Tab. 8687. 

 ARTANEMA longifolium. 



Tropical Asia and Tropical Africa. 



Scrophulariaceae. Tribe Gratioleab. 

 Artanema, Don ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 953. 



Artanema longifolium, VatJce in Linnaea, vol. xliii. p. 307 (var.) ; Engl. Pfi. 

 Ost-Afr. C, p. ,357 ; ab A. fimbriate, Don, foliis multo latioribus saepe 

 distincte petiolatis, pedicellis paulo brevioribus, corollae maj oris tubo 

 minus attenuato lobisque postico emarginato excepto integernmis differt. 



Herba perennis, erecta, paroe ramosa, 3 dm.-l m. alta. Caulis acute quad- 

 rangularis, late 2-sulcatus, ad angulos leviter scabridulus. Folia, opposita, 

 petiolata vel superiora subsessilia, oblongo-lanceolata vel late laneeolata, 

 apice acuta vel acuminata, basi attenuata, plus minusve serrata, supra 

 saepe leviter scabridula, 5-13 cm. longa, 1-2-4 cm. lata ; petiolus ad 2 cm. 

 longus. Racemus terminalis, strictus, sat laxe multiflorus, 4-ld cm. 

 longus ; bracteae ovatae, lanceolatae vel subulatae, 4-12 mm. longae ; 

 pedicelli arcuato-ascendentes, 4-12 mm. longi, minute hispiduh. Calyx 

 5-partitus, 7-9 mm. longus, saepe minute hispidulus, impresso-punctatus ; 

 lobi imbricati, ovato-lanceolati, acuminati. Coro lla atropurpurea vel 

 lilacino-violacea, extra pilis brevissimis glandulosis albis dense conspersa, 

 intus pallidiora ; tubus infundibuliformis, 2-3 cm. longus, basin versus 

 annulo fovearum 5 profunde constrictus ; limbus leviter 2dabiatus, 4- 

 lobatus ; lobi plus minusve patentes, late ovati vel rotundati, ad 1 cm. 

 longi et 1-2 cm. lati, postico emarginato excepto integernmi. btamvna 4, 

 2 postica tubo inclusa, 2 antica sub lobo postico conniventia, filamentorum 

 basi squama lata instructa; antberae per paria cohaerentes, loculis diver- 

 gentibus apice confluentibus. Ovarium ovoideum, 4 mm. longuni, glabrum, 

 basi disco pallide luteo incrassato cinctum; stylus corollae tubo paulo 

 brevior, apice 2-lamellatus. Capsula subglobosa ad 10 vel 12 mm. . d^i. 

 -A. sesamoides, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 39 et in DC. Prodr. vol. x. p. 408 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1410 ; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. vol. iv. p. 274 Skan in Dyer 

 Flor Trop Afr. vol. iv. sect. 2, p. 327. A. longifiorum, Wettst in Engl. 

 & PmnS Pflan.enfam. vol. iv. 3 B p. 79 Columnea longifoUaUnn 

 Mant. p. 90. Scsamum javanicum, Burm. f. Fl. Ind ^. p. 133. Achimenes 

 lanJ*es,V*hl. Symb.Bot. vol, ii p. 71. Dtceros longifohus^evsjy^ 

 vol. ii. p. 164. Bahelia longifolia, O. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. vol. n. p. 458.— 

 S. A. Skan. 



The small genus Artanema, comprising only three or 

 four species, is closely allied to Torenia, differing chiefly 

 in having a deeply divided calyx with imbricate lobes 

 and a rather large flattened appendage at the base of 

 the filaments of the two anterior stamens, while in 

 Torenia the obliquely 3-5-toothed or 2-lipped calyx is 

 tubular and is plicate or winged, and the appendage at 



November, 1916. 



