SCROPHULARINE/E. XLIV. HzrrRANTHA. 
Polygonum-like Torenia. Pl. procumbent. 
9 T. sca'5RA (R. Br. prod. p. 440.) leaves lanceolate-ovate, 
serrated, scabrous; stem erect, pubescent; calyx 5-toothed, 
equal. 2%. S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 
Tittmánnia scabra, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 800. 
Scabrous Torenia.  Pl.? 
10 T. rra'ccipA (R. Br. l. c.) leaves broad-ovate, obtuse, 
crenated, and are, as well as the stem, glabrous; peduncles 3-4 
times longer than the flowers. %.S. Native of New Holland, 
within the tropic. 
Flaccid Torenia. PI.? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpéstis, p. 546. 
XLIV. HETERA'NTHA (from érepoc, heteros, variable; 
and a»8oc, anthos, a flower ; flowers variable.) Nees et Mart. 
in nov. act. bonn. 11. p. 42. t. 3. Vrolíkia polygaloides, Spreng. 
Syst. 3. p. 165. and 4. p. 222. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia, Calyx membranous, 
campanulate, 5-cleft. Corolla bilabiate; upper lip smaller, ob- 
long, entire: lower one broader, concave, 3-lobed; middle lobe 
larger and emarginate. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers cor- 
date; cells contiguous ; lobes of the upper ones clasping the 
Style. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, with a septicidal dehiscence. 
Placentas fixed to the middle of the dissepiment.—A perennial 
creeping plant, with ascending branches. Branches terete, 
downy from fascicles of small hairs. Leaves alternate, nearly 
orbicular, obtuse, with a small point, quite entire, running into 
the petioles, rather hairy. Flowers disposed in simple, erect, 
Subsecund, naked racemes, rising from the upper internodes, ex- 
trafoliaceous. Calyx blue. Corolla white. Capsule ovate, a 
little compressed, acute, smooth, white. 
1 H. pecirrens (Mart. l. c. p. 42.) )J. S. Native of Bra- 
zil, on the road to Felisbert. 
Deceiving Heterantha. PI. $ creeping at the base. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpéstis, p. 546. 
XLV. LINDE’RNIA (so named by Allioni, from Franc. 
Balthasar à Lindern, physician at Strasburgh, author of ** Hor- 
tus Alsaticus." 1747.) Alion. misc. taur. 3. p. 178. t. 5. 
pedem. no. 203. Schreb. gen. no. 1031. Lin. mant. p. 141. 
Juss. gen. p. 122. 540. ed. Usteri, p. 137. Lam. ill. t. 522. 
f. 3. R. Br. prod. p. 440. 
Lin. svsr.  Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-parted, 
equal. Corolla ringent ; upper lip retuse: lower one trifid, bi- 
carinated at the base. Stamens didynamous ; lower filaments 
bifid ; anthers cohering by pairs. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 
2-celled, 2 valved; valves entire; dissepiment parallel, free, 
placentiferous.—Slender herbs. Leaves opposite. Peduncles 
axillary and terminal, bractless, deflexed while bearing the 
fruit, but upright after the dehiscence of the capsule. 
$1. Veræ. Filaments 4, all fertile, 2 longer ones forked. 
1 pyxrpa‘ria (Lin. syst. p. 475.) leaves oblong-ovate, quite 
entire, 3-nerved, sessile; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered; stems 
procumbent. ©. Native of Alsatia, Silesia, Germany, 
Carinthia, Piedmont, &c., in bogs. Lam. ill. t. 522. Pyxi- 
daria repens annua, flosculis monopetalis unilabiatis, Lindern. 
als. 1. p. 152. t. 1. and 2. p. 267. Capraria gratioloides, Lin. 
spec. 876. Anagalloides procümbens, Krok. siles. 2. no. 1001. 
t. 26. Peduncles shorter than the leaves; but the upper ones 
are usually longer. Corolla pale purple. 
XLV. LiwpERNIA. XLVI. Liwosetta. 551 
Pyzidaria Lindernia. 
cumbent. 
2 L. KrrarsE Lu; lower leaves obovate: superior ones ob- 
long-ovate, all obtuse and quite entire, nerveless ; peduncles 
axillary, 1-flowered, exceeding the leaves; stem creeping. ©. 
H. Native of Pannonia, in marshes. Gratiola inundàta, Kit. 
in Schultz, austr. fl. 2. p. 32. Spreng. pug. 1. p. 1. Leaves 
3, nerved beneath. Perhaps the same as Lindérnia pyxidària. 
Kitaibel's Lindernia. | Pl. creeping. 
8 L. ArsiNorpzs (R. Br. prod. p. 441.) leaves ovate, entire 
or few-toothed : cauline ones distant: floral ones minute ; tube 
of corolla a little longer than the calyx; stem erect. ©.? S. 
Native of New Holland, within the tropic. "Tittmánnia alsi- 
noides, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 800. 
Chickweed-like Lindernia. Pl. erect. 
4 L. scar’cera (R. Br. l. c.) leaves broadly ovate, almost 
quite entire : lower ones crowded : cauline ones very few, 
smaller: floral ones minute; tube of corolla twice as long as 
the calyx. Q.? S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 
Tittmannia scapigera, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 800. 
Scape-bearing Lindernia. PI. small. 
5 L. susura`ra (R. Br. l. c.) leaves linear, subulate, entire. 
Q.? S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. Titt- 
mánnia subulàta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 800. 
Subulate-leaved Lindernia. Pl. small. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1789. Pl. pro- 
§ 2. America'næ. Filaments 4, the 2 longer ones forked 
and sterile. 
6 L. MoxrzvipE'wsrs (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 769.) stem procum- 
bent, branched ; leaves spatulate, linear, nerveless; peduncles 
axillary, 1-flowered; calyxes foliaceous. ©. H. Native of 
Monte Video, Sello. 
Monte Video Lindernia. Pl. small, procumbent. 
7 L. wowTr'cora (Nutt. gen. 1. p. 9.) stem erect, dichoto- 
mous; radical leaves spatulate: cauline ones linear, remote ; 
peduncles elongated: fructiferous ones deflexed. 4y. H. Na- 
tive of North Carolina. Tittmannia montícola, Spreng. syst. 
2. p. 800. 
Mountain Lindernia. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
8 L.cRaNDIFLORA (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 43.) leaves almost 
round, thickish, entire and nerveless, somewhat stem-clasping ; 
peduncles very long, axillary and terminal; sterile filaments 
forked ; stem creeping. ^. H. Native of Georgia, on the 
spongy margins of sandy springs and ponds betwixt Savannah 
and Augusta, in many places. Leaves crowded. Segments of 
the calyx linear-subulate. Corolla large, of a violet blue: 
lower lip paler, 3-lobed : upper lip very short, bidentate. The 
lateral forks of the sterile filaments producing an imperfect 1- 
celled anther. Capsule ovate. 
Great-flowered Lindernia. Pl. creeping. 
9 L. nizATA'TA (Muhl. cat. ex Elliott, fl. car. 1. p. 16.) 
leaves dilated at base, stem-clasping, sparingly toothed ; pedun- 
cles longer than the leaves. (2. H. Native from New York 
to Virginia, Carolina, &c. on the banks of rivers, in gravelly 
soil. L. pyxidària, Pursh, fl. 2.:p. 419. Gratiola inaqualis, 
Walt. car. p. 61. Gratiola anagallídea, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 
l. p. 6. Leaves obscurely 3-5-nerved. Calyxes pubescent, 
ciliated. Corolla purple. 
Dilated-leaved Lindernia. Pl. procumbent. 
10 L. arrenva‘ta (Muhl. cat. ex Elliott, l. c. p. 17.) leaves 
lanceolate and obovate, attenuated at the base; peduncles one 
half shorter than the leaves. (2. H. Native of Georgia, in 
wet places. Leaves serrulated, villous. Calyxes ciliated. Ste- 
rile filaments villous. 
