SCROPHULARINEZE. XXIV. Prerosticma. 
upper lip emarginate: lower one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, the 2 
superior ones fertile, and the 2 lower ones sterile, or, if fertile, 
the anthers are only half; anthers of the fertile filaments 2- 
celled : cells separate, stipitate. Style simple; stigma a little 
thickened, entire, usually girded by a membranous wing on all 
sides. Capsule rostrate, bisulcate, 2-valved, with a loculicidal 
dehiscence; valves bifid; dissepiment formed by the inflexed 
margins of the valves, duplicate, at length free. Placentas ad- 
nate to the dissepiment, or at length free. Seeds small, 
naked, striated.— Hard villous herbs, usually blackish when 
dried. Leaves opposite, wrinkled, crenulated. Flowers capi- 
tate, racemose, scattered, or the lower only are axillary ; pe- 
dicels short, usually. bibracteate at apex. The odour of the 
species is that of the Labidte, even in the dried state. 
1 P. cranpirtérum (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 21.) leaves 
ovate ; corollas amply tubular, more than twice the length of 
the calyx; flowers racemose. ©. S. Native at Macao, 
Vachell. 
Great-flowered Pterostigma. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
2 P. vittésum (Benth. }. c.) leaves ovate, acuminated, or 
ovate-lanceolate, crenated, wrinkled, villous; corolla one half 
longer than the calyx; flowers racemose. ©. Native of 
Silhet and Tavoy, on the mountains. Adenósma villósum, Benth. 
in Wall. cat. no. 3851. Corolla 3-4 lines long. 
Villous Pterostigma. | Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
3 P. wacnorny' LLUM (Benth. l. c.) leaves ovate, acuminated, 
serrately-crenated, narrowed at the base, flaccid, smoothish ; 
corollas one half longer than the calyx; flowers racemose. ©. 
S. Native of the Birman Empire, on the banks of the Irrawad- 
dy. Adenósma macrophyllum, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 8853. 
Long-leaved Pterostigma. Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
4 P. spica‘tum (Benth. l. c.) leaves nearly sessile, oblong, 
bluntly serrated; flowers disposed in dense oblong spikes, sub- 
capitate ; calyx distinctly 5-parted; capsule beaked. ©. S. 
Native of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Stemddia capi- 
tata, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3926. 
Spicate-flowered Pterostigma. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 
5 P. capira‘tum (Benth. l. c.) leaves ovate or oblong ; flow- 
ers disposed in globose or oblong heads; calyx hispid, some- 
what 5-parted ; capsule oblong. (9. S. Native of the moun- 
tainous parts of India, Nipaul, Kamaon, Hindostan, Birmann 
Empire, Penang, &c. Stemódia capitàta, Benth. in Wall. cat. 
no. 3926. Very like the preceding, but the capsule is interme- 
diate between Lindenbérgia and. Pterostigma. 
Capitate-flowered Pterostigma. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Bonnaya, p. 538. 
& 2. Stamens 4, all fertile. 
XXV. LINDENBE RGIA (in honour of J. B. Lindenberg, 
author of a Synopsis of European Hepatice.) Link et Otto, 
abbild. p. 95. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 21.—Stemódia, Brachy- 
coris, Adenósma, and Bóvea species of authors. 
Lin. syst.  Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
shortly 5-cleft; segments ovate, often leafy. Corolla ringent ; 
upper lip emarginate: lower one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didyna- 
mous, inclosed : lower ones the longest; anthers approximating 
by pairs, free; cells separate, stipitate, all fertile. Style simple; 
stigma a little thickened, entire, dilated. Capsule oblong, bisul- 
cate, 2-valved, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; dissepiment dupli- 
cate, from the connate inflexed margins of the valves, at length 
free; placentas adnate to the dissepiment, or at length free. 
Seeds small, naked, striated.—Branched herbs, sometimes scan- 
dent or divaricate, scentless, usually becoming blackish on dry- 
ing. Leaves opposite, toothed. Flowers sessile, sometimes ax- 
XXV. Linvensercia. XXVI. STEMODIA. 539 
illary and opposite, sometimes disposed in terminal or axillary 
racemes or interrupted spikes. 
1 L.SiwA'rA (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 22.) hard, divaricately 
branched, villous; leaves small, roundish-ovate, coarsely tooth- 
ed: floral ones shorter than the calyx ; racemes elongated, 
axillary and terminal; flowers opposite, secund ; corolla twice 
the length of the calyx. %.? H. Native of Sinaica, in deserts, 
Bove. Bóvea Sinaica, Decassne in ann. sc. nat. par. 2. ser. 2. 
1959. 
à Sinai Lindenbergia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
2 L. cnANpiFLORA (Benth. |. c.) climbing, and villously 
downy ; leaves large, unequally ovate, acuminated, toothed : 
floral ones shorter than the corolla; racemes axillary, loose ; 
flowers opposite, secund; corollas 4 times the length of the 
calyx. .? S. Native of Nipaul  Stemódia grandiflora, 
Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 89. Leaves 3-6 inches 
long. Corolla more than an inch long, purple. 
Great-flowered Lindenbergia. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
3 L. wacnornuv'rLA (Benth. l. c.) somewhat scandent, hard, 
smoothish ; leaves oblong, very acutely serrated: floral ones 
ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the calyx; racemes elongated, 
many-flowered, axillary and terminal; flowers subalternate ; 
corollas twice the length of the calyx. ©. S. Native of Oude, 
Serpur ; Martaban, at Prome. Stemódia macrophylla, Benth. in 
Wall. cat. no. 3925. Adendsma cuspidàtum, Benth. in Wall. 
cat. no. 3852. Leaves hardly 14 inch. Herb always becoming 
black on drying. 
Long-leaved Lindenbergia. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
4 L. urRTICÆFÒLIA (Lehm. in Link et Otto, abbild. 95.) erect 
or ascending, annual, villous ; leaves ovate: floral ones similar ; 
flowers solitary, axillary; corolla 3 times the length of the 
calyx. (9. H. Native of the mountainous parts of India, as of 
Nipaul, Hurdwar, Oude, Silhet, Birman Empire, Sansedarra, 
and Mussooree. Stemódia ruderalis, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 69. 
Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3923. Brachycoris parviflora, Schrad. 
Much branched, usually purplish. Leaves ovate, purplish be- 
neath. Flowers nearly sessile, secund, yellow, purplish outside. 
Var. 3, major (Benth. scroph. p. 22.) stems elongated, and 
more branched, ©. H. Native of Martaban, on the banks of 
the Irrawaddi. 
Nettle-leaved Lindenbergia. PJ. 3 to 14 foot. 
5 L. roLYA'wTHA (Royle, mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 22.) 
erect or ascending, annual, villous; leaves ovate: lower floral 
ones similar: superior ones shorter than the calyx; racemes 
many-flowered; flowers opposite, secund ; corollas twice the 
length of the calyx. ©.H. Native at Delhi, along the river 
Jumna, Royle. Allied to L. urticefolia, but the inflorescence 
is distinct. 
Many-flowered Lindenbergia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Bonnaya, p. 538. 
XXVI. STEMO'DIA (said to be from ornpwy, stemon, a 
stamen; and occ, dis, double ; in reference to each stamen bear- 
ing 2 anthers, or 2 distinct lobes.). Lin. gen. no. 777. Schreb. 
gen. no. 1043. Gaertn. fruct. t. 52. Juss. gen. p. 118. ed. 
Usteri, p. 133. Lam. ill. t. 534. f. 1. Benth. scroph. ind. 
p. 23.—-Stemodiàcra, Browne, jam. t. 22. f. 2. Jacq. amer. 
SESS 
x Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia, Calyx tubularly cam- 
panulate, 5-parted, nearly equal. Corolla ringent; upper lip 
emarginate : lower one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, in- 
closed: lower ones tbe longest; anthers approximating by 
pairs, free ; cells separate, stipitate, all fertile. Style simple ; 
stigma entire, a little dilated. Capsule oblong, or nearly glo- 
bose, bisulcate, 2-valved; valves bifid; dissepiment duplicate 
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