SCROPHULARINER. XXXVI. LoxoPHYLLUM. XXXVII. Marounza. XXXVIII. Caconarea. XXXIX. Ranania, &c. 547 
Corolla campanulate ; segments of the limb cordate, one of them 
larger than the others. Stigma spoon-shaped, inflexed. 
Cochinchina Diceros. Pl. 1 foot. 
Sect. 2. Limb of corolla bilabiate : upper lip emarginate : 
lower lip 3-lobed. 
2 D. rarrro'Lrus (Blume, bijdr. p. 752.) leaves opposite, 
nearly sessile, elliptic, obtuse, cuneated at the base, bluntly 
toothed, rather scabrous; racemes terminal, elongated; stem 
nearly simple. %.? S. Native of Java, in humid places on 
the mountains. 
Broad-leaved Diceros. Pl. 1 td 2 feet? 
3 D. monra‘nus (Blum. bijdr. p. 752.) leaves opposite, ovate, 
bluntly toothed, rather pilose on both sides, as well as the stem ; 
peduncles axillary, solitary, sub-umbellate, 3-5-flowered. Y.? 
S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak. 
Mountain Diceros. Pl. 1 to 2 feet? 
4 D. crANDULirFERUS (Blum. bijdr. p. 752.) downy; leaves 
opposite, sessile, ovate, obtuse, crenulated ; raceme terminal, 
clothed with glandular hairs. %.? S. Native of Java, in 
grassy places near Buitenzorg, and about Batavia. 
Gland-bearing Diceros. Pl. 1 to 2 feet? 
5 D. cxspito'sus (Blum. bijdr. p. 753.) downy ; leaves ses- 
sile, opposite, ovate, serrulated ; peduncles 1-flowered, usually 
solitary, extra-axillary. 2/.?S. Native of Java, in the west- 
ern provinces, among grass. There is a pilose and a glabrous 
variety of this species. 
Tufted Diceros. Pl. tufted. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpéstis, p. 546. 
XXXVI. LOXOPHY'LLUM (from ofoc, loxos, a bow; 
and $vAXov, phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the oblique leaves.) 
Blum. bijdr. p. 750. 
Lin. syst. | Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx bilabiate ; 
lip 3-parted : lower lip bipartite. Corolla bilabiate ; tube ven- 
tricose : upper lip erect, emarginate: lower one larger, trifid, 
equal; throat papilose. Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted ; 
anthers connected. Style inclosed ; stigma obtuse, emarginate. 
Capsule globose, 2-celled, 4-valved ; placenta central, 4-parted, 
at length free.—Herb downy, with a branched, nodose stem. 
Leaves alternate, the opposite ones being stipular, oblong, ob- 
lique; peduncles racemose, axillary.— This genus differs from 
Conóbea in the calyx being bilabiate, but the structure of the 
fruit and anthers are similar, as well as the habit. 
1 L, racemo'sum (Blum. bijdr. p. 751.) 2/.? S. Native of 
Java, among stones at the foot of Mount Menari, in the province 
of Buitenzorg. 
Racemose-flowered Loxophyllum. Pl. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpéstis, p. 546. 
XXXVII. MATOU'REA (the meaning of this word is not 
explained by Aublet.) Aubl. guian. 2. p. 641. t. 253. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 4-parted. 
Corolla tubular, incurved; limb bilabiate: upper one erect, 
bifid: lower one deflexed, trifid, unequal. Stamens didyna- 
mous. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 1-celled, ex Aubl., but 
probably 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded ; placenta central, 
seminiferous. Seeds minute.—Herbs with tetragonal, nodose 
branches, and opposite leaves, and axillary, almost solitary 
flowers. 
1 M. nicre’scens (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 16.) glabrous ; stem 
erect, branched; leaves lanceolate, bluntish, toothed towards the 
apex. y. H. Native from Pennsylvania to Carolina, in 
ditches and wet places. Gratlola acuminata, Walt. fl. carol. p. 
61. Ell. fl. carol. p. 15.  Gerárdia cuneifólia, Pursh, fl. amer. 
2. p. 422. Flowers large, pale yellow, ? Calyx 5-parted. 
Blackish Matourea. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
2 M. rnATE'Nsis (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 642. t. 259. under M. 
Guianénsis.) leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, acute, crenated. 
©. S. Native of the Island of Trinidad, and of Brazil, on 
road-sides. Vandéllia praténsis, Vahl, eclog. 2. p. 48. Willd. 
spec. 3. p. 343. Tupeicàvi, Pis. bras. 249. Corollas blue. 
Meadow Matourea. PI. 2 feet. 
3 M.? pusia; leaves lanceolate, acutely serrated, attenuated 
at the base, and somewhat auricled; flowers nearly sessile, sub- 
spicate. 2t. G. Native of Buenos Ayres. Gratiola tetragóna, 
Hook. bot. mag. t. 3134. Flowers blue. 
Doubtful Matourea. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1830. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpéstis, p. 546. 
XXXVIII. CACONA'PEA (meaning unknown to us.) Cham. 
et Schlecht, in Linnea, 8. p. 28. 
Lin. syst.  Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-parted, un- 
equal; upper segment the largest. Corolla tubular: limb 4- 
cleft, bilabiate: upper lip shorter, emarginate: lower one 
trifid, equal. Stamens 4, didynamous, inclosed ; anthers round- 
ish, 2-celled, emarginate at the base. Stigma compressedly 
bilamellate, bent a little forward. Capsule cylindrical, inclosed, 
2-celled, 4-valved; dissepiment separating slowly from the 
inflexed valves.—An herb with the habit of Gratiola amàra. 
Leaves opposite, decussate, quite entire, full of pellucid or glan- 
dular dots. Flowers small, in axillary contracted cymes, falsely 
verticillate. Calyx bibracteate. 
1 C. eratioroipes (Cham. et Schlecht, l. c. p. 29.) Y.?S8. 
Native of Brazil, Sello; Bahia, Lhotski, in marshes. Plant 
glabrous, or rather pilose on the midrib and margins of the 
leaves. Stem purplish. Leaves complicate, linear, or linear- 
lanceolate, acute, longer than the internodes. Bracteas setaceous. 
Gratiola-like Caconapea. Pl. 13 to 3 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpéstis, p. 546. 
XXXIX. RANA'RIA (from rana, a frog, in allusion to the 
habitation of the plant, in inundated places.) Cham. et Schlecht, 
in Linnza, 8. p. 30. 
Lin. syst. — Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-parted ; 
segments of equal length; outer 3 the broadest. Corolla ven- 
tricosely tubular; limb 4-cleft, nearly equal. Stamens 4, didy- 
namous, almost erect; anthers sagittate, obtuse within the 
throat; cells elliptic. Stigma capitellately emarginate. Cap- 
sule inclosed, 4-valved; dissepiment membranous, thin, free, 
seminiferous at the axis.—A small, marsh, creeping herb. 
Leaves opposite, decussate, quite entire, full of pellucid dots. 
Flowers small, axillary, fascicled, on short pedicels. Calyx 
bibracteate ; bracteas minute. 
1 R. woxNrERIOlpes (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 8. p. 
31.) 3X4. S. Native of Brazil, in inundated places, Sello. 
Leaves half stem-clasping, from ovate, scarcely subcordate, 
narrowed at the base, bluntish, rather fleshy, shorter than the 
internodes. 
Monniera-like Ranaria. 
Cult. 
Pl. creeping. 
For culture and propagation see Herpéstis, p. 546. 
XL. VANDE'LLIA (so named by P. Browne, in honour 
of Dominico Vandelli, professor of natural history at Lisbon.) 
Lin. mant. p. 89. Schreb. gen. no. 1040. Juss. gen. p. 122. 
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