580 
Meyer’s Leptandra. Fl.? Clt. 1836. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. The species grow well in common garden soil, but 
prefer peat or vegetable mould. They are readily increased by 
division. 
LXIX. P/EDERO' TA (a name applied by the ancients to 
a species of Acdnthus.) Lin. gen. no. 26. Schreb. gen. no. 33. 
Juss. gen. p. 120. ed. Usteri. p. 135. — Bonaróta, Michel. gen. 
15. "Verónica, Spec. Lin. spec. ed. Ist. 
Lin. syst. — Diándria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-parted: seg- 
ments linear. Corolla tubular, sub-ringent; limb bilabiate: 
upper lip entire, or emarginate: lower one trifid. Genitals 
exserted ; filaments filiform. Capsule ovate, 4-valved, 2- 
celled, opening at top. Seeds roundish.—D warf alpine herbs 
with opposite leaves, and axillary, or terminal spicate flowers. 
1 P. AcE mra (Lin. syst. p. 
61. mant. 171.) stem leafy ; 
leaves nearly sessile, unequally 
and sharply serrated : superior 
leaves long-acuminated ; ca- 
lyxes length of corolla ; capsule 
ovate-oblong, acuminated. %. 
H. Native of Carinthia, Car- 
niola, and Italy, among rocks. 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 77. P. làtea, 
Lin. suppl. p. 84. P. Bona- 
rota, Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 
121. P. urticeefolia, Brign. fasc. 
pl. forog. p. 8. Wulfénia Agéria, 
Smith, in Lin. trans. 6. p. 96. 
Bonaróta chameedrifolia, Scop. 
earn. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 22. 
Lower leaves the smallest, 
roundish : the upper ones lance- 
olate, acuminated : the middle ones longer than the others, ovate- 
lanceolate. Raceme spicate, terminal. Bracteas twice as long 
as the pedicels. Corolla sulphur coloured ; throat tomentose; 
superior lip bifid, or emarginate (fig. 55). 
Ageria Pederota. Fl. May, June. 
13 foot. 
2 P. Zanicue’tx1 (Brign. fasc. pl. forog. p. 9.) stem leafy ; 
leaves nearly sessile, subcordate, serrated : lower ones round- 
ish obtuse: superior ones ovate, acuminated ; calyx glabrous, 
one half shorter than the corolla; capsule ovate, obtuse. XY. 
H. Native of Carnia, on the Alps near the limits of perpetual 
snow. - Bonaróta montana Italica chamæ'`drys folio, minus cre- 
nato, spicà luted, ex Monte Cavallo, Michel. gen. p. 19. no. 3. 
Leaves less deeply and irregularly serrated than P. Agéria, 
pilose. Raceme 1 to 1 inch long, dense.  Bracteas hardly 
longer than the pedicels. Corolla yellow; throat glabrous; 
upper lip entire. i 
Zanichell’s Pæderota. Pl. 1 to 3 inches. 
3 P. Bonaro'ra (Lin. spec. p. 20. syst. p. 61.) stem 
leafy; leaves petiolate, roundish-ovate, serrated; calyx short- 
er than the corolla; capsule acuminated. ^t. H. Native 
of Austria and Carniola, on the alps. Jacq. austr. 5. p. 49. t. 39. 
Brign. fasc. pl. forog. p. 6. Wulfénia Bonaróta, Smith, in Lin. 
trans. 6. p. 96. P. cærùlea, Lin. suppl. p. 84. Pæderòta, 
no. 1, Michel, gen. p. 19. t. 15. f. 1. Verónica Bonaróta, Lin. 
spec. ed. Ist. p. 11. Bonardta chameedrifolia, Scop. carn. ed. 2. 
vol. 1. p. 22. Racemes 1 to 1} inch long. Calyx hairy. Corolla 
violaceous ; throat glabrous ; upper lip undivided. 
3 Bonarota’s Peederota. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. 
oot. 
4 P. cnawxDRiFOLIA (Brign. fasc. pl. forog. p. 9.) stem 
leafy; leaves nearly sessile, roundish, obtuse, serrated ; calyx 
FIG. 55. 
Clt: 1824. Pl. 1 to 
PL. à 
SCROPHULARINEZ. LXIX. PzprRora. LXX. Caronuanpos. LXXI. Wurrrwia. 
tomentose, two of the segments shorter than the rest. Y. H. 
Native of Carnia. P. Bonaróta, Vittm. summ. 1. p. 36. Bo- 
naróta, no. 2. Michel, gen. p. 19. t. 15. f. 2. Leaves downy. 
Bracteas length of pedicels. Corolla violaceous; upper lip 
undivided, and sometimes emarginate. 
Germander-leaved Peederota. Pl. 2 to 3 inches. 
Cult. The species of Pederdta are pretty little alpine or 
rock plants. They should be grown in pots, and placed among 
other alpine plants. They are increased by division and seeds. 
LXX. CALORHA'BDOS (from xaXoc, kalos, beautiful ; and 
pa/doc, rhabdos, a twig, in reference to the beauty of the plant.) 
Benth. scroph. ind. p. 44. 
Liv. syst. Diándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 
tubular, incurved ; limb erect, obliquely 2-3-cleft: lower seg- 
ment the smallest. Stamens 2, inserted at the sides of the 
upper corolline segment, without any vestiges of lower ones ; 
anthers 2-celled; cells parallel, confluent at top. Stigma 
hardly thickened. Valves of capsule bipartite. Seeds nume- 
rous, girded by a curled membrane. 
1 C. Brunonta‘na (Benth. l. c.)—Native of Nipaul. Ve- 
rénica ? Brunoniàna, Wall. cat. no. 405. An erect, glabrous, 
nearly simple herb, 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
deeply and acutely serrated, narrowed into the short petioles at 
the base. Spikes half a foot long. Flowers sessile, glomerate. 
Brown's Calorhabdos. P. 13 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Leptándra. 
LXXI. WULFE'NIA (so named in honour of the Rev. Fran- 
cis Xavier Wulfen, author of * Plante Rariores Carinthiacze" 
in Jaequin's Miscellanea.) Jacq. misc. 2. p. 62. t. 8. Schreb. 
gen.no 34. Smith, in Lin. trans. 6. p. 96. Benth. in scroph. 
ind. p. 46, but not of Wall. 
Lin. syst. Diéndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. Co- 
rola tubular, declinate ; limb 4-5-cleft ; segments straight, or 
hardly spreading: upper one emarginate, or bifid: lateral ones 
entire: lower one entire, or broadly crenated. Stamens two, 
placed at the sides of the upper corolline segment, destitute of 
any vestiges of lower ones. Anthers 2-celled; cells at length 
confluent at apex. Style simple; stigma truncate, or thickened 
and 2-lobed. Valves of capsule septiferous in the middle, bifid 
at apex.—Almost stemless herbs. Radical leaves petiolate. 
Scapes naked, many-flowered, erect. Flowers unilateral, pen- 
dulous, on short pedicels, solitary in the axils of the bracteas. 
1 W. Amurerstia‘na (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 46.) leaves ob- 
long, narrowed at the base, doubly and deeply crenated ; tube 
of corolla straight; segments of the limb all acute. 1. 
Native of Kamaon, Wall.; Kanaour, Royle. Paderdta Am- 
herstiana, Wall. cat. no. 410. Habit of W. Carinthiaca. Flow- 
ers blue. 
Lady Amherst's Wulfenia. Pl. 13 foot. 
2 W. Carinruraca (Jacq. misc. 2. p. 62. t. 8. f. 1. icon. rar. 
1. t. 2.) leaves oblong, narrowed at the base, doubly crenated ; 
tube of corolla gibbous above the base; segments of the limb 
roundish: lower one crenated. %. H. Native of Carinthia, 
on the alps. Lin. syst. p. 865. Reiner, et Hohehw. itin. bot. 
1. p. 73. t. 1. Sweet, fl. gard. vol. 3. icone. Paederóta Wulfénia, 
Lam. ill. t. 13. f. 2. Flowers blue. 
: Carinthian Wulfenia. Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1817. 
oot. 
3 W. renirérmis (Dougl. mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 46.) 
leaves reniform, doubly crenated: tube of corolla straight; 
segments of the limb roundish: lower one crenated. 2t. 
Native of North-west America, on mountains near the river 
Columbia. Flowers blue. ? 
Reniform-leaved Wulfenia. 
Pl. 1$ 
Pl. 1 foot. 
