560 SCROPHULARINEJE. LV. Sorvsia. 
Wall. cat. no. 3889. scroph. ind. p. 49. ger. l. c.  Corollas pale 
purple, like those of S. delphinifolia. Capsule globose at the 
base, but compressed at top. 
Strict Sopubia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
3 S. DELPHINIFÒLIA ; much branched, smooth; leaves pinna- 
tifid, with narrow-linear segments ; calycine teeth linear-subu- 
late, longer than the tube. .2/. S. Native of India, chiefly in 
the Peninsula, and as far North as Lohargan, Royle, always in 
wet soil, and sometimes even in water. QGerárdia delphinifolia, 
Lin. spec. p. 848. Roxb. cor. 1. t. 90. Benth. scroph. ind. 
p. 49. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 211. t. 11. Euphrasia Coro- 
mandeliàna, Rottl. in Spreng. syst. 2. p. 775.— Plukn. alm. 17. 
t. 358. f. 8. Leaves simple, trifid or tripinnatifid. Corolla 7-8 
lines long, reddish, with a deep coloured spot on the under lip. 
Lower pair of anthers united. 
Far. B, parviflora (Benth. in scroph. ind. p. 49. ger. l. c. p. 
211.) %.S.  Gerárdia Heyneàna, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 
3891. Corolla 5-6 lines long. 
Lark-spur-leaved Sopubia. 
3 to 4 feet. 
4 S. sca'pRA ; glabrous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, 
cuneately 3-5-cleft, with rather scabrous edges; teeth of calyx 
lanceolate, scarcely shorter than the tube; corolla tubularly 
campanulate, more than 3 times longer than the calyx. 2. F. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Gerárdia scàbra, Lin. 
suppl. 279. Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. p. 211. Stems usu- 
ally simple. Flowers almost sessile, near together. Corolla an 
inch long, apparently purple. Filaments hairy. 
Scabrous Sopubia. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
5 S. oprusir6c1a ; stem hairy at top; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, entire, or a little toothed, obtuse, scabrous, glabrous; caly- 
cine teeth broad-lanceolate, obtuse, scarcely shorter than the 
tube, which is a little inflated ; corollas tubularly campanulate, 
twice as long as the calyx. YY. S. Native of Madagascar. 
Gerárdia obtusifólia, Benth. ger. 1. c. p. 211. Flowers similar 
to those of S. scabra, but the calyx is larger. Filaments 
almost glabrous. Empty cells of anthers terminated by a long 
point. 
Obtuse-leaved Sopubia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
6 S. riLizÓRMIS; leaves filiform, scabrous; peduncles oppo- 
site, short, 1-flowered, subsolitary. 3%. S. Native of Guinea, 
near Pramprom and Ningo, Thonning.  Gerárdia filifórmis, 
Schum. pl. guin. p. 272. Root horizontal. Stem simple at 
bottom, and fastigiately branched at top. Corolla pale purple ; 
throat large, campanulate. Anthers bipartite; the lobes ob- 
long, unequal, diverging. 
Filiform Sopubia. Pl. 1 foot? 
Cult. The species of Sopübia might be grown in pots placed 
in pans of water. A peat soil is that best suited to them; and 
they may either be increased by cuttings or seeds. They are, 
however, extremely difficult to cultivate. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Pl. 
LVI. SEYMERIA (named by Pursh after Henry Seymer, 
an English naturalist.) Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 737. Benth. 
ger. in Hook. comp. p. 203.—A fzélia, Gmel., but not of Smith. 
Gerárdia species, Michx. and Pers. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate ; 
segments 5, linear, longer than the tube. Corolla with a short 
tube, and 5 oblong segments, which are at length subrotately 
spreading. Stamens 4, almost equal in length, rather longer 
than the corolla; anthers erect, all 2-celled and fertile. Stigma 
slender. Capsule globose at the base, and compressed at apex. 
—Herbs natives of North America. Leaves pinnate, with linear 
or filiform segments. Flowers small, somewhat paniculately 
racemose. Corollas yellow. 
LVI. Seymerta. 
LVII. MacrantueraA. LVIII. EsrERHAZIA. 
1 S. renuiréria (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 737.) clothed 
with fine clammy down ; leaves setaceously pinnatifid ; segments 
cut; capsule glabrous, beaked. (2. H. Native of Carolina, 
Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana, &e. Gerardia Afzélia, Michx, 
fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 20.  Afzélia cassioides, Gmel. syst. nat. 
927. Gerárdia cassioides, Pers. ench. 2. p. 154. Branches 
slender. Leaves small, distant. Flowers 3 an inch in diameter. 
Capsule size of a grain of pepper. , 
Thin-leaved Seyméria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1730. Pl. 1 
foot. 
2 S. pectina‘ra (Pursh. 1. c.) downy; leaves pinnatifid, with 
linear, obtuse, rather cut segments; capsule downy, obtuse. 
©. H. Native of South Carolina, Pursh ; Louisiana, Drum- 
mond ; from North Carolina to Florida, Pursh. Leaves large, 
and their lobes much broader than in the preceding. Capsule 
larger, compressed, obtuse, and almost emarginate at apex. 
Pectinate-leaved Seymeria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 
1 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Gerárdia, p. 559. 
LVII. MACRANTHERA (from paxpoc, makros, long; ^ 
and a»0»pa, anthera, an anther; in reference to the long an- 
thers.) ‘Torrey, mss. ex Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 203. 
— Conràdia, Nutt. and Pickering, in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 
7. p. 88. t. 12. but not of Mart. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
with 5 linear foliaceous segments, which are longer than the 
tube. Corolla tubular; limb of 5 short, nearly equal, spread- 
ing segments. Stamens 4, nearly equal, exserted ; anthers 
erect, all 2-celled, fertile. Stigma slender. Capsule nearly glo- 
bose, acute.—An erect American herb. Leaves opposite, dis- 
sected. Flowers racemose, yellow. 
1 M. rucustorpes (Benth. l. c.) 4t. H. Native of the 
southern states of North America; Louisiana, Drummond. 
Conradia fuchsioldes, Nutt. l. c. Plant slightly downy. | Seg- 
ments of the leaves lanceolate: those of the lower ones divided. 
Racemes long, unilateral. Peduncles opposite, spreading oF 
slightly reflexed. Flowers erect. Corolla an inch long, slightly 
incurved at the top; mouth oblique. Stamens downy. (Benth.) 
Leaves like those of Gerárdia quercifólia, ex Nutt. 
Fuchsia-like Macranthera. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Gerárdia, p. 559. 
LVIIL ESTERHA‘ZIA (probably named after some mem- 
ber of the family of Prince Esterhazy.) Mikan, del. pl. et faun. 
bras. t. 5. Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 203.—Virgularia 
species, Mart.—Gerárdia species, Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, ' 
vol. 3. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed. Corolla tubularly funnel-shaped ; lobes of the limb 
ovate-roundish, nearly equal. Stamens didynamous, exserted, 
villous: anthers all fertile; cells very villous, acute at the base: 
— Much branched shrubs, natives of Brazil, naked at the base. 
Leaves usually opposite, quite entire, rather fleshy. Flowers 
disposed in short racemes, pedicellate towards the top of the 
branches ; pedicels bracteate. 
1 E. campe’stris (Spix et Mart. reise in bras. l. p- 397.) 
leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, mucronulate, contracted 
at the base, l-nerved: floral ones exceeding the peduncles ; 
racemes almost simple. ^b. G. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Minas Geraes, in the Diamond district. Virgularia 
campéstris, Mart. gen. bras. 3. p. 7. t. 203. 
Field Esterhazia. Shrub. 
2 E. monta'na (Spix, et Mart. l c.) leaves linear, acute at 
both ends, 1-nerved, fascicled ; flowers exceeding the calyxes; . 
