540 
from the inflexed margins of the valves, at length free; pla- 
centas adnate. Seeds small, naked. 
Secr, I. Mopz'sr1A (from modestia, humility ; in reference to 
the humble growth of the plants.) Cham. et Schlecht, in Lin- 
nea, 3. p. 5. Benth. seroph. ind. p. 28. Capsule with a lucu- 
licidal dehiscence ; valves bifid at the dissepiment.— Usually 
glabrous herbs, almost with the habit of Gratiola or Limnóphila, 
becoming blackish on drying. Leaves opposite or verticillate, 
sessile or on short petioles. Flowers axillary, or the superior 
ones approximate into a head or raceme, usually blue. 
* Flowers nearly sessile. 
1 S. MENTHA'sTRUM (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3927. scroph. 
ind. p. 23.) erect, smoothish ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-ob- 
long, narrowed at both ends: floral ones similar, longer than 
the calyx; flowers sessile: superior ones collected into a gla- 
brous, nearly globose head ; calycine segments lanceolate- 
subulate. ©.? H. Native of the Monghyr mountains, Ha- 
milt. 
Mint-like Stemodia. PI. 1 foot. 
2 S. nyrEniciróLíA (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3934. scroph. 
ind. p. 23.) glabrous, rooting at the base, ascending; leaves 
sessile, ovate-oblong, obtuse, cordately stem-clasping at the 
base: floral ones smaller; racemes terminal or axillary; flow- 
. ers sessile, remote; segnients of the calyx lanceolate. %. G. 
Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. Cybbanthéra connàta, Ha- 
milt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 23. Corollas blue. Flowers 
tribracteate. 
St. John's-wort-leaved Stemodia. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
3 S. sarsa`mea (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3928. scroph. ind. 
p. 23.) stem procumbent ; branches rather hairy ; leaves ovate, 
obtuse, narrowed. into the petioles, glabrous : floral ones similar 
in shape; flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, or 2-3 on both 
sides, glomerate; segments of calyx lanceolate-subulate. 1%. ? 
G. Native of the Birman Empire, at Tavoy, Wall. 
ELalsameous Stemodia. | Pl. procumbent. 
4 S. sx’ssttis (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3939. scroph. ind. 
p. 28.) procumbent, glabrous; leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse, 
crenated, narrowed at the base: floral ones similar in shape; 
flowers solitary, axillary, nearly sessile; calyxes glabrous, with 
lanceolate-subulate, strict segments ; corolla hardly longer than 
the calyx. %.?G. Native at Goalpara, Moolmyne, and of 
Ceylon.—A humble rooting herb, native of bogs. Flowers 
hardly 4 lines long. 
Sessile-flowered Stemodia. Pl. creeping. 
5 S. renvirzdra (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3940. scroph. 
ind. p. 28.) procumbent, glabrous; leaves sessile, lanceolate, 
acute, serrated, rounded at the base: floral ones similar in 
shape; flowers solitary, axillary, almost sessile; calyx glabrous, 
with lanceolate-subulate, strict segments; corollas hardly longer 
than the calyx. 41. S. Native of the Birman Empire, near 
Prome. Very nearly allied to the preceding ; but the plant is 
Hamer as well as the flowers. Habit of Lythrum hyssopifo- 
ium. 
Thin-flowered Stemodia. P]. procumbent. 
6 S. micra'ntHa (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3936. scroph. 
ind. p. 23.) small, diffuse, much branched, glabrous; leaves 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base: floral 
ones similar in shape ; flowers sessile, solitary, axillary; calyx 
glabrous, with lanceolate-subulate, recurvedly spreading seg- 
ments; corolla twice the length of the calyx. 2/. S. Native 
of Silhet, Wall. Nearly allied to the preceding ; but differs 
from it in the calyxes being shorter, and nearly globose ; and 
in its segments being recurvedly spreading. Stems hardly 3-4 
inches high. Habit of Anagéltis tenélla. 
Small-flowered Stemodia. P]. diffuse, 3-4 inches high, 
SCROPHULARINEZ. XXVI. Sremonpia. 
7 S. repens (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3935. scroph. ind, 
p. 24.) creeping, glabrous, rather clammy ; leaves sessile, ob- 
long-lanceolate, narrowed at the base, acute, serrated : floral 
ones hardly longer than the calyx ; flowers nearly sessile, race- 
mose or glomerate; calyxes nearly glabrous, with lanceolate 
segments, which are subulate and recurvedly spreading at apex; 
corolla twice the length of the calyx. %. S. Native of the 
Indian Peninsula, about Madras. Stems elongated, generally 
more than a foot, Racemes rather loose, terminal and axil- 
lary. 
Creeping Stemodia. PI. creeping. 
8 S. campHora‘ra (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 69.? Benth. scroph, 
ind. p. 24.) erect, clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves pe- 
tiolate, ovate-oblong : floral ones linear-lanceolate ; racemes ax- 
illary, rather shorter than the leaves; flowers almost sessile; 
calyxes downy, with lanceolate-acute segments; corolla almost 
3 times as long as the calyx. %.? S. Native of Hindostan; 
and of the Birman Empire, at Prome; and of Ceylon. $. 
ciminica, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 8933. Stems floriferous at 
the base. Racemes numerous, short, loose, leafy. ‘ Leaves 
1l inch long, sharply and unequally serrated. Corolla of a 
greenish citron colour,” ex Vahl. 
Camphorated Stemodia. PI. 1 to 14 foot. 
* * Flowers pedicellate ; pedicels longer than the calyx. 
9 S. viscdsa (Roxb. cor. 2. p. 23. t. 163.) erect, downy, 
clammy ; leaves sessile, ovate-oblong, acute, narrowed towards 
the base, and dilately cordate at the base, and stem-clasping: 
floral ones similar in shape; flowers axillary, solitary : uppet 
ones racemose ; calycine segments lanceolate, acute. ©.? S. 
Native of Coromandel and Bengal. S. maritima, Heyne, ex 
Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3931. but not of Lin. Corolla blue. 
Clammy Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. à to 1 
foot. 
10 S. nirsu'ra (Heyne, ex Wall. cat. no. $930. Benth, 
scroph. ind. 24.) stem erect, hairy ; leaves nearly sessile, nar- 
rowed at the base : upper ones hardly stem-clasping, glabrous: 
floral ones rather shorter than the pedicels ; raceme terminal ; 
flowers solitary, opposite; segments of the calyx lanceolate- 
subulate. ©.? S. Native of the Indian Peninsula ? Hindostan; 
and Silhet. 
Hairy Stemodia. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. ;nd 
11 S. prrrv'sa (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. $937. scroph. ind: 
p. 24.) diffuse, glabrous ; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, nar- 
rowed at the base: floral ones similar in shape; flowers soli- 
tary, axillary ; calyx glabrous, with lanceolate-acute segment ; 
corolla twice the length of the calyx. 2/.? S. Native of the 
Birman Empire, at Tavoy. Stature of S. micrántha ; but the 
flowers are pedicellate, larger, &c. 
Diffuse Stemodia. PI. diffuse, 3-4 inches. 
12 S. eratiotorpes (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3938. scroph. 
ind. p. 25.) glabrous, erect; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate» 
narrowéd at the base, stem-clasping: floral ones similar in 
Shape; flowers axillary, opposite, solitary; segments of the 
calyx lanceolate; corolla one half longer than the calyx.. y.? 
S. Native of the Birman Empire, at Tavoy. 
Hedge-hyssop-like Stemodia. PI. 4 foot. 
13 S. Puiiree’nsts (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 3. p. 5.) 
downy; leaves falsely opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, ovate, 
acute at both ends, sharply serrated, quite entire at the base: 
floral ones similar in shape; spikes terminal, many-flowered 5 
calyx bractless, with lanceolate, acute, ciliated segments. %5: 
Native of the Island of Luçon, on high lands. Leaves 23 
inches long. Corolla balf an inch long, downy outside. 
Philippine Stemodia. PI. erect. 
14 S*uvnA'Rra (Roxb. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p 89.) 
