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surface dotted. Flowers pale blue, purple-veined, nearly \ in. 
diam., single on alternate, axillary stalks. Calyx 5-parted ; segments 
unequal, acute. Corolla-tube cylindric, longer than the calyx ; 
limb spreading, lobes 4, nearly equal, upper one notched. 
Stamens 4, in unequal pairs, included. Style linear, dilated 
upwards ; stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid, acute. 
Sutlej valley, Suni ; April.— Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. — All 
warm countries. 
Herpestis Hamiltoniana, Benth . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 272, is common in marshy 
places throughout N. India and may occur in the outer hills. It differs from 
the above in its erect stem, linear-lanceolate, acute leaves and opposite, sessile 
flowers. 
11. TORENTA. In honour of Olaf Toren, a Swedish traveller 
of the eighteenth century. — Tropical Asia and Africa. 
Torenia cordifolia, Boxb . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 276. An erect, 
slightly hairy herb, 4-10 in.; stems and branches 4-angled. Leaves 
opposite, stalked, ovate, lx| in., sharply toothed. Flowers pale 
lilac or blue-purple, the limb darker than the tube, § in. long, 
single on axillary stalks, crowded towards the end of branches. 
Calyx tubular, 2-lipped, 5-toothed, ribs prominently keeled. 
Corolla-tube curved, longer than the calyx, dilated upwards ; limb 
spreading, 4-lobed, one lobe notched, the others entire. Stamens 4, 
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