320 XCII. SCROPHULARIACE& (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). | Moniera. 
in other very similar species quite obsolete.—Herpestis, Gertn. Fruct. 
iii. 186, t. 214, tig. 6; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 951. 
Species about 50, widely dispersed in all tropical regions; most numerous in 
America. 
Plant creeping: leaves broad at the apex. : . lL. ML. eunetfolia. 
Plant not creeping ; leaves narow at the apex. 
Flowers distinctly pedunculate. 
Leaves much narrowed at the base; peduncles 
glabrous, 
Plant 6-12 in. high; leaves up to 14 in. long 2. M. calycina. 
Plant 1-2 ft. high; leaves 13-23 in. long 3. M. decumbens. 
Leaves broad or not much narrowed at the base; 
peduncles pubescent. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate 4, M. pubescens. 
Leaves linear to narrowly oblong. 
Flowers subsessile. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate 
Leaves lanceolate 5 5 
Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate 
M., floribunda. 
. MM. occultans. 
. WN. hamiltoniana. 
. MW. punctata. 
oso 
1. M. cuneifolia, Michaux, Fl. Bor. Amer. ii, 22 (Monniera). 4A 
creeping herb often bearing roots at the nodes, glandular-punctate, 
glabrous or sometimes sparingly pubescent on the younger parts. 
Leaves sessile, obovate-cuneate or spathulate-oblong, 2-9 lin. long, 14- 
34 lin. broad, entire or sometimes crenulate, obtuse, sometimes minutely 
emarginate. Flowers axillary, solitary; peduncles 2-6 lin. long, often 
much longer in the fruiting stage; bracts oblong, obtuse, 1-1} lin. 
long. Calyx about 3 lin. long; posticous segment ovate, obtuse, 2-3 
lin. long, 1$-2 lin. broad; anticous segments slightly narrower ; lateral 
oblong-lanceolate, minutely ciliate, acute. Corolla blue, 3-3} lin. long, 
subequally 5-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 2 lin. long, glabrous.—Hiern 1p 
Dyer, FI. Cap. iv. ii. 8355. Gratiola Monnieria, Linn. Cent.P). il. n. 120. 
Monniera africana, Pers. Syn. ii. 166. Herpestis Monnieria, Humb. 
Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. ii. 366; Benth. in Hook. Comp. 
Bot. Mag. ii. 58, and in DC. Prodr. x. 400; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 
272; Bot. Mag. t. 2557 (8 portulacea) ; Durand & Schinz, Etudes FI. 
Congo, i. 209 ; Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 223. H. crenata, 
Beauv. Fl. Oware, ii. 83, t. 112. H. africana, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 
ed. 1.402. Bacopa Monniera, Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
iv. 3 B,77. B. Monnieria, Engl. PA. Ost-Afy. C. 357. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Koto, Beauvois. 
Mozamb. Dist. Mozambique, Kirk! Mozambique Isle, Peters. 
Also found in almost all warm countries. 
2. M. calycina, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 760. A sub- 
glabrous gland-dotted branched herb, 6-12 in. high; stems and 
branches stout, ascending or decumbent. Leaves up to 1} in. long and 
3 in. broad, lanceolate to ovate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed at the 
base into a short broad petiole or sometimes sessile and semiamplexicaul, 
crenate-serrate. Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles 14-24 lin. long, 
