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axillary flowers. Calyx 4"'-5'" diara. ; corolla scarcely expanding.— Hab. S. Vincent !, 

 Guild. ; Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., in moist savannahs and eanefidds ; [New Granada ! and 

 Guiana I to South Brazil!]. 



9. BEYRICIIIA, Cham. Sr Schl. 



Calyx 5-partite : upper segment hroader. Corolla 2-lipped : tube longer than the lips : 

 upper lip exterior in the bud. Stamens 2 (-4) : the two anthers connate by the connective, 

 dimidiate, 1-celled. Stigma flattened. Capsule-valves 2, seceding from the central placenta. 

 — Pubescent herbs; leaves opposite; flowers shortly pedicellate, axillary, or in leafy ra- 

 cemes. 



11. B. scutellarioides, Benth. ! Diffuse; leaves elliptical, serrulate above the cuneate 

 base ; flowers axillary: four anterior calyx-segments lanceolate, posterior ovate; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx ; posterior stamens abortive ; capsule septicide : valves at length 

 2-fid (or entire). — B. villosa, Benth. : a pilose form. — Decumbent, softly pubescent ; leaves 

 4"'-12'", corolla 2'" long, pale-blue. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., very comraou ; [Vene- 

 zuela ! to Brazil !]. 



10. STEMODIA, L. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla 2-lipped : upper lip exterior in the bud. Stamens didynamous : 

 anther-cells 2, distinct, diverging. Capsule 2-4-valved. — Branched herbs, usually glan- 

 dular ; leaves opposite or whorled ; flowers axillary or spicate. 



12. S. maritima, L. Suffruteseent-deeumbeut, viscous-pubescent; leaves opposite, 

 shortly oblong-lanceolate, cordate, sessile, serrulate ; flowers subsessile, axillary ; calyx ex- 

 ceeding half the corolla : segments lanceolate-linear, subequal ; corolla divided to the middle : 

 upper lip subentire ; filaments 2-fid at the lop .- branches spreading, as long as or longer 

 than the anther-cells ; stigma capitate ; capsule 4-valved : valves seceding from the central 

 placenta,— SI. t. 110./. 2. Br. Jam. I. 22. f. 2 : analyt. Jacq.Amer. Pict. t. 261./. 48 : 

 a leaf. — l'-3' high, leafy, aromatic ; stem-leaves often appressed, 10"'-4'" long ; corolla 2"' 

 long, pale-purple or blue. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., March, common iu wet places along 

 the southern coast j [Cuba ! to Brazil !]. 



13. S. durantifolia, Sw. Herbaceous, erect, glandular ; leaves usually ternary (4-2), 

 lanceolate-oblong or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, contracted or tapering above the cordate 

 sessile base, serrate above ; flowers pedicellate, axillary or in an interrupted raceme ; calyx 

 about half as long as the corolla : segments lanceolate-linear, subequal ; corolla-tube longer 

 than the lips: upper lip emarginate ; anther-cells very shortly slipitale : stigma obliquely 

 dilated ; capsule 4-valved : valves seceding from the central placenta. — SI. t. 124./. 2. — 

 Capraria, L. — 1 '-3' high, less branched than the preceding; leaves spreading, 2"-8" long; 

 corolla 3"'-4'" long, pale-blue. 



a. Glandular and pilose with septate hairs ; leaves lanceolate-oblong or lanceolate, con- 

 tracted above the broader base, often dentate at the dilated base. — S. Berteroana, Benth. : 

 a racemose form. 



j8. angustifolia. Densely glandular, but devoid of eglandular hairs ; leaves lanceolate or 

 lanceolate-linear, gradually tapering above the slightly dilated entire base. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common in canefields and moist places (a, 0) ; Antigua !, Lane, 

 Wullschl. (a) ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to South Brazil !]. 



14. S. parviflora, Ait. Low, annual, diffuse, glandular-pubescent ; leaves opposite 

 (-4), ovate, blunt, crenate-serrate above the cuneate long-petioled base ; flowers shortly 

 pedicellate, axillary , calyx about half as long as the corolla : segments linear-acuminate, 

 equal ; corolla-tube longer than the lips : upper lip emarginate ; anther-cells subsessile ; 

 stigma obliquely dilated ; capside 4-valved : valves seceding from the central placenta. — 

 Kth. N. Gen. 2. t. 175.— S. arenaria, Kth.— 3"-6" high ; leaves 4"'-8'" long, the smaller 

 ones as long as the petiole; corolla 2"' long, pale-blae. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild.; Trini- 

 dad !, Lockh. ; [Haiti ; Mexico ! to South Brazil ! and Pern !]. 



11. CONOBEA, Audi. 



Calyx 5-partite, equal. Corolla 2-lipped : upper lip exterior in the bud. Stamens didy- 



2 f 2 



