SCROPHULARINEJX. XXXI. Hznrzsris. 
Plant glabrous; branches twiggy. Leaves roundish-ovate, cre- 
nulated; peduncles axillary, filiform, opposite, exceeding the 
leaves. 
Cuba Herpestis. Pl. creeping. 
14 H. cuamzpryorpes (H. B. et Kunth, |. c. p. 369.) gla- 
brous, procumbent ; leaves obovate, obtuse, crenately serrated ; 
peduncles longer than the leaves; outer segments of calyx 
ovate-oblong, acutish, quite entire. 2. S. Native of Quito, 
in temperate places near Chillo and Lulumbamba, at the alti- 
tude of 1360 hexapods. Lindérnia dianthéra, Swartz, prod. 
92. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1058. Corolla yellow: upper lip almost 
entire; throat bearded. This is hardly distinct from H. colu- 
brina, H. B. et Kunth, and H. chrysántha, Cham. is probably 
the same. 
Germander-like Herpestis. Pl. procumbent. 
15 H. repens (Schlecht, et Cham. in Linnea, 5. p. 107.) 
stems creeping, filiform ; leaves sessile, roundish-ovate, entire, 
glabrous; peduncles downy, shorter than the leaves; outer 
segments of calyx ovate. /. S. Native of Jamaica, in watery 
places. Gratiola répens, Swartz. prod. p. 14. fl. ind. 1. p. 39. 
icon, t. 3. Corollas small, white. 
Creeping Herpestis. Pl. creeping. 
16 H. opova‘ta (Poepp. pl. cub. exsic. ex Schlecht, et 
Cham. in Linnza, 5. p. 107.) stem woolly; leaves obovate. 
Y.S. Native of Cuba. Gratiola répens, Willd. herb. Gra- 
tlola parviflóra and Hydrótrida Beccabünga, Juss. 
Obovate-leaved Herpestis. Pl. creeping. 
17 H. cxsrrrósa (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnza, 8. p. 33.) 
glabrous ; stems tufted, densely leafy, radicant, ascending ; leaves 
lanceolate, quite entire, rather fleshy, 1-nerved ; peduncles 
alternate, 3-6 times longer than the leaves; calyx somewhat 
unibracteate ; outer segments ovate, acute. 2%.S. Native of 
Brazil, Sello. Habit and stature of Verónica saxátilis, but 
smaller and more slender. Leaves scarcely 2 lines long, exceed- 
ing the internodes, bluntish, subconnate. Sepals unequal, the 
3 outer ones ovate, acute: the 2 inner narrower, ovate, acumi- 
nate, acute, 
Tufted Herpestis. Pl. creeping. 
18 H. nerniartorpes (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 8. p. 
34.) glabrous; stems herbaceous, tetragonal, much branched, 
trailing, rooting ; leaves ovate, coarsely few-crenated, obtuse, 
narrowed into the petioles; petioles connate; flowers axil- 
lary, scattered, on short pedicels; calyx loose in the fructi- 
ferous state, not exceeding the capsule; valves of capsule en- 
tire; calycine segments obtuse; outer ones ovate-lanceolate. 
u. S. Native of Brazil, Sello. Root rather woody, nearly 
simple. Plant tufted. Lobes of the limb of the corolla almost 
equal in length, rather unequal. 
Herniaria-like Herpestis. Pl. creeping, and tufted. 
§ 2. Calyx bracteate. 
19 H. rronisv/wpaA (R. Br. prod. p. 442.) glabrous, erect; 
leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire; sepals or segments 
of the fructiferous calyx reticulated and subcordate; peduncles 
bibracteate under the apex, shorter than the leaves. Y. S. 
Native of New Holland, within the tropic; and of Java, in 
rice fields. 
Bundle-flowered Herpestis. PI. foot. 
20 H. Domincr’nsis (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 801.) stem erect, 
glabrous, branched ; leaves petiolate, oblong, attenuated at the 
base, crenated ; peduncles verticillate; fructiferous calyx reti- 
culated. %.? G. Native of Hispaniola, Bertero. 
St. Domingo Herpestis. PI. erect. : 
21 H. ere‘cra (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 801.) villous; stem erect ; 
leaves ovate-oblong, subcrenulated ; peduncles axillary, oppo- 
site, short, erect. 2. ? S. Native of Brazil, Sello. 
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Erect Herpestis. Pl. erect. 
22 H. srrrcra (Schrad. ex Link, enum. 2. p. 142.) stem 
erect, glabrous, branched ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, run- 
ning into the petioles, unequally serrated ; peduncles axillary, 
usually solitary, short; calyxes crenulated. %.? S. Native 
of Brazil. Flowers 4-6 in a whorl, blue. 
Strict Herpestis, Fl. Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. erect. 
23 H. AMPLEXICAU' LIS (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 418.) 
stems woolly ; leaves short, cordate-oval, stem-clasping, entire, 
obtuse ; peduncles shorter than the leaves. 2t. H. Native of 
Carolina and Georgia, in ponds and ditches. Monniéra am- 
plexicaülis, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 22. Flowers blue, 
larger than in the other North American species. 
Stem-clasping-leaved Herpestis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. 
Pl. creeping. 
24 H. noruxpDrEOLIA (Pursh, |. c.) minutely pubescent ; leaves 
suboval-orbicular, many-nerved ; peduncles opposite, about 
equal in length to the leaves. .H. Native of Illinois and 
other western parts, on overflowed banks of rivers. Monniéra 
rotundifolia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 22. Flowers small, 
pale blue. 
Round-leaved Herpestis. 
creeping. 
25 H. micra’ntua (Pursh, l. c.) glabrous, succulent ; leaves 
sessile, oval, obtuse, quite entire, striately nerved ; peduncles 
shorter than the leaves; calyx 5-leaved ; style bifid. ©. H. 
Native from Pennsylvania to Virginia, on the banks of rivers to 
the edge of low water mark. Flowers very small, white. This 
species approaches near to Lindérnia. 
Small-flowered Herpestis. FI. July, Aug. PI. 
creeping. 
26 H. Monnte‘ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
294. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 30.) creeping, glabrous; leaves 
cuneiform, quite entire, or toothed at apex; flowers solitary, 
opposite, on long pedicels, bibracteate under the apex. X.S. 
Native throughout India, China, and the Moluccas ; and through- 
out North and South America, West Indies, Sandwich Islands, 
&c. Gratiola Monniéra, Lin. amen. acad. 4. p. 306. Jacq. obs. - 
bot. p. 4. t. 1. Roxb. cor. 2. p. 41. t. 178. fl. ind. ed. Car. 1. p. 
141.  Caprària Monniéra, Roxb. in herb. Willd. no. 11526. 
Gratiola portulacàcea, Weinm. in syll. pl. nov. bot. zeit. 1. p. 
222. Sims, bot. mag. 2557. Monniéra Brównei, Pers. ench, 
1. p. 166. Monniéra cuneifólia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 22. 
Herpéstis cuneifolia, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 418. Herpéstis 
Brownei, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 42. Link, enum. 2. p. 142, 
exclusive of synonymes. Herpéstis procümbens, Spreng. nov. 
prov. p. 22. syst. 2. p. 802.  Bràmia l'ndica, Lam. dict. 1. p. 
459. Calytriplex obovàta, Ruiz, et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 164. 
—Ehrh. pict. t. 14. f. 2.—Browne, jam. 1. p. 296. t. 28. f. 1. 
—Sloan. hist. 1. p. 203. t. 129. f. 1.—Rheed. mal. 10. p. 27. 
t. 14. Outer segments of calyx ovate-oblong, acute, entire, 
Corollas small, pale blue. The natives of India use the ex- 
pressed juice of this species mixed with Petrólium to rub on 
parts affected with rheumatic pains. 
Monnier’s Herpestis. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 
creeping. 
27 H. srettarioipes (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnza, 8. p. 
32.) glabrous; stem erect, nearly simple, loose; leaves sub- 
tern, sessile, linear-lanceolate, obsoletely serrated at apex ; 
peduncles axillary, equal in length to the leaves ; calyx bibracte- 
ate: the larger segments ovate, obtuse, reticulated. 2t. S. 
Native of Brazil, Sello. Leaves longer than the internodes, 
about an inch long, rarely opposite, but usually 3 in a whorl, 
half stem-clasping. Bracteas and calyx as in H. Monnieéra, 
but the corolla is smaller, and more deeply cleft, and the seg- 
ments are narrower and longer, oblong, obtuse. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Pl. 
Clt. 1817. 
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