Vandellia.] 
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racemes. Calyx about 2 lines long, membranous and 5-toothed, with 5 scarcely 
prominent nerves at the time or flowering, often splitting into 5 segments when 
the flowering is over. Corolla scarcely twice as long as the calyx. Capsule 
ovoid or almost oblong, shorter than or as long as the calyx. — Wight, Ic. t. 863 ; 
Capraria Crustacea, Linn., and the numerous synonyms quoted in DC. Prod, as 
above ; Torenia flaccida and T. scabra, R. Br. Prod. 440 ; V. Brownii, Benth. in 
DC. Prod. x. 413 ; Rumph. Herb. Amb. v., t. 170, fig. 3. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Endeavour River, Banks and Solander ; 
Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Burdekin River and 
Broadsound, Bowman; Rockhampton, O’Shanesy. 
The species is very common in tropical Asia, extending into tropical Africa and America. 
2. V. alsinoides (Alsine-like), Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 415, and PI. Austr. 
iv. 497. A slender branching erect or diffuse annual, usually glabrous and not 
exceeding Gin. Stem-leaves chiefly in the lower part of the plant, very shortly 
petiolate, broadly ovate or nearly orbicular, angular-toothed, thin and 
membranous, the larger ones 6 to 8 lines diameter, the floral ones very small or 
reduced to small bracts. Flowers small, on slender pedicels of A to lin. reflexed 
after flowering, and usually one only to each pair of floral leaves. Calyx 
about 1A line long, divided to the base into linear-subulate segments. Corolla- 
tube rather longer than the calyx, the upper lip short, the lower not so long as 
the tube. Appendage of the lower filaments linear, glandular. Capsule ovoid- 
oblong, rather longer than the calyx. — Lindernia alsinoides, R. Br. Prod. 441 ; 
Tittmannia alsinoides, Spreng. Syst. ii. 800 ; Ilgogeton alsinoides, Endl. in Walp. 
Rep. iii. 297. 
Hab.: Facing Island, R.Broion; Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Lizard Island, M'Gillivray ; Moreton 
Bay, C. Stuart ; Rockhampton, O’Shanesy. 
3. V. scapigera (scape-like stems), Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 415, and FI. 
Austr. iv. 497. Stems branching at the base, ascending or erect, very slender, 
6in. high or more, the whole plant glabrous.. Leaves chiefly collected at the 
base of the stems, ovate, entire, under Ain. long, the lowest broader and 
contracted into a short petiole, and 1 or 2 pairs higher up quite sessile, the floral 
ones very small and distant. Pedicels slender, 1 to 2 lines long, usually 1 only 
to each pair of floral leaves. Calyx divided to the base into linear-segments 
scarcely 1 line long when in flower, rather longer afterwards. Corolla-tube 
about 2 lines long. Capsule ovoid-oblong, as long as the calyx. — Lindernia 
scapigera, R. Br. Prod. 441 ; Tittmannia scapigera, Spreng. Syst. ii. 800 ; 
Ilgogeton scapigerum, Endl. in Walp. Rep. iii. 297. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 
Very near V. alsinoides, but more slender, the calyx smaller and the corolla larger. — Benth. 
4. V. subulata (awl-shaped), Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 415, and FI. Austr. 
iv. 497. Stems numerous, slender, erect, glabrous, usually branched, often 
attaining 1ft. Leaves linear-subulate, entire, the lower ones often Ain. long, the 
upper ones few and small, the floral ones setaceous. Pedicels filiform, often 
above lin. long, usually one only to each pair of floral leaves, but the uppermost 
often collected in a cluster or almost an umbel, with many minute floral leaves 
at their base. Calyx divided into linear-subulate segments, scarcely above 1 line 
long. Corolla fully 5 lines long. Capsule ovoid-oblong. — Lindernia subulata, 
R. Br. Prod. 441 ; Tittmannia subulata, Spreng. Syst. ii. 801 ; llgogeton subulatum, 
Endl. in Walp. Rep. iii. 297. 
Hab.: Endeavour River, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham. 
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