* the rooted stems. 
546 SCROPHULARINE/E. XXXII. Mecarponia. 
Stichwort-like Herpestis. Pl. 1 to 1} foot. 
28 H. Morane’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
367.) creeping, glabrous; leaves cuneate-oblong, obtuse, obso- 
letely and remotely denticulated at apex, rather fleshy ; pedun- 
cles longer than the leaves, bibracteate under the calyx ; outer 
segments of calyx ovate-oblong, bluntish, quite entire. X. S 
Native of New Spain, between Mount Ventoso and the mines 
of Moran, at the altitude of 1340 hexapods. 
Moran Herpestis. Pl. creeping. 
29 H. tomentosa (Schlecht, et Cham. in Linnza, 5. p. 106.) 
plant clothed with white wool, creeping, branched ; leaves spa- 
tulate, elliptie, acutish, sessile, somewhat crenately serrated 
towards the apex; flowers axillary, sessile; calyx bibracteate ; 
bracteas and calycine segments linear-acuminated and acute. 
Q1. S. Native of Vera Cruz, in sandy places. 
Tomentose Herpestis. Pl. creeping. 
30 H. rawvoeiNO'sA (Blum. bijdr. p. 747.) woolly; leaves 
ovate, doubly crenated; peduncles shorter than the petioles ; 
calyx bibracteate. 2%. S. Native of humid places near 
Sadjram. 
Woolly Herpestis. | Pl. erect. ? 
31 H. Java’nica (Blum. bijdr. p. 743.) stems procumbent, 
rather villous; leaves ovate, unequally crenated, smoothish, full 
of depressed dots beneath; flowers nearly sessile; calyxes bi- 
bracteate. X.S. Native of Java, in rice fields. 
Java Herpestis. Pl. procumbent. 
32 H. srArULA' rA (Blum. bijdr. p. 748.) quite glabrous; 
leaves spatulate, obsoletely serrulated above; peduncles longer 
than the leaves ; calyx bibracteate. 2%. S. Native of Java, in 
bogs about Batavia and Buitenzorg. 
Spatulate-leaved Herpestis. Pl. procumbent. ? 
N.B. Herpéstis floribánda, Roth, nov. spec. 289, but not of 
R. Br., and H. rugosa, Roth, l. c. p. 290, do not belong to this 
genus, or even probably to the order. They are, perhaps, 
Acanthaceous plants. 
Cult. Most of the species require to be grown in moist soil, 
or in shallow water. They are readily increased by separating 
XXXII. MECARDO'NIA (named'after Antonio Meca y Car- 
dona, a Spanish botanist, and one of the founders of the botanic 
garden of Barcelona.) Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. syst. p. 164. 
Mart. nov. gen. 1. p. 16. t. 208. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-parted, un- 
equal; the 3 outer segments the largest, propped by adnate 
twin bracteas. Corolla tubular; limb short, sub-bilabiate, 5- 
lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, inclosed; anthers discrete. 
Stigma oblique, subcapitate, on an incurved style. Capsule 2- 
celled, completely 2-valved ; dissepiment placentiferous, at 
length free; valves parallel.—Small, herbaceous, decumbent 
plants, with tetragonal stems, and opposite leaves on short 
petioles; and axillary and terminal flowers. This genus is 
nearly allied to Herpéstis and Morgania. 
1 M. rusitua (Mart. pl. bras. 1. p. 16. t. 208.) leaves lance- 
olate, or broad-lanceolate, obsoletely serrated. Y%.S. Native 
of Brazil, in the provinces of St. Paul and Bahia, in sandy 
desert fields. 
Least Mecardonia. Pl. decumbent. 
2 M. ovara (Ruiz, et Pav. syst. veg. per. p. 164.) leaves 
ovate, serrated. 21. S. Native of Peru. 
Ovate-leaved Mecardonia. Pl. decumbent. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpéstis above. 
XXXIII. BRA'MIA (Zrami is the Malabar name of Her- 
péstis Monniera, according to Rheed, mal. 10. p. 27. t. 14.) 
XXXIII. Brama. 
XXXIV. SruxnorHEca. XXXV. Diceros, 
but not of Lam. nor Mart. Herpéstis, Mart. pl. bras. 3, p. 
13, but not of Gaertn. and R. Br. Mélia, Vand. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérma. Calyx unequal; the 
3 outer segments the broadest, and subcordate : the 2 inner ones 
keeled. Corolla ringent, bilabiate ; upper lip 2-lobed: lower 
lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers discrete. Ova- 
rium girded by a long, toothed disk. Stigma bifid. Capsule 
2-celled; dissepiment placentiferous ; valves bipartite.— Herbs 
with opposite leaves. Peduncles axillary, bibraeteate. 
1 B. nawíckRA ; 2j. S. Native of tropical Brazil, Sello. 
Herpéstis lanigera, Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 2. p. 572. 
Verónica rotundifolia Brasiliénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 67. Stem 
creeping, woolly. Leaves sessile, ovate, orbicular, entire, 
feather-nerved ; peduncles equal in length to the leaves and 
longer, bibracteate under the calyx. 
Wool-bearing Bramia. PI. creeping. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpéstis, above. 
XXXIV. SPHEZROTHECA (from oracpa, spaira, a sphere; 
and @nxn, theke, a case, or sheath, in reference to the globular 
capsule.) Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 2. p. 608. 
Lin. syst. — Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx deeply 5- 
parted, equal, permanent. Corolla tubular; limb unequal, 5- 
lobed, bilabiate; upper lip 2-lobed: lower one stretched out, 
and 3-lobed; lobes entire, obtuse. Stamens 4, didynamous, 
inclosed; filaments filiform, glabrous, short, inserted a little 
beneath the throat: lower ones the longest; anthers 2-celled, 
roundish, mutic, naked, approximating by pairs. Style in- 
closed ; stigma bilamellate. Capsule globose, 2-celled, dehiscing 
slowly at the dissepiment, as also in the middle of the cells, 
and, therefore, the capsule appears 4-valved ; dissepiment 
wholly placentiferous Seeds numerous, minute, oblong, an= 
. gular, striated, and as if they were foveolate.—Glabrous herbs 
with opposite dotted leaves; axillary, 1-flowered peduncles, and 
bibracteate calyxes. 
1 S. scoraniolpzs (Cham. et Schlecht, 1. c. p. 606.) %. H. 
Native of equinoctial Brazil. Root creeping.? Stem tetra- 
gonal, erect, ornamented with flowers and leaves from the base 
to the apex, as well as the branches. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 
obsoletely, unequally, and sharply serrated, feather-nerved, 2 
inches long; margins and teeth cartilaginous; petioles short 
Flowers small. Segments of calyx linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved. 
Corollas small, downy outside, bluish in the dried state. 
Scoparia-like Sphzerotheca. P1. 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Heryéstis above. 
XXXV. DICEROS (from ðc, dis, twice; and xepoc, keros 
a horn; in reference to the bicornute anthers.) Lour. coch. p. 
381. Blum. bijdr. p. 751. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx bractless, ő- 
parted, equal. Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb bilabiate, some- 
times nearly equal. Stamens 4, didynamous ; filaments ascend- 
ing: longer ones callous at the base; cells of anthers diverging 
conniving in a cruciate manner. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 
nearly globose, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves undivided ; dissep!- - 
ment parallel; placentas adnate to the dissepiment.—Herbs 
with opposite leaves, and with generally terminal racemes of 
flowers. 
Sect 1. Corolla subcampanulate ; limb 4-lobed, nearly equal. 
1 D. Cocnincutne’nsts (Lour. coch. p. 381.) leaves 3 in a 
whorl, ovate-lanceolate, serrated, fleshy, glabrous; peduncles 
solitary, axillary, 1-flowered, villous. 2/. G. Native of Cochin- 
china, in marshy places. Root creeping. Flowers pale violet. 
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