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ToRENIA SCABRA. ROUGH ToRENlA. 



Class and Order, 



DlDYNAMlA AngIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Scrophularin^e. ) 

 Generic Character. 



Cat. tubulosus 5-dentatus, v. bilabiatus, labiis 2-— 3-den- 

 tatis. Cor. ringens, labio superiore bilobo, inferiore trifido. 

 Stamina didynama : Antheris per paria cohasrentibus, lobis 

 oppositis : Jilamentis longioribus dente laterali auctis. 

 Stigma bilamel latum. Caps, bilocularis, bivalvis, valvis in- 

 terns ; dissepimento parallelo libero. — Herbal. Folia op* 

 posita, dentata. Pedunculi axillares et terminates, ebrac- 

 teati, fructiferi erecti. Br. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Torenia * scabra ; foliis lanceolato-ovatis serratis scabris, 

 caule erecto pubescentulo, calyce 5-dentato aequali. 



Torenia scabra. Graham, in Ed. Phil. Journ. Br. Prod. 

 Fl. Nov. Holland, p. 440. 



Tittmannia scabra. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 800. 



Descr. Annual ? Root slender, tapering, having many 

 branching, lateral fibres. Stem erect, with very short, 

 harsh, slightly reflected pubescence at its base, perfectly 

 glabrous above, channelled on two sides, alternating at the 

 joints. Leaves lanceolato-ovate, acutely serrated, entire at 

 the apex and base, subciliated, veined, scabrous along the 

 v eins behind, soft and subglabrous in front. Inflorescence 

 a few -flowered terminal cyme, peduncles erect, without 

 hracteas, stout. Calyx smooth, regular, five-parted, per- 

 sistent, 



* Named after Olof Toreen, a Swedish Naturalist, and pupil of Linnaeus, 

 M 'ho published an account of his voyage to China. 



