302 CIII. SOROPHULARINEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Centranthera. 
Matacoa, Griffith. CEYLON; south end of the island.—DISTRIB. Java, Borneo, 
China. . 
Branches slender, 3-6 in. Leaves j-3 in. Flowers subsessile. Corolla j-j im. 
long. 
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45. SOPUBIA, Hamilt. 
Erect herbs. Leaves opposite, or the upper alternate, narrow, often 
laciniate. Flowers bracteate, spicate or racemose, pedicels 2-bracteolate. 
Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed or -lobed. Corolla-tube short, throat broad ; 
lobes 5, broad, spreading, subequal, 2 upper the inner in bud. Stamens 4, 
didynamous, subincluded ; anthers 2 or all meeting in pairs, one cell of each 
perfect, ovoid, the other small stipitate empty. Stigma thickened, sub- 
linguiform, obtuse. Capsule ovoid or oblong, tip rounded or compressed, 
retuse or notched, loculicidal; valves entire or 2-fid, separating from the 
placentiferous axis. Seeds numerous, testa lax.—Species 8 or 9, 
African, Indian, Malayan and Australian. 
1. S. delphinifolia, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 560; much branched, 
scaberulous, leaves pinnatisect, segments filiform, flowers subsessile, calyx- 
teeth longer than the tube subulate, corolla subcampanulate, capsule roun 
at the top. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 522; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 18. 
Gerardia delphinifolia, Linn.; Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. 62, t. 90, and FT. Ind. i. 
99; Wall. Cat. 3890; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 49. G. Heyneana, Benth, m 
Wall. Cat. 3891. Euphrasia Coromandeliana, Roth; Spreng. Syst. » 
775. 
BANDA. Edgeworth. BEHAR; on Parusnath, Anderson. DECCAN PENINSULA 
from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, ascending to 4000 ft. 
Stem erect, 4-grooved, 3—4 ft., spotted with purple. Leaves 1 in., segments few, 
almost as long, flexuous. Calya-lobes linear, erect. Corolla 1-13 in., rose coloured, lim 
lin. diam. Filaments, upper hooked lower horned at the tip. Capsule oblong, 8$ 
long as the calyx. 
2. S. trifida, Ham. in Don Prodr. 88; scaberulous, branched above 
leaves linear or filiform lower mostly 3-fid upper entire, flowers pedice led, 
calyx-teeth triangular, corolla subrotate, capsule retuse at the top. Benth. 
in DC. Prodr. x. 522. Gerardia scabra, Wall. Cat. 3889, not of Linn; 
SM Seroph. Ind. 49. G. Sopubia, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag.» 
TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Kunawur to Sikkim, alt. 
3-7000 ft. KmnasrA Mrs, alt. 3-4000 ft. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Nilgherries aD 
Bababoodan Hills, common. CEYLON ; elevated parts of the Central province. — , 
Stem slender, 1-2ft., branches suberect. Leaves 3-1 in., often fascicled. Pedice's 
i-iin. Calyx 3 in. woolly within. Corolla } in. diam., varying from yellow to 
purple (Clarke). 
_ 9. S. stricta, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 559; scaberulous, branched, leaves 
linear entire or sparingly toothed or cut, flowers pedicelled, calyx-teeth lan- 
ceolate acute, corolla subcampanulate, capsule compressed at the top. Benth. 
en x. 522. Gerardia stricta, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 49; Wall. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, foot of the hills, J. D, H. Prov, M’Lelland. TENASSERIM ; 
at Moulmein, Wallich. BENGAL; at Sumbulpore, Grifi/s.—D1sTRrB. Java. 
Stem 8-12 in., rigid, simple or fastigiately branched above. Leaves 1-1} m» 
scattered and fascicled. Pedicels lin. Calyx din. Corolla } to iin long 
limb as broad. 
