﻿138 scEOPHULAEiACE^ (Hiem). [yerhasmm. 



petiole, 3-12 in. long, 1-2 in. broad ; stem-leaves oblong, acute at 

 the apex, cordate and more or less amplexicaul at the base, not or 

 scarcely decurrent, 4-6 in. long, f-l^- in. broad, thinly hairy beneath, 

 membranous, more or less dentate, the upper smaller; raceme 

 elongated, |-2 ft. long, many-flowered ; pedicels 1-3 together, shorter 

 than the calyx ; calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, persistent, glandular- 

 hairy, i-i in. long; corolla-limb f in. long; anthers of the two 

 lower stamens somewhat deeurrent into the violet- woolly filaments : 

 style slender, f in. long, tHnly glandular-pubescent below; capsule 

 globose, i-i in. in diam., marked with four longitudinal furrows, 

 thinly pilose, tardily dehiscent. Benth. in BC. Prodr. x. 229. V. 

 blattarioides, H.B.P. ex Lam. Encycl. iv. 225 ; Hoffmanns, Sf Link, 

 Fl. Portug. t. 28, 



Coast Begion: Cape Div. ; in a deep shady valley at the foot of Tablr 

 Mountain, 200-300 it. alt., Bolus, 4659 ! Klein Constantia, Groot Schuur and 

 Kirbtenbodch, Wolley Dod ! and without precise locality, Mund ! 



A native of Europe and North Africa ; introduced elsewhere. 



V. ALONSOA, Ruiz & Pavon. 



Calyx 5-partite ; segments lanceolate or oblong, somewhat Tin- 

 equal, imbricate at the base in bud, persistent. Corolla expanded 

 rotate ; tube obsolete or very short ; limb in many cases resupinati 

 by the twisting of the peduncle or pedicel, unequally 5-lobed ; two 

 posterior lobes deep or separate nearly to the base, broad as well as 

 the short lateral lobes ; anterior lobe the largest ; throat scarcely 

 concave, without spurs or poaches or rarely with two shallow pits. 

 Stamens 4, all perfect ; filaments rather short, declinate at the base ; 

 anthers shortly oblong, by confluence 1-celled. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 style filiform, unbranched, with a small capitate stigma ; ovules 

 numerous. Capsule ovoid or oblong, obtuse, somewhat compressed, 

 septicidally bivalved ; valves emarginate or bifid, laying bare the 

 placentiferous column. Seeds numerous, small, punctate -rugose. 



Herbs often perennial, or much-branched undershrubs, glabrous except the 

 inflorescence ; branchlets herbaceous, tetragonous ; leaves mostly opposite, entire 

 or dentate ; floral alternate, the uppermost bractiformj flowers scarlet, arranged 

 in terminal racemes or rarely axillary. 



DisTRiB. Species 8 or 9, all natives of Tropical and Subtropical America 

 except the following. 



1. A. peduucnlaris (V. Wettstein in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 3B, 53) (petiolaris) ; a perennial herb, with the habit nearly ol 

 A. incisifoUa, Ruiz & Pav. ; stems slender, glossy, 1-3 ft. long, 

 looBely branched ; internodes mostly longer than the leaves ; leaves 

 ovate, acutely pointed at the apex, subcordate or nearly rounded at 

 the base, strongly and shnrply dentate or unequally and subdupH- 

 cately incise-serrate, glabrous, glossy, pale green, }-! in. long, 

 -J-f in. broad ; petioles f-g in. long, slender, glabrous ; peduncles 



