa. 
Erect. Leaves narrow. Flowers numerous, on short pedi< els 1. //. Jlorilunda. 
Procumbent or creeping. Leaves small, obovate or obh ng, rather thick. 
Flowers few, on long pedicels .... 2. H. Honnieria 
1. H, floribunda (flowers abundant), LI. Br. Prod. 442 ; Benth. Li. Austr. 
iv. 491. Apparently annual, erect and branching, rarely above 1ft. high, quite 
glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse, entire, narrowed 
to the base, 1-nerved, rarely above lin. long. Pedicels slender but usually 
shorter than the petiole, often 8 together in each axil owing to the partial 
development of an axillary branchlet. Bracteoles very small, a little below the 
calyx. Calyx scarcely above 1A line long at the time of flowering, 2 to 3 lines 
when in fruit, the segments thin, at first herbaceous, at length membranous and 
