C. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 
477 
Limnophila .] 
fleshy, -25 to -45 in. long, *i in. wide, oblong narrowed to base, 
sessile. Flowers solitary axillary; pedicel very short. Calyx 
hairy *06 in. long, lobes lanceolate subulate. Corolla -2 in. long, 
purple. Capsule obovate, -08 in. long. Hab. Not common, damp 
spots in rice fields, in the north, Pahang, near Pekan. Kedah, 
Alor Sta. Setul (Ridley). Distrib. India, Cambodia. 
(4) L. villifera Miq. FI. Ned. Ind. ii. 682. 
Long stout hairy unbranched plant, 2*5 ft. tall. Leaves herb¬ 
aceous, rather stiff sessile lanceolate blunt, hairy with nerves 
prominent beneath, 1-5 in. long, *4 in. wide. Flowers in upper 
axil in small hairy cymes, *i to *15 in. long; pedicels slender, all 
hairy. Sepals lanceolate acuminate hairy, *1 in. long. Corolla 
>5 in. long, pale blue. Hab. Perak, Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). 
Rare. Distrib. Sumatra. 
(5) L. hirsuta Benth. DC. Prodr. x. 388; Prain, l.c. 348. 
A rather stout hairy herb, 6 to 8 in. tall. Leaves opposite or 
whorled elliptic, linear-oblong or spathulate serrulate, 1-5 to 2*5 in. 
long, -25 in. wide, sessile. Flowers solitary axillary and panicled 
at the top; pedicels -2 to *75 in. long. Calyx -3 in. long hairy, 
lobes lanceolate acuminate. Corolla -5 in. long. Capsule orbicular, 
•25 in. long. Hab. Not common in damp spots. Pahang, Gunong 
Sen yum (Evans). Malacca. Perak (Scort echini). Distrib. Indo- 
China, Malaya, China. 
(6) L. villosa Bl. Bijdr. 750; Prain, l.c. 348. L. pulcherrima 
Hook. fit. F.B.l. iv. 267. 
A small pubescent aromatic herb, 4 to 6 in. tall. Leaves elliptic 
to lanceolate crenate sessile narrowed to base, -5 in. long, *12 in. 
wide. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx green, hairy,. -15 in. long, 
lobes subulate. Corolla -2 in. long, tube outside greenish with 
red streaks, inside white, lobes deep violet. Stamens white. 
Capsule ovoid, *15 in. long. Hab. Common in ditches and damp 
spots. Singapore, Tanglin; Chan Chu Kang; Reservoir. Pahang, 
Pekan. Malacca, Bukit Panchur and Selandor (Cantley); Malaka 
Pindah (Hervey). Negri Sembilan, Tampin (Burkill); Bukit 
Tangga Pass. Perak, Selama (Scortechini); Thaiping (Wray). 
Province Wellesley, Butterworth (Curtis). Penang, Telok Bahang 
(Curtis). Lankawi, Burau. Perlis, Kanga. Setul. Patani 
(Annandale). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. Native names: Bremi, 
Bremi hutan; Kerak kerak; Nasi putih; Sabueh or Sibueh Batu; 
Rumput Jari Lipan. Use : Medicine. 
(7) L. erecta Benth. DC. Prodr. x. 388; Pram, l.c. 349. 
Erect branched glabrous herb, 6 to 8 in. tall. Leaves linear- 
oblong acute, toothed at tip, narrowed to base, -5 to 1 in. long, 
•2 in. wide, sessile. Flowers axillary solitary white; pedicels 
•1 in. long. Calyx glabrous, *15 in. long, lobes lanceolate acuminate. 
Corolla *2 in. long. Capsule ovoid, *15 in. long. Hab. Wet spotsy 
streams and pools. Pahang, Tembeling River. Negri Sembilan, 
