SCROPHULARINE, LVIII. EsTERHAZIA. 
racemes compound. h.G. Native of the province of Minas 
Geraes, Martius ; tropical Brazil, Sello. Virgularia montana, 
Mart. l. c. 3. p. 9. t. 204. Gerárdia cæsàrea, Cham. et Schlecht, 
in Linnza, 3. p. 17. 
Mountain Esterhazia. Shrub. 
3 E. serE'NpiDA (Mikan, del. pl. et faun. bras. t. 5.) leaves 
narrow-lanceolate, acute, narrowed into the petioles at the base ; 
racemes nearly simple, few-flowered, leafy. ^h. G. Native of 
tropical Brazil, Mart. and Sello. "Virgulària spléndida, Mart. 
gen. bras. 3. p. 11. Gerardia gnidioides, Cham. et Schlecht, 
in Linnea, 3. p. 16. Segments of corolla ovate, very blunt, 
ciliated. According to Cham. et Schlecht, l. c. the 3 foregoing 
species run so into each other, that they may only be varieties 
of one. 
Splendid Esterhazia. Shrub. 
4 E. macropénra (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnea, 8. p. 26.) 
leaves lanceolate, narrowed at the base, acute and mucronate at 
apex; panicle terminal, pyramidal, comose, composed of 2- 
flowered branches ; peduncles exceeding the leaves and branch- 
lets; teeth of calyx subulately acuminated. 5. GG. Native of 
Brazil. Corolla villous outside; segments ciliated, and gla- 
brous on both surfaces. Filaments villous or bearded. 
Long-toothed Esterhazia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Gerárdia, p. 559. 
LIX. GLOSSO'STYLIS (from yAwooa, glossa, a tongue; and 
ervXoc, stylos, column ; in allusion to the form of the stigma in 
G. áspera.) Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnza, 3. p. 22. Benth. 
ger. in Hook. comp. p. 211.—Gerárdia species, Vahl. Starbia, 
Pet. Th. gen. mad. p. 7.? 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
4 to 5-toothed. Corolla obliquely campanulate, with a short 
5-lobed limb; limb the largest below. Stamens didyna- 
mous. Cells of anthers all equal and fertile, acute at the 
base. Seeds small, with a thin, linear-cuneated membrane. 
— Rough erect herbs, with the habit of Melampjrum, natives of 
America, South Africa, and South Asia. Leaves opposite, sinu- 
ately toothed: floral ones or bracteas broadest at the base, and 
more deeply toothed, acuminated at apex. Flowers nearly ses- 
sile, solitary, alternate, spicate. 
1 G. Avz'wsis (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 49. ger. l. c. p. 211.) 
leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, cuneated at the base, on 
. very short petioles, and are, as well as the stem, rough from 
tubercles ; teeth of calyx broad, acute, with short cilia. ©. S. 
Native on Taong Dong, a mountain near Ava. 
Ava Glossostylis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
2 G. a’spera (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnza, 3. p. 23.) 
leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, truncately cordate at 
the base, and are, as well as the stem, hispid and very rough; 
teeth of calyx broad, acute, and are, as well as the bracteas, his- 
id. ©.S. Native of Brazil, at Bahia, Salzmann ; and Rio 
aneiro, in ditches, Chamisso. Corolla 5 lines long. Stigma 
lanceolate, cochleate, uncinately recurved. Capsule size of a 
ea. 
Rough Glossostylis. Pl. 14 to 3 feet. 
3 G. Carz'ssis (Benth. scroph. ind. p- 50. ger. l. c. p. 212.) 
leaves nearly sessile, ovate-cordate: lower ones obtuse: supe- 
rior ones acuminated, and are, as well as the stem, scabrous from 
minute tubercles, and smooth ; calycine teeth lanceolate, very 
acute, and are, as well as the bracteas, nearly naked, glabrous. 
©. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, and Madagascar. 
Rhinánthus scàber, Thunb. prod. p. 98.7?  Bártsia scàbra, 
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 775.  Gerárdia sessiliflóra, Vahl, symb. 2. 
p. 79. According to Bentham, there is a specimen in Hooker's 
Herbarium which appears to be a fourth species of this genus 
with the leaves of G. Capénsis, but hispid, like G. áspera, with 
VOL. IY, 
LIX. GrossosrvYrts. 
LX. Puruetrosrermum. LXI, Escosepra, &c. 561 
larger and more foliaceous calyxes than any of the other spe- 
cies. 
Cape Glossostyles. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Sopübia, p. 560. 
LX. PHTHEIROSPERMUM (from ¢6epw, phtheiro, to 
corrupt; and eeppa, sperma, a seed ; in reference to the seeds 
being wrapped in a spongy reticulated membrane.) Bunge. 
Fisch. et Meyer, ind. sem. hort. petrop. 1835. Benth. ger. in 
Hook. comp. 1. p. 212. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
5-cleft. Corolla campanulately ringent ; upper lip flat, bifid ; 
lobes replicate: lower lip a little longer and trifid; throat 
gaping. Stamens didynamous, almost straight ; anthers free ; 
with mucronate parallel cells. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule beak- 
ed, compressed, 2-valved, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ob- 
long, angular, wrapped in a spongy reticulated membrane. 
1 P. Curne'nsis (Bunge, l. c.) ©. H. Native of the 
North of China.—An annual or biennial herb, with the habit, 
leaves, calyx, and capsule of Pedicularis palistris ; but the 
corolla is almost that of Mimulus, of a dirty red colour; throat 
marked by 2 yellow lines. 
China Phtheirospermum. PI. 1 to 2 feet? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Sopübia, p. 560. 
LXI. ESCOBE DIA (named after George Escobedo, a 
Spanish naturalist.) Ruiz. et Pav. syst. fl. per. et chil. p. 158. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 371. Benth. in Hook. 
comp. 1. p. 202. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx long, tubular, 
pentagonal, 5-cleft at apex ; segments acute, spreading a little. 
Corolla funnel- shaped ; with a long slender tube ; and an ample, 
5-lobed, oblique, spreading limb. Stamens didynamous, in- 
closed ; anthers all fertile, linear-sagittate ; cells awned at the 
base. Capsule covered by the calyx, 2-celled, 2-valved.— 
American herbs, with generally opposite leaves. Peduncles ax- 
illary, solitary, 1-flowered, bibracteate. Flowers large, showy, 
white. 
1 E. scasrirouia (Ruiz. et Pav. l. c. p. 159. H. B. et 
Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 571. t. 174.) leaves ovate and 
oblong, cordate at the base, toothed, scabrous on both surfaces. 
0t. G. Native of New Granada, among stones between the 
town of Mariquita and the mine of Santa Anna, at the altitude 
of 530 hexapods, Humb. et Bonpl.; Eastern declivities of the 
Cordillera of Peru, Mathews ; Brazil, in the province of Minas 
Geraes, Langsdorff. Branches furrowed, hairy. Leaves sessile, 
4 inches long. Both species are called Asafran by the natives 
of New Granada. 
Rough-leaved Escobedia. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
2 E. nixEA' xis (Schlecht, in Linnea, 8. p. 246.) leaves long- 
linear, denticulated. 2t. G. Native of Mexico, in grassy 
places at the Hacienda de la Laguna. C. la'vis, Cham. et 
Schlecht, in Linnea, 5. p. 108. Leaves 4-5 inches long, sca- 
brous. Tube of corolla 4 inches long, and the limb 2 inches in 
diameter. 
Linear-leaved Escobedia. Pl. 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Gerárdia, p. 559. 
LXII. PHYSOCA'LYX (from gvca, physa, a bladder ; and 
kañv, a calyx ; in reference to the inflated calyx.) Pohl, pl. 
bras. 1. p. 65. t. 53. Mart. bras. 3. p. 2, 3. t. 201, 202. 
"Law. syst.  Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx inflated, 5- 
toothed, coloured. Corolla tubularly salver-shaped ; limb 
spreading, somewhat equally 5-lobed. Stamens didynamous, 
inclosed. Anthers all fertile; cells shortly awned at the base. 
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