300 CII, SCROPHULARINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Striga. 
Throughout INDIA, in the plains from the Punjab southwards to CEYLON, and 
eastwards to the Khasia Mts., Pegu and Burma ; ascending the Himalaya to 4000 ft. 
(not seen from the Eastern Peninsula or lower Bengal).—DISTRIB. Java (Miguel 
Very variable in habit, from a simple filiform stem 4-6 in., to a stout branche 
herb 2ft. Leaves 4-2 in., often 1-2-toothed. Spikes interrupted; flowers often 
distant. Corolla white, tube pubescent at the curve. Calyx bell- or funnel-shaped 
in fruit. 
5. S. Masuria, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 364, and in DC. 
Prodr. x. 503; scabrid, leaves linear, calyx $in. narrow 15-ribbed, lobes 
equalling the tube, corolla-tube 1 in. limb 3-1 in. diam. Buchnera Masura, 
Ham. in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 414. B. Wallichii, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 
3876. 
NEPAL; in the Morung, Hamilton. MapRas; at Guindy, Shuter. Burma; at 
Prome, Wallich.—DisTRiB. China, Philippine Islands. u l 
Stem very slender, 1-2 ft. Leaves 1-2 in. Flowers distant. Fruiting ca? 
$-lin., tube ventricose, ribs very strong and close. 
6. S. sulphurea, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 182; very slender, scabri 
leaves linear, flowers mostly axillary, calyx 4-4 in., lobes filiform equalling 
tube, corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx, limb very small. 
The Concan ; at Seconere hill-fort, Dalzell. . 1 
Stem 6-12 in. Leaves 1-1} in., extremely slender. Flowers few, distant, " 
axillary or the upper subspicate, shorter than the floral leaves. Calyx very narro" 
fruiting $ in., tube ventricose, ribs very strong. Corolla yellow, limb 3 in. diam. 
43. Rhamphicarpa, Benth. 
Erect glabrous herbs. Leaves, lower opposite, upper alternate, narrow, 
entire or pinnatisect. Flowers axillary and pedicelled, or in bracteate racer 
bracteoles 1-2 or 0. Calyx campanulate, 5-fid, lobes acuminate. Corot M 
tube slender, long, straight or incurved; lobes 5, broad, spreading, saber” 
or the upper connate. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; anthers 1-ce PA 
vertical, dorsifixed, bases obtuse. Style thickened above, stigma simp M 
Capsule compressed at right augles to the septum, usually beaked, lon 
licidal; valves septiferous. Seeds numerous, small, obovoil or oblong; 
tube reticulate.—Species 6, tropical and S. African, Indian and Aus: 
tralian. 
R. longiflora, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 368, and i 
DC. Prodr. x. 504; annual, leaves pinnatisect segments filiform, CON hs 
tube very long straight, capsule with a slender curved beak. Dalz. : ^ ' 
Bomb. Fl. 182; Wight Ie. t. 1415. Buchnera longiflora, Arn. Pugill 99. 
Deccan PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards. «diffusely 
Very variable in habit and stature, from 2 in. slender and simple, to 10 1n. di h hi 
branched. Leaves 1-1} in. ; segments few, }-3in. Flowers shortly pedicelled. ate 
4-4 in., tube short, lobes lanceolate 3 times as long as the tube. Corolla dul w ther 
tube 1-1} in., limb Zin. diam. Capsule } in., ovoid, ventricose, beak longer OF Tl 
shorter than the cells.—Bentham (Fl. Austral. iv. 518) unites with this the Afric . 
R. fistulosa, Benth., and an Australian species, but the calyx is much longer 
longiflora, and I think the three are distinct, though very near. 
44. Centranthera, Br. 
Annual, rigid, scabrid herbs. Leaves opposite or upper alternate, oblong 
