Horn RC 
Striga.] CIII. SCROPHULARINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 299 
* Calyx 5-ribbed. 
1, S. orobanchoides, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 361, t. 19, 
and in DC. Prodr. x. 501; glabrous or pubescent, leaves scale-like, bracts 
lanceolate hardly as long as the calyx, corolla-tube incurved. Dalz. & Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 181; Wight Ic. t. 1414. Buchnera orobanchoides, Br. in App. 
Salt, Abyss., ex Endl. in Flora 1832, 387, t. 9. B. hyderabadensis, Roth 
Nov. Sp. 292; Wall. Cat. 3871. Orobanche indica, Spreng. Syst. n. 817, 
not of Roxb. Striga orchidea, Hochst. Pl. Nub. Exsicc. n. 387. 
WESTERN INDIA; Scinde, and Marwar, on Mt. Aboo, Stocks. The Deccan from 
the Concan southwards. Suhunsudhara, Royle.—DisTr1B. Tropical and S. Africa, 
ia. 
Rootstock tuberous ; stems 6-10 in., stout or slender, simple or branched, glabrous 
or pubescent ; branches stout, erect. Leaves opposite and alternate. Spikes variable 
in length, dense or lax-fld. Calya-lobes acuminate. Corolla small, 2-lipped, described 
" mite, rosy, blue or red-brown; tube exserted ; limb i in. diam. Capsule sub- 
globose. 
2. S. densiflora, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 363, and in DC. 
Prodr. x. 502; scabrid or strigose, leaves linear, bracts lanceolate longer 
than the calyx, corolla-tube incurved. Dalz. 4 Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 181. 
Buchnera densiflora, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 41; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. FT. 181. 
B. asiatica, L. ?, Wall. Cat. 3873 C. 
UPPER GaxGETIO PLAIN; Saharumpore, Royle; Benares, Madden. DECCAN 
PENINSULA, from Guzerat southwards. : 
Stem 6-18 in., simple or branched; branches erect, stout or slender, sometimes 
fastigiate. Leaves }-1 by iyẹ in., erect. Spikes usually slender, sometimes very 
log with distant flowers; bracts linear. Calyx $ in., lengthening in fruit, lobes 
subulate, Corolla white, tube exserted, limb 4 in. diam. Capsule included in the 
calyx, 
** Calyx 10-15-ribbed. 
3. S. lutea, Lour. Fl. Cochin. 22; scabrid or villous, leaves linear, 
calyx 10-ribbed. Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 363. S. hirsuta, 
Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 502; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181. S. coccinea, 
and S. phoenicea, Benth. in Hook. l. c. 364. S. pusilla, Hochst. Plant. 
Schimp. Buchnera asiatica, Linn. Sp. Pl. in part; Roxb. Fl. Ind, ii. 31; 
Benth. Scroph. Ind. 40. B. coccinea, Benth. Seroph. Ind. 40; Wall. Cat. 
9870. B. phoenicea, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 40; Wall. Cat. 3874. Campuleia 
coccinea, Hook. Fl. Exot. t. 203.—Rheede Hort. Mal. ix. t. 66. 
Throughout Western INDIA and the Deccan; from Scinde and the Punjab 
southwards Kumaon only, in the HIMALAYA, ascending to 6000 ft.) , BENGAL. 
ENASSERIM.— DISTRIB. Siam, Java, China, Arabia, Tropical and S. Africa, Mada- 
Sascar, . 
Stem usually slender, 6-18 in., simple or fastigintely branched. Leaves j-1j in. 
Spikes elongate ; flowers usually distant; bracts usually longer than the calyx. Calyx 
Tarely 15-ribbed. Corolla very variable in size, scarlet, purple, yellow or white ; tube 
twice as long as the calyx, glabrous or nearly so, inflexed at the top. The var. 
umilis, Benth. in DC. 1. c., has rather broader leaves and a dense spike. 
4 S. e oides, Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 364; and in DC. 
Prodr, x, Od ecebrid » strigose, leaves linear, calyx } in. 15-ribbed, lobes 
as long as the tube, corolla $-} in. long. Dalz. & Gibs, Bomb, Fl. 181; 
Mique? Fi, Ind. Bat. ii. 705. 8. glabrata, Benth, in Hook. l. c. Buchnera 
euphrasioides, Vahl Symb. iii. 81; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 32; Wight Te. 
855. B. angustifolia, Don Prodr. 91. B. bifida, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3872. 
asiatica, Linn. Herb. in part. 
