318 cni. SCROPHULARINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Lathrea. 
a scaly buried rootstock and short erect scaly stems. Flowers biseriate in a 
secund raceme, bracteate, ebracteolate. Calyx campanulate, entire or split 
in front, 4-fid or -lobed, lobes valvate. Corolla-tube arched or nearly 
straight ; lips erect, upper arched entire or notched; lower smaller, trun- 
cate, 3-toothed, plaited. Stamens 4, anthers under the upper lip; cells 
equal, parallel, margins bearded, bases mucronate. Disk glandular, en- 
larged, opposite the lower lip. Ovary 1-celled; placentas 2, 2-fid; style 
exserted, decurved, stigma capitate. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds many, small, 
globose, rugose.—Species 3, Europe, N. Asia, Himalaya. 
1. L. squamaria, Li»».; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 493; calyx split to 
the base in front. Reuter in DC. Prodr. xi. 40; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 
t. 1764. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA, Falconer, Kasumi, Banahal, alt. 6000 ft., Thomson; 
Urrukta, Royle.—Distris. Europe, Siberia, . 
Rootstock stcut, fleshy, branched. Stems 4-10 in., stout scaly. Raceme 4-6 in., 
bracts like the scales, broadly oblong. Flowers i in. long. Calyx 2-lipped, 4-toothed 
to the middle, teeth subacute. Corolla longer than the calyx, arched, lobes short 
erect, anthers cohering. Capsule ovoid. 
504. MELAMPYRUM, Linn. 
Annual erect herbs, black or dark when dry. Leaves opposite, narrow, 
entire or incised at the base. Flowers axillary or secund in dense spikes with 
large often coloured bracts, ebracteolate. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, upper 
teeth often larger. Corolla 2-lipped, tube cylindric; upper lip erect, short, 
hooded, compressed, margins reflexed or with a tooth on each side; lower 
longer, erecto-patent, 3-lobed, base 2-gibbous. Stamens 4, ascending; anthers 
under the upper lip, meeting in pairs, cells distinct equal parallel, bases 
obtuse. Stigma simple; ovules 2 in each cell, one sessile the other stipitate. 
Capsule compressed, ovate, oblique, loculicidal. Seeds 4 or fewer, funicle 
swollen.—Species 6, of N. temp. regions, 
1. M. indicum, Hook.f. & T. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ix. 246, t. vnt.; 
slender, scaberulous, leaves petioled lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, bracts 
leaf-like scaberulous, racemes lax-fid., flowers puberulous, calyx-teeth 
equalling the tube, corolla-tube much longer than the calyx slender. 
Kwasia Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft., Lobb, J. D. H. & T. T. . : 
A slender twiggy branched herb, 2 ft. high. Leaves 3-1 in., acute, quite entire, 
petiole d in. Flowers subsessile, $ in. long, dark red. Calyx } in., lobes subacute 
rather shorter than the tube. Corolla puberulous, upper lip almost truncate shorter 
than the 3-fid lower. Filaments puberulous. Capsule ovoid, beaked, cells 1-seeded. 
GENERA OF DOUBTFUL POSITION. 
55. OREOSOLEN, Hook. f. 
A small, tufted, glabrous, rather fleshy herb. Stem short, stout. Leaves 
opposite, subsessile, oblong-obovate, obtuse, coarsely irregularly crenate- 
serrate, nerves subparallel, midrib obscure. Flowers fascicled in the leat- 
axils, shortly pedicelled, bracteate, ebracteolate. Sepals 4, linear, obtuse, 
erect, puberulous. Corolla straight, tube twice as long as the sepals, tubular- 
funnel-shaped, mouth dilated, limb short, 2-lipped ; lips subequal, upper ° 
two round lobes (the outer in bud); lower 3-lobed, lobes short 2 lateral 
retuse, median smaller ovate obtuse. Stamens 4, inserted iu the middle of 
the tube, filaments erect thickened above, glabrous; anthers small, adnate 
