548 
ed. Usteri. p. 136. 
p. 35. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx tubular, or 
campanulate, nearly equal, 5-toothed, or 5-parted. Corolla 
with an exserted tube, and a 5-cleft, bilabiate limb; upper lip 
the shortest. Stamens 4, didynamous: the 2 superior ones 
short ; filaments entire: the 2 lower ones inserted at the base 
of the lower lip; filaments elongated, arched, furnished with a 
tooth-formed or filiform appendage each at the base ; anthers 
cohering by pairs, 2-celled ; cells diverging or divaricate, con- 
fluent at apex. Style simple; stigma flattened, bilamellate, or 
simple.? Capsule globose, oblong, or linear, 2-valved; valves 
entire, membranous, with flat margins; dissepiment parallel, 
placentiferous, at length free.—Glabrous or hairy herbs, some- 
times with the habit of species of Torénia, and sometimes with 
the habit of species of Bonnaya. Stems tetragonal. Leaves op- 
posite, usually toothed. Flowers axillary, opposite, or fasci- 
cled: the upper ones generally racemose. 
Lam. ill. t. 522. f. 4. Benth. scroph. ind. 
$ 1. Bnacnyca'nez, (from Bpayve, brachys, short ; and xap- 
moc, karpos, a fruit.) Benth. scroph. ind. p. $5. Capsule 
nearly globose, or ovate-oblong, shorter than the calyx, or 
hardly longer. 
* Calyx 5-toothed before florescence. Capsule shorter than 
the calyx. 
1 V. osróxca (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 35.) glabrous, erectish ; 
leaves oblong, or lanceolate, narrowed at the base, quite entire, 
thickish ; peduncles few, elongated, subracemose ; calyx tubular, 
almost equally 5-toothed, or semiquinquefid ; capsule globose, 
shorter than the calyx. ©.H. Native of China, near Macao, 
Vachell. 
Oblong-leaved Vandellia. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. : 
2 V. woLLUciNolnEs (Benth. l. c.) glabrous; leaves nearly 
sessile, ovate-oblong, cuneated at the base, with scabrous mar- 
gins; peduncles stiff, fascicled, hardly longer than the calyx; calyx 
narrowed at the base, 5-toothed at apex, at length cleft irregu- 
larly ; capsule ovate-oblong, shorter than the calyx. ©.?S. 
Native of the Birman Empire. Torénia molluginoldes, Benth. 
in Wall. cat. no. 3960. Calyxes stiff, 2 lines long. Corolla a 
little longer. 
Mollugo-like Vandellia. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
3 V. A'rsA (Benth. l. c.) diffuse, nearly glabrous; leaves on 
short petioles, ovate, rounded at the base, or cuneated ; pedun- 
cles slender, fascicled, much longer than the calyx ; calyx slen- 
der, somewhat 5-toothed at apex, at length hardly cleft; cap- 
sule oblong, shorter than the calyx. ©.? S. Native of the 
East Indies, at Nathpur. Torénia álba, Hamilt. in Wall. cat. 
no. 3961. : 
White-flowered Vandellia. Pl. creeping. 
4 V. cnusTA'cEA (Benth. 1. c.) diffuse, glabrous; leaves 
ovate; peduncles axillary, or subracemose, 2-3 times as long as 
the calyx; calyx 5-toothed before florescence, but at length 
becoming 5-parted, exceeding the ovate capsule. ©. S. Na- 
tive throughout India; in the Peninsula; at Macao in China ; 
and at Saharumpur. Capraria crustàcea, Lin. mant. p. 87. 
Torénia crustacea, Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 2. p. 570. 
Gratiola licida, Roxb. cor. 3. p. 2. t. 202. fl. ind. ed. Car. 1. p. 
138. Morgània lücida, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 802.  Torénia lüci- 
da, Hamilt. in Wall. cat. no. 3962. Gratiola áspera, Roth, 
nov. spec. p. 11. Hornemánnia ovata, Link, et Otto, abbild. 1. 
t. 9. Tittmánnia ovata, Rchb. icon. exot. 1. p. 27. An- 
tirrhinum lexándrum, Forster, prod. p. 43. no. 235.—Rheed. 
SCROPHULARINEE. 
XL. VANDELLIA. 
mal. 9. p. 113. t. 58.  Morgània aspera, Spreng. syst. 2, p. 
803. Calyx 2 to 21 lineslong. Corolla deep blue. 
Crustaceous Vandellia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Pl, 
trailing. 
* * Calyx 5-parted before florescence. 
the calyx. 
Capsule shorter than 
5 V. xnx'crA (Benth. l. c. p. 36.) erectish, glabrous ; leaves 
nearly sessile, ovate or oblong, narrowed at the base; peduncles 
axillary or racemose, 2-5 times as long as the calyx ; calyx 5- 
parted, or deeply 5-cleft before florescence ; segments of the 
calyx lanceolate, membranous, exceeding the capsule, which is 
ovate. (9. S. Native of India; as of the Peninsula, Deyra 
Doon, Munghyr, Nipaul, Silhet, Birman Empire, &c. Tittmán- , 
nia trichótoma, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3943. Very nearly _ 
allied to V. crustacea, but distinct. 
Erect Vandellia. Pl. 4 foot. : F 
6 V. gxa‘ta (Benth. l. c.) glabrous, or sparingly pilose ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, subcordate at the base ; .pedicels race- 
mose, at length hardly twice the length of calyxes; calyx 5- 
parted before florescence ; segments lanceolate-subulate, ex- 
ceeding the ovate capsule. ©. S. Native of the Birman Em- 
pire, at Tavoy, Wall. Tittmánnia elàta, Benth. in Wall. cat. 
no. 3942. 
Tall Vandellia. PI. 4 foot. 
7 V. mirsu'ra (Hamilt. mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 36.) 
hairy; leaves ovate: lower ones petiolate, narrowed at. the 
base : superior ones nearly sessile, cordate at the base; pedicels 
racemose, at length 2-3 times as long as the calyx ; calyx 2- 
parted before florescence; segments lanceolate, subulate, ex- 
ceeding the nearly globose capsule. ©. H. Native of India, 
at Goalpara, Silhet, Peninsula, and Ava. Tittmannia ovata, 
Benth. in. Wall. cat. no. 3942. but not of Rchb. Gratiola vis- 
cósa, Horn. hort. hafn. p. 19.  Hornemmánnia viscósa, Willd. 
enum. p. 654.  Tittmánnia viscósa, Rchb. icon. bot. exot. 1. p. 
26. t. 38. Corolla blue. 
Hairy Vandellia. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1823. Pl. 4 foot. 
8 V. sca'snA (Benth. l.c.) diffuse, hairy, or almost glabrous; 
leaves nearly sessile, broad-ovate, subcordate at the base, or 
rounded ; peduncles axillary or racemose, 2-5 times as long as 
the calyx ; calyx 5-parted before florescence : segments lanceo- 
late, exceeding the nearly globose capsule. (2. S. Native of 
the Indian Peninsula, and at Tavoy ; and of the Island of Lugon. 
Torénia hírta, Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnza, 2. p. 36. Titt- 
mánnia pusílla, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3945. exclusive of letter 
C. Tittmánnia sulcàta, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3946. Habit 
of V, erustàcea ; but the plant, and especially the calyx, becomes 
black on drying. It is also like Bonndya rotundifolia, but dif- 
fers in the inflorescence and stamens. 
Scabrous Vandellia. Pl. diffuse, 4 to 1 foot. a 
9 V. ra'xa (Benth. 1. c.) diffuse, hairy ; leaves nearly sessile, 
rounded at the base, or subcordate ; pedicels axillary or race- 
mose, 2-3 times as long as the calyx; calyx 5-parted before 
florescence ; segments subulate, very hairy, exceeding the cap- 
sule, which is nearly globose. (2.8. Native of the Peninsula 
of India, Wight. Perhaps only a variety of V. scabra, but the 
habit and calyx are distinct. 
Loose Vandellia. Pl, diffuse, 1 foot. d 
10 V. wóLLIs (Benth. l. c.) hairy; leaves nearly sessile, 
oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, clothed with soft villi ; pedi- 
cels axillary or racemose, 2-4 times as long as the calyx ; calyx 
5-parted before -florescence, very hairy, with subulate segments, 
exceeding the capsule, which is oblong. ©.S. Native of Sil- 
het. Tittmannia hirta, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3948. Seg- 
ments of calyx at length 4 lines long, but in most of the other 
