95. SCROPHULARINER. 179 
glanduloso-puberula, 23-8 ped. alta, caulibus simplicibus tetra- 
gonis levibus, internodiis quam folia sepius brevioribus. Folia 
omnia opposita, breviter petiolata vel superiora subsessilia, tenuia, 
fere membranacea sed rigidiuscula, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, 
usque ad 6 poll. longa, acuta, basi rotundata, crenulato-serrulata, 
subtus pallidiora, conspicue venosa. Flores circiter 5 lineas longi, 
laxissime paniculati, ramulis pedicellisque elongatis filiformibus 
vel fere capillaribns, braeteis minutissimis; calycis segmenta 
suborbicularia ; corollz oblique lobi 5, subzequales (2 superiores 
majores), rotundate ; stamina stylusque leviter exserta ; stamino- 
dium amplum, fere orbiculare, sessile; ovarium glabrum. Cap- 
sula levis, ovoidea, acuminata, circiter 3 lineas longa. 
CHEKIANG: mountains of Ningpo (Faber!). Herb. Kew. 
Characterized by the loose panicle with exceedingly slender 
branchlets and pedicels. It is nearest S. lateriflora, Trautv., in 
aspect; but that is referred to the section Venilia. 
4. Scrophularia Oldhami, Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
p. 167; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 222; Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. 
Mosc. 1879, p. 36. 
Scrophularia Buergeriana, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. pp. 116, 
210. 
Curmur: Takiosze, near Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David 
ex Franchet). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
1. Scrofella chinensis, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 763. 
SzECHUEN : northern district in the elevated plain near Dshind- 
shetan (Potanin!). Herb. Kew. 
1. Brandisia Hancei, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 257, in 
nota. 
Brandisia discolor, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 299, non Hook. f. et 
Thoms. | 
Hvren: Ichang, Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. 
Henry!); KwErcuav: near the city of Kweiyang (Mesney !); 
Cura: without indication of the province—Chinkiang and river 
Yangtze (Maries!), Laichiangteng (Bourne!), Mus. Brit.: 
Herb. Kew. 
