536 SCROPHULARINEA., XVI. Acnetarta, XVII. Montira. XVIII. Dorarrium. XIX. Microcarrma. XX. Pepripium. 
4 B. viriósa (Benth, l. c.) villous all over; leaves nearly 
sessile; flowers axillary; upper lip of corolla emarginate, 
lower one shortly trifid. 2/.? S. Native along with the pre- 
ceding. 
Villous Beyrichia. PI. 1 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Montira below. 
XVI. ACHETA‘RIA (meaning unknown to us.) Cham. et 
Schlecht, in Linnza, 2. p. 566.—Herpéstis species, Spreng. 
Lin. syst.  Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx bibracteate, 
5-cleft, the fifth segment large ; the rest linear and equal. Co- 
rolia tubular, ringent ; upper lip entire, erect ; lower one longer, 
and 3-lobed. Stamens 2, fertile in front, and inclosed, without 
any rudiments of sterile ones. Style inclosed ; stigma droop- 
ing, emarginate. 
celled, with a septicidal dehiscence; valves bipartite; placenta 
occupying the whole dissepiment, permanent, at length free. 
Seeds irregularly angular, scrobiculate——Herb erect, hairy, 
glandular, with the habit of Melissa Calamintha, with opposite 
leaves. Stems obsoletely tetragonal. Flowers axillary, oppo- 
site at the tops of the stems. Corolla pilose and glandular. 
1 A. SenENGE' LI (Cham. et Schlecht, 1. c.) %.? S. 
tive of tropical Brazil, Sello. 
Na- 
Herpéstis erécta, Spreng. syst. 2. 
p. 801. 
Sprengel's Achetaria. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Montira below. 
XVII. MONTIRA (named by Aublet after M. de Monti, of 
Cayenne.) Aubl. guian. 2. p. 637. t. 257. Juss. gen. p. 122. 
ed. Usteri. p. 137. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, spread- 
ing. Corolla funnel-shaped; limb spreading, 5-cleft, equal. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, all fertile; anthers oblong. Ovarium 
didymous. Stigma furrowed. Capsule didymous, 2-celled, 4- 
valved, many-seeded. Seeds fixed to the inner angle of the 
cells.— Herbs with tetragonal stems, opposite leaves, and termi- 
nal 1-3-flowered peduncles. 
1 M. Guiasz^wsis (Aubl. l. c.) (9.8. 
Stem quadrangular, marginate. Leaves oval-oblong, acute, 
glaucous, sessile. Flowers 3 in the bifurcation of the branches, 
and between the terminal leaves: lower one sessile: the other 
pedicellate, and the third on a longer pedicel, all white. 
Guiana Montira. PI. 4 foot. 
Cult. A plant of easy culture; grows best in light rich 
earth kept moist, and is readily increased by division. 
Native of Guiana. 
XVIII. DOPA'TRIUM (meaning unknown to us.) Ha- 
milt. mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 31. 
Lin. syst. Diándria, Monogynia, Calyx short, membranous, 
semiquinquefid. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube exserted ; limb 
obliquely widened, 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate; lower lip larger. 
Stamens very short, the 2 upper fertile; anthers cohering, 2- 
celled; cells parallel; the 2 lower stamens small and sterile. 
Stigma bilamellate, dilated. Capsule hardly furrowed, 4-valved ; 
margins of valves flattish; dissepiment at length free, with 
adnate placentas.—Slender glabrous herbs, natives of bogs. 
Leaves opposite; radical and lower leaves few, obovate, quite 
entire; cauline ones minute, distant. Pedicels filiform, oppo- 
site, or alternate from abortion, 1-flowered. Corollas blue. 
1 D. wuprcav're (Benth. in scroph. ind. p. 31.) humble, 
much branched; cauline leaves small, very acute; capsule 
oblong. ©. S. Native of the coast of Coromandel, in wet 
places. Gratiola nudicáulis, Willd. act. berol. 4. p.192. Gra- 
tiola aphylla, Roth, nov. spec. p. 7. Gratidla cuneifolia, Roxb. 
fi. ind. 1. p. 142. 
Capsule girded by the permanent calyx, 2- “ 
Naked-stemmed Dopatrium. PI. 2 to 3 inches. 
2 D. roszrioiprs (Benth. in scroph. ind. p. 31.) stem elon- 
gated, a little branched ; cauline leaves small, obtuse ; capsule 
globose ; corollas about 4-5 times longer than the calyx. (9. 
S. Native of Coromandel, growing in wet places during the 
rainy season. Gratiola lobelioides, Retz. obs. 4. p. 7. Roxb, 
fl. ind. 1. p. 143. Habit of Lobélia Dortmánna. Flowers on 
longish pedicels, racemose at the tops of branches. Leaves 
sessile. 
Lobelia-like Dopatrium. PI. 4 to å foot. 
3 D. su'nceum (Hamilt. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 31.) stem - 
elongated, a little branched ; cauline leaves small, obtuse ; cap- 
sule globose; corollas hardly 3 times longer than the calyx. 
©. S. Native of Coromandel, delighting in wet situations, 
where it flowers during the rains. Gratiola jáncea, Roxb. cor, P 
2. p. 16. t. 129. Very like D. lobelioùdes ; but the flowers are 
much smaller, and the pedicels shorter, the lower pedicels gene- 
rally very short. Leaves stem-clasping: floral ones minute, 
triangular. Corollas small, rose-coloured. 
Rushy Dopatrium. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. $ 
Cult. The seeds of the species of Dopàtrium require to be 
reared on a hot-bed in spring; and the plants may be planted 
out in the open ground in the month of May in a warm, shel- 
tered situation, where they will flower and ripen their seeds. 
XIX. MICROCARP/EA (juxpoc, micros; and xapmot 
karpos, a fruit; in reference to the smallness of the capsules.) 
R. Br. prod. p. 435. Benth. in Lin. trans. p. 435. Hook, bot. 
misc. 2. p. 101. 
Lin. syst.  Diándria, Monogynia, Calyx short, campanu- 
late, 3-5-toothed. Corolla small: tube equal in length to the 
calyx; limb sub-bilabiate, 5-cleft ; segments all flat, and nearly | 
equal. Stamens 2, fertile; filaments straight, entire; anthers , 
approximate, 2-celled; cells parallel; vestiges of sterile or” 
lower stamens wanting. Stigma bilamellate, dilated. Capsule 
2-valved ; valves entire, septiferous in the middle ; dissepiment 
at length free; placentas adnate.— Small, mossy, glabrous herbs, 
with the habit of Limosélla. Leaves opposite. Flowers pedi- 
cellate, axillary, small, bractless. i 
1 M. muscdésa (R. Br. prod. p. 436.) creeping; leaves oblong, 
entire; calyx 5-toothed ; teeth hairy inside. ©.?G. Native 
of India and New Holland, within the tropic. Pæderòta mint- 
ma, Keen, in Retz. obs. fasc. 5. p. 10. M. alternifolia, Blum. 
bijdr. p. 744. Nearly allied to Hedydtis maritima, but that 
plant has a valveless capsule, ex R. Br. 1. c. 
Mossy Microcarpea. Pl. small. 
2 M.sraruLA'rA (Hook. bot. misc. 2. p. 101. suppl. t. 4.) 
creeping; leaves linear-spatulate; calyx 3-toothed. %- G. 
Native of the Peninsula.of India. Peplidium Capénse, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 43.  Limosélla diándra, Lin. mant. p. 252. 
Spatulate-leaved Microcarpea. Pl. creeping. : 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Montira and Dopa- 
trium above. 
XX. PEPLIDIUM (from zezXoc, peplos, purslane; and 
(òta, idea, form; plants with the habit of Purs/ane.) Delile, fl. 
egypt. p. 4. t. 4. f. 2. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 32.— Micro- 
carpa'a, spec. Smith.—Pederdta, spec. Koen. Oldenlándia and 
Hedyótis, species Lin. 
Lin. syst. Diéndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 
toothed. Corolla small; tube equalling the calyx in length ; 
limb 5-cleft, hardly bilabiate ; segments all flat, nearly equal. 
Stamens 2, fertile; filaments gibbous at the base, somewhat 
appendieulate, incurved ; anthers approximate, 2-celled ; cells 
parallel. Vestiges of sterile stamens none. Stigma dilated, 
