458 SCROPHULARINEA. 
34, SEYMERIA. 
Seymeria, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i. p. 786; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 971. 
Nine herbaceous species, whereof eight are North-American and Madagascarian. 
1. Seymeria bipinnatisecta, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 323, t. 59; A. Gr. 
Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 290. 
Texas.—Norti Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2102), Caracol Mountains, twenty-one 
miles south-east of Monclova (Palmer, 989). Hb. Kew. 
2. Seymeria decurva, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. p. 572. 
Gerardia virgata, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. p. 205, non H. B. K. 
Sour Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 1282), without locality (Graham, 278). 
Hb. Kew. 
8. Seymeria pinnatifida, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Foliis parvis pinnatifidis, segmentis paucis latiusculis. 
Herba parce viscoso-puberula, ramis vel caulibus subsimplicibus gracilibus. Folia (caulina tantum 
vidi) subsessilia, crassiuscula, usque ad 9 lineas longa et 44 lineas lata, pinnatifida, superiora 
gradatim minora, lobis utrinque 3, brevibus, latiusculis. Flores axillares, solitarii (vel racemosi, 
racemis foliiferis), pedunculis (vel pedicellis) quam folia longioribus ; calycis lobi oblongo- 
spathulati, obtusi, coroll tubum fere zquantes; corolla circiter 4 lineas longa lataque, tubo 
recto, lobis rotundatis, obscure ciliolatis ; filamenta brevia, dilatata, barbata; anther: magne, 
incluse ; ovarium glabrum ; stylus filiformis. Capsulam maturam non vidi. 
SoutH Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 1281, 1283 in part). Hb. Kew. 
4. Seymeria virgata, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. p. 511; Seem. Bot. Voy. 
‘ Herald,’ t. 60. 
Gerardia virgata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 344. 
Gerardia laciniata, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xii. 2, p. 26. 
Dasystoma laciniata, Walp. Rep. vi. p. 650. 
Nortu Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2106), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 682); Sour Mextico, Villalpando, between Guanajuato 
and Santa Rosa, at about 8000 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland), Cordillera of Oaxaca, at 
7500 feet (Galeotti, 1070), Real del Monte (Coulter, 1280). Hb. Kew. 
35. SILVIA. 
Silvia, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. p. 518; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 972. 
Two small, prostrate, half-shrubby species, endemic in Mexico. 
1. Silvia prostrata, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. p. 513. 
Gerardia prostrata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 343. 
SoutH Mexico, between Pachuca and Cerro Ventoso, about 7000 feet (Humboldt & 
Bonpland), Real del Monte (Berlandier, 250 ; Galeotti, 1093; Coulter, 1283 in part), 
Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. 
