262 CIL SCROPHULARINEJ. (J. D. Hooker.) ([ZLindenbergia. 
4. L. macrostachya, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 22, and in DC. Prodr. x. 
376; glabrate or pubescent, stem strict erect stout or slender, leaves 
elliptic-ovate serrate glabrous, flowers unilateral in rigid erect dense or 
lax-fld. spikes, calyx longer than the bracts, lobes short acute, ovary pubes- 
cent. Stemodia macrostachya, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3995; and 3892 
Adenosma cuspidatum. L. siamensis, Miquel in Herb. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; on the foot-hills and plains below them, from the Punjab to 
Oudh, ascending to 4000 ft. MaARTABAN, Wallich.—DisTRIB. Siam, China. . 
Perhaps only a variety of L. philippensis, but more glabrous, with shorter petioles. 
5. L. abyssinica, Hochst. in Herb.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 377; 
glandular-pubescent or villous, leaves broadly ovate coarsely crenate-toothed, 
flowers unilateral in lax terminal spikes, calyx shorter than the lower bracts, 
lobes ovate acute, ovary glabrous. 
ScINDE, amongst rocks, Dalzell.—DrsTRIB. Arabia, Somali country, Abyssinia. 
Stem rather slender, 11-18 in., branched. Leaves 1-14 in., and nearly as broad, 
hairy on both surfaces; petiole 1-3 in. Spikes 3-4 in. ; lower bracts leafy, coarsely 
toothed. Calyx iin. Corolla 4 in. Capsule hardly exserted. 
6. L. Griffithii, Hook. f.; silkily villous, subscandent, leaves short- 
petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate, flowers unilateral in axillary and 
terminal recurved simple or panicled racemes, calyx much longer than the 
small bracts, lobes short triangular acute, ovary glabrous. 
Buotan, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 3882). . 
Stem apparently tall, slender, flexuous, clothed, as are the leaves beneath, petioles 
and rachis of the racemes, with soft silky appressed hairs. Leaves 4-6 by 13-2 in., 
pubescent above; petiole}-3in. Racemes numerous, 2—4 in. ; rachis slender; pedicels 
very short. Calyx fin. long. Corolla twice as long, hairy. Capsule turgidly ovoid, 
tip exserted.—A very distinct species. 
7. L. polyantha, Royle in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 22, and in DC. Prodr. 
x. 377; villously pubescent, erect, leaves small ovate obtuse crenately serrate, 
flowers unilateral in axillary and terminal leafy spikes, calyx shorter than 
the ovate bracts, lobes obtuse, ovary pubescent. Dodartea indica, Linn. 
Sp. Pl. 883. 
NORTHERN INDIA ; from the Punjab and N. Scinde to the Concan, Behar and Dacca, 
common on walls and banks, &c., ascending the Himalaya to 6000 feet. 
Stem 12-18 in., often branched from the base ; branches erect or ascending, stout 
or slender. Leaves very numerous and uniform up the stem and branches, 3 rarely 
ł in. long; petiole usually very short. Spikes 2-6 in. ; flowers and bracts crowded. 
Calyx $ in. long. Corolla twice aslong. Capsule glabrous below, hairy above.— The 
ovary is certainly hairy. 
8. L. urticeefolia, Lehm. in Link} et Otto Abbild. 95, t. 48; slender, 
glandularly villous or glabrate, leaves ovate obtuse crenate-serrate, flowers 
unilateral all axillary and solitary or 2-nate or in lax leafy slender spikes or 
racemes, calyx shorter than the ovate leafy bracts, lobes obtuse, ovary 
ubescent. Benth. Seroph. Ind. 22, and in DC. Prodr. x. 377; Hook. Ic. 
l. t. 875; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 176; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 425. 
Stemodia ruderalis, Vahl Symb. ii. 69; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 94; Wall. Cat. 
3923. S. muralis, Roxb. in Don Prodr.89. Brachycori iflora, Schrad. 
Ind. Sem. Gott. 1830. meses craenyconis paw 
Throughout INDIA, on walls and banks, ascending to 6000 ft. in the Himalaya ; 
