Our drawing of this plant was made in Mr. Knight's Nursery, King's . 
Road, in September last, where it had been received from R. Bevan, Esq., 
of Bury St. Edmunds. It is a perennial, spreading and rooting in the way 
of Mimulus moschatus, but not so rapidly. It appears to be nearly but 
not quite hardy. Mr. Knight thinks it best to consider it a frame plant: it 
may be increased freely by dividing the roots. 
A native of Chile, where it was gathered by the late Mr. M‘Rae: 
Mr. Bentham possesses it from the same country, collected both by 
Mr. Cuming and Mr. Bridges. 
We are much indebted to our kind friend Mr. Bentham for the syste- 
matic characters given above, and also for the following valuable remarks 
upon this and other species of the genus. 
“ This plant is closely allied to the Stemodia verticillaris of Link, but 
differs in having a perennial creeping root, a firmer and taller stem, broader 
leaves, and more numerous and sessile flowers. 
* SYNOPSIS STEMODIARUM HUCUSQUE COGNITARUM. 
Sect. 1. Lindenbergia (Lehm. in Link et Otto abbild. p. 95). Calyx ample cam- 
panulatus, semi-5-fidus. Capsule valve integre, loculicido-dehiscentes.— Species omnes 
Asiatico. 
1. St. grandiflora (Hamilt. in Don prod. fl. nep. 89), scandens, villoso-pubescens, 
foliis petiolatis amplis inzqualiter ovatis acuminatis dentatis: floralibus corollá breviori- 
bus, racemis axillaribus laxis, floribus sessilibus oppositis secundis, calycibus campanulatis 
breviter quinquefidis : laciniis ovatis obtusis, corollis calyce quadrupló longioribus.— Hab. 
in Napaliá Indie Orientalis, Wallich (v. s. sp. comm. é Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caules pluri- 
pedales volubiles. Folia 3-6-pollicaria et ultra. Corolle ultra pollicem longs. 
2. St. macrostachya (Benth. in Wall. cat. herb. ind. n. 3925), subscandens, dura, 
glabriuscula, foliis petiolatis oblongis acutissimé serratis: floralibus ovato-lanceolatis calyce 
brevioribus, racemis elongatis multifloris axillaribus terminalibusque, floribus sessilibus 
subalternis, calycibus campanulatis breviter quinquefidis: laciniis ovatis acutis, corollis 
calyce duplo longioribus. Hab. in India Orientali in Martabania et Oude, Wallich ; ad 
Serpur, Hamilton (v. s. sp. comm. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia vix sesquipollicaria. Tota 
planta siccitate nigrescit. 
3. St. ruderalis (Vahl. symb. 2, 69), erecta, annua, villosa, foliis petiolatis ovatis : 
floralibus conformibus, floribus solitariis axillaribus, calycibus campanulatis semi-quinque- 
fidis : laciniis ovatis acutis, corollis calyce vix tripló longioribus. St. muraria, Roxb. in 
Don prod. fl. nep. 89. Lindenbergia urticefolia, Lehm. in Link et Otto, l. c. Brachycoris 
parviflora, Schrad.— Hab. in India Orientali : Napaliá, Sylhet, Regno Birmanico, Wallich 
(v. tA comm. é Mus. Angl. Ind.) Herba sepé purpurascens, ramosa, semi-pedalis vel 
vix S. 
Sect. 2. Modestia (Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea, 2. 5). Calyx quinquepartitus. Capsule 
valve loculicido-dehiscentes, demim septicidé bifida.—Species omnes Asiatico. 
a. floribus subsessilibus..... 
4. St. capitata (Benth. in Wall. cat. herb. ind. n. 3926), herbacea, erecta, pubescens, 
foliis oppositis verticillatisve breviter petiolatis oblongis: floralibus sub capitulo conformi- 
bus in capitulo calyce brevioribus, florum capitulis densis ovato-globosis hirsutis, calycibus 
ovatis sub 5-partitis: laciniis lanceolatis acutis, corollis calyce duplö longioribus.— Hab. in 
India Orientali : Napaliá, Hindustaniá, Regno Birmanico, Ins. Penang, Wallich (v. s. 
Sp. comm. é Mus. Angl. Ind.) Herba subsimplex, 1-1}-pedalis, siccitate nigrescens. Media 
inter Lindenbergias et Modestias. N 
5. St. menthastrum (Benth. in Wall. 1. c. n. 3927), erecta, glabriuscula, foliis subses- 
silibus ovato-oblongis utrinque angustatis: floralibus conformibus calyce longioribus, 
floribus sessilibus axillaribus : supremis in capitulum subglobosum: glabrum aggregatis, 
calycibus 5-partitis : laciniis lanceolato-subulatis.— Ambulia menthastrum. Herb. Hamilt. 
—Hab. in India Orientali: in montibus Monghyr, Hamilton (v. s. sp. comm. é Mus. Angl. 
Ind.) Media inter St. capitatam et balsameam. 
6. St. hypericifolia (Benth. in Wall. 1. c. n. 3934), glabra, basi radicans, adscendens,, 
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