436 xciv. gentianace^b. [ Limnantkemum. 
(i) L. indicum Thwaites, Enum. 205; Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
iv. 131. 
Aquatic plant; stems long, rooting at nodes. Leaves floating, 
orbicular cordate, 3 to 7 in. long and wide, rather thick, light 
green; pedicels from the notch in the leaf about 20, slender, 3 in. 
long in flower, lengthening later. Calyx-lobes 6, linear-lanceolate, 
green, *25 in. long. Petals 6, linear, thickly fimbriate, white, 
•5 in. long, connate at the base, which is yellow. Stamens 6; 
Fig. i 13.—Limnanthemum indicum. 
filaments thick, yellow, acute; anthers black. Ovary free, green, 
rounded bluntly sub-angled; style stout; stigma fimbriate, 
white. Capsule -25 to -3 in. long, sub-quadrate. Hab. In ponds, 
ditches, and sluggish rivers, Singapore, Reservoir. Johor, Sempang 
Kiri. Malacca, near Durian Tungul. Lankawi (Curtis). Perlis, 
Chupeng. Distrib. India, China, Malaya. 
(2) L. parvifolium Griseb. DC. Prodr. ix. 141; Clarke in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. iv. 132. 
A small tufted plant. Leaves basal spathulate or obovate, 
narrowed to the petiole, blade -25 to 1 in. long; petioles broad, 
•5 in. long. Floating leaves ovate-cordate or hastate, 1 in. long 
and wide; petioles slender, 6 in. long. Pedicels about 15 in the 
