102 SCROPHULARINE.E. IGymnandra. 



U. WULFENIA. Jacq. 



CaL 4-5-partitus. Cor» tubulosa subbilabiata, fauce hirsuta, labio superiore intef^ro, 

 inferiore 3-lobato. Stam, 2, labio superiorie adpressa. Stylus simplex; stigmate obtuso* 

 Capsula corapressa, bivalvis, superne ad marginem utrlnque dehiscens. Sejnina plurima. 



Hevhae Jbiiis plerisque radicalibus petiolatis, Flores racemosiy bracteati, 



1. W. reniformis (Dougl. Mst.) ; foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis reniformibus crenatis, 

 scapo bracteato.laxe racemoso, calycibus 4-partitis longe ciliatis. (Tab. CLXX.) Benth. 

 in ScropL Ind. p, 46. {in not.) 



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Rhizoma perennis, repens, fibras copiosas emittena. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, coriaceo-membranacea, 

 glabra vel pilis deciduis sparsis hirsuta, reniformia v. cordato-reniformia, crenata. Petiolus digitalis, glabra 

 vel deciduo-pilosa. Scapus florifer longitudine foliorum, demum fructiferus elongatus, foliis subduplo lon"-ior, 

 erectus, nudus vel nudiuseulus. Flores in racemum laxum dispositi, bracteati, bracteis ovatis pedicello brevi- 

 oribus. Calt/x 4-partitus, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis acutis planis appressis longe ciliatis. Corolla calyce duplo 

 longior, subinfundibuliformi-tubulosa, caerulea, limbo subbilabiato, labio superiore integro, inf. 3-lobato, lobis 

 subasqualibus. Stamina 2, fauci hirsutie inserta, filamentis subulatis exsertis. AntJiercB magnae, dorso affixae, 

 biloeulares. Ovarium subglobosum compressura. Stylus filiformis, tubo corollas brevior. Stigma obtusum, 

 Capsula elliptica nigra membranacea obscure reticulata compressa, bilocularis ; superne ad marginem utrinque 

 dehiscentes, ut in Veronicis plerisque. Dissepimentum e marginibus introflexis valvarum arete cohserentibus. 



Hab. Common about the Grand RajJids of the Columbia, and in the vallies of the Blue Mountains. Douglas. 

 Woods N.E. of Fort Vancouver. Dr Gairdner.~A genus differing in habit, but in fructification nearly allied 

 to Veronica, 



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Tab. CLXX. Wulfenia reniformis. — Fig, I, Flower ; /. 2, the same Itdd open ; /. 3, Capsule ; f, 4, 

 Transverse section of do. below the middle : — magnified. 



12. GYMNANDUA. PalL 



Calyx bipartitus, spatbaceus v. 0. Cor. labium superius integrum : inferius 2-3-par- 

 titum. Stam. 2 ad basin labii superioris, exserta, Capsula bilocularis, "loculis mono- 

 spermis," — Herbas siccitate nigricantes. Folia radicalia petiolata^ caulinasuperiorabractei- 

 formia. Flores spicati densiy bracteati, 



1. G. Gmelini (Cham, et SchL); foliis radicalibus subrotundo-aut elongato-ovatis basi 

 parum attenuatis obtusiuculis grosse ina3qualiter crenatis, staminibus labio superiore duplo 

 brevioribus, stylo illo breviore. Linncca, 2. p. 561.— G, ovata. Willd. Mag. Ges, NaL 

 t. 10./ 8.— G. reniformis. Willd. Ic — G. borealis, vav. Pall, — Lagotis glauca. Gcertn. 

 Bartsia Gymnandra. JVilld. — Ph. Am. 2. p. 430. 



Hab. Unalaschka. Chamisso. — Whole plant very glabrous, succulent, and thick. If this is really the 

 plant of Lewis, mentioned by Pursh, it is also found in the Columbia. 



2. G. Stelleri (Cham, et Schlecht.); foliis radicalibus oblongis utrinque infra vero 

 magis attenuatis acutis inaequaliter obtuse serratis, staminibus fere longitudine labii supe- 

 rioris, stylo illo longiovQ.—Linncea^ 2. p. 563. Hook, et Arn. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 128. 

 — G. minor, G. dentata et G. gracilis. Willd. I. c. p. 393, et seq. t. 9.— G. borealis. Pall. 



Hab. Bay of St Lawrence. Chamisso.,- Coast of the Artie Sea. Dr Richardson. Immarook, Kotze- 

 bue*s Sound. Lay and Co^/ie.— Glabrous like the last. 



