456 SCROPHULARINE. 
31. ESCOBEDIA. 
Escobedia, Ruiz et Pav. Prodr. Fl. Per. et Chil. p. 91, t. 18; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 965. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus of two herbaceous species. 
1. Escobedia linearis, Schl. in Linnea, viii. p. 246; DC. Prodr. x. p. 337. 
(Tab. LXII.) 
Escobedia levis, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 108. 
Escobedia stricta, Zuccar. in Flora, 1832, ii. Beibl. p. 100. 
SoutH Mexico, near Vera Cruz, 3000 feet (Galeotti, 1072), Mirador (Linden, 524), 
Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 1137 ; Bourgeau), Zacuapan (Hartweg), near Oaxaca 
(Andrieux, 176), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 673); GuateMaLa, Duefias (Godman & Salvin). 
Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. LXII. 
Fig. 1, a corolla laid open, slightly enlarged; 2 and 3, stamens, enlarged about two thirds ; 
4, a capsule, natural size; 5, a seed, enlarged. 
2. Escobedia scabrifolia, Ruiz et Pav. Syst. Veg. p. 159; DC. Prodr. x. p. 337; 
H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. t. 174; FL Bras. viii. t. 45. 
Buchnera grandiflora, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 287. 
Silvia curialis, Vell. Fl. Flum. i. t. 149. 
South Mexico, Aguas Calientes (Hartweg), San Felipe (Andrieux, 175), region of 
Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2804), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 726)—Cotomsia to Perv, Gurana, and 
Braz. Hb. Kew. 
32. MELASMA. 
Melasma, Berg, Fl. Capen. p. 162, t. 3. fig. 4; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 966. 
About four herbaceous species—two inhabiting South Africa, one Brazil, and one 
Mexico. 
1. Melasma hispidum, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. p. 202; DC. Prodr. 
x. p. 338. 
Lophospermum physalodes, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 350. 
Lyncea hispida, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 109. 
Gastromeria physalodes, D. Don in G. Don’s Gen. Syst. iv. p. 562. 
SourH Mexico, Mirador (Linden, 152), Cordillera of Vera Cruz, 3000 feet (Galeotti, 
759), region of Orizaba (Lourgeau, 3127; Botteri, 860), Zacuapan (Hartweg), Cuerna- 
vaca (Bourgeau, 1171), Cordillera of Oaxaca (Galeotti, 7067). Hb. Kew. 
33. BUCHNERA. 
Buchnera, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 772; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 968. 
Herbs. About thirty species have been described, some of them very difficult to 
distinguish. They are widely scattered in the warmer regions of both hemispheres. 
