PERSONATAE. CXLIX. SCROPHILARINAE. 



Ordo CXZiIX. Scrophularinae. 



1'EDICI XARES et SCROPIRLARIAE Jussleu gen. 00. 117. 

 RHlNANTHOlDEAEet PERSONATAE Vcnteii. Tahl. 11.295. 

 351. RIHNANTHACEAE et PERSONATAE Jussieu in An- 

 n«/. Mus. V. 235. Xtr. 304. SCROPHULARIKAE R. Brown 

 Frodr. 433. Bartling Ord. nat. 160. Benth.-un, Scrophulari- 

 jiearum ltevisio in Bot. lteg. Juni. 1H3S. Scrophularineae 

 indicae I.ondini, 1835. 8. et in Bot. Mog. Comp. I. 108. 358. 

 II. 13. 53. Don in F.dinb. new philosoph, Journ. XIX. 108. 

 SCROPHULARIACEAE Lindley Introduct. cdit. II. p. 288. 



Herbae v. suffbltices, rarins arbtjscl- 

 lae, canle ramisque teretibus, enodibus, v. te- 

 tragonis, nodosis. Folia alterna, opposita v. 

 verlicillata , simplicia , integra v. ineisa aut 

 pinnatipartita , sessilia v. petiolata , nunc in 

 cauleni decurrentia. Stipulae nullac. 



Flobes hcrmaphroditi , rcgulares v. saepis- 

 sime irregulares, axillares v. racemosi, rarius 

 spicati, pedtinculi oppositi v. alterni, nunc 

 simplices , nniilori , nudi v, bracteolati , nunc 

 multiflori , dichotome cymosi. 



Calyx liber, persistens , pcnta-v. tetra- 

 mcrus, saepissime gamophyllus, foliolis nunc 

 ftre ad apicem, nunc ima basi tantum coalitis, 

 niinc omnino liberis, aestivatione imbricatis, 

 saepe inaequalibus , foliolo postico maximo , 

 duobus anticis minoribus, duobus Iatcralibus 

 omnium minimis. 



Cobolla hypogyna, gamopetala, penta- 

 mera, v. pctalis duobus ad apicem usque coa- 

 litis specie tetramera , tubo brevi v. elongato^ 

 basi aequali v. saccato aut calcarato, limbo 

 rarius aequaliter v. subaequaliter partito, cx 

 planato, saepissime recto, bilabiato , labio su 

 pcriore bi- infcriore trilobo, lobis aestivatione 

 imbriratis. 



Stamina corollac tubo inscrta, typicc ejus- 

 ilem lobis numero aequalia et alterna, abortu 

 vir non semper pauciora, posticum omnino 

 niilliim v. rarius rudimentarium , rarissime 

 fertile, scd semper brevius, duo lateralia in- 

 ter se aequalia, antherifera, rarissime ananthe- 

 ra v. omnino deflcientia, duo antica inter se 

 aeqnalia, mmc antherifera, posticis aequalia 

 v. saepins longiora, nunc ananthera v. plane 

 deficientia. Filamenta simplicia v. basi ap- 

 pendice dentiformi aut liliformi aucta , recta 

 v. basi dcclinata. Antherae biloculares, lo- 

 culis parallclis v. divaricatis, saepe confluen- 

 tibus v. dimidiatis uniloculares, longitudinali- 

 ter dehiscentes, saepissimc pcr paria cohae- 

 rentcs. 



Oyahium liberum, e carpidiis duobus , an 

 ticum et posticum ab avi floris latus occupan- 

 tibus, marginibus in dissepimenta, columnam 

 v. laminam placentiferam attingentia introfle- 

 xis biloculare, rarissimc placentis ad margi- 

 nes axim haud attingentes sitis uniloculare. 



Ovula indefinita, anatropa, horizontalia, 

 adscendentia v. pendula, rarissime subdefinita, 

 aiiiphHropa. Stylus terminalis , simplex v. 

 rarius breviter bifidus; stigma simplex, in- 

 tcgrum, cmarginatiim v. bilidiim , saepe com- 

 planatum, rarius stylo apicc diviso duplev. 



Capsula rarissime baccata , bilocularis , 

 interdum apice incompletc valvatim v. opercu- 

 latim aperta, saepissime bivalvis , loculicide 

 septicide v. scptifrnge deliiscens, valvis in- 

 tegris v. demum bifidis bipartitisve, dissepi- 

 mento v. c marginibus valvarum introflexis du- 

 plicato,v. siuiplici integro valvis parallelo, 

 nunc iisdem oontrario bipartito, placentis cen- 

 tralibns coadunatis, scpto adnatis v. tandein 

 solutis. 



Sehisa plurima v. rarissime definita, testa 

 nunc solida, Iaevi v. saepiusscrobiculata, ln- 

 terdum in alam expansa, nunc lava, reticula- 

 ta, solubili, umbilico basilari v. rarissime 

 ventrali, rhaphe et chalaza obsoletis v. 

 plus minus manifestis. 



Embiiyo in axi alburainis carnosi v, carti- 

 laginei saepissime orthotropus , interdum ho- 

 motrope curvatus. Cotyledones brcvissimae, 

 obtusae, rarius subfoliaceae. liauicula te- 

 retiusciila, umbilico proxima, v. rarissime ab 

 umbilico ventrali remola. 



Scrophularineae e nullo climate v. 

 solo exules, intemperatis calidioribus utriusqiic 

 hemisphaerii maximo nnmero generantur, inter 

 ipsos circulos tropicos aliquantulum rariores , 

 in frigidis rarae. 



Diagnosis ordinis a reliquis Personatis per- 

 quam facilis, sed generum nonnullorum a So- 

 lanaccis capsularibus discrimen admodum lub- 

 ricum, e corollae aestivationc , staminum im- 

 minuto numero et ovulnrum directione pe- 

 tendum. 



Qualitatcs insunt plerisqne acridae vcl 

 amarae. 



In generibus distribuendis et circumscri- 



bendis dissertationes a cl. Bentham editas , 



notasque manuscriptas ab eodem bcnevole me- 



im communicatas secutus sum. 



TKIBIS I. VERB ASCEAE Benth. Scroph. 



d. 16. Corolla tubo abbreviato v. subglo- 



boso, limbo explanato, quadri- qiiinquefido v. 



bilabiato, non ringente. Stamina fettilia 2 



v. 5, saepius declinata. Antherae approvi- 



matae v. cohaerentes, uniloculares v. subbilo- 



culares , loculis divaricatis , confluentibiis. 



Capsula septicide bivalvis, valvis saepe 



bifidis, placeilas coadunatas uudantibus. |Se- 



minu m testa solida. 



3S9S. \ <-i-Ii:incihii LIAN, Calyv qnin 

 quenartitus , sukaequalis. Corolla hypugyna 



