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 Lindernia viscosa (Hornem.) Merr.

Synonyms	:	Lindernia hirsuta (Benth.) Wettst.
Family	:	Linderniaceae
Local name	:	English- . Sticky False Pimperne
Flowering and fruiting period	:	July-October
Distribution	:	ndia: Assam, Odisha; Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Philippines
Habitat	:	Shady places
Uses	:	Not Known
Key Botanical Characters Erect or diffuse hirsute annual herbs, rooting at lower nodes. Leaves 1.5-5 x 1-3 cm, broadly ovate, oblong or obovate, base rounded or truncate, margin crenate-serrate, apex obtuse, hirsute on both surfaces, penninerved; petiole to 1.5 long; upper leaves much smaller and subsessile. Inflorescence a terminal lax, many-flowered raceme; peduncle sparsely glandular-pubescent; pedicels 5-8 mm long, glandular-pubescent; bracts minute, lanceolate. Calyx deeply 5-lobed almost to the base, glandular hispid; lobes 3-4 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Corolla c. 5 mm long, upper lip pale brown, lower lip white with yellow spots at mouth. Stamens 4; longer pair of filaments with a knee-like appendage. Capsule c. 2.5 mm long, ovoid, glabrous, slightly shorter than the calyx lobes. Seeds straw-coloured, shortly cylindric.