﻿Eemimeris.'] sceophulaeiacej; (Hiern). 165 



base of the corolla ; anther-cells confluent, dehiscing along a single 

 transverse line. Ovary 2.celled ; style thinly stigmatose at the 

 apex; ovules numerous. Capsule subglobose or ovoid, 2-celled, 

 fcepticidal from the apex, equalling or somewhat exceeding the calyx ; 

 seeds numerous, angular-ovoid or subglobose, reticulate, surrounded 

 by a very narrow membranous wing or not winged. 



Smull, tender, annual herbs ; leaves opposite or tlie floral subfasciculnte, 

 nearly entire or more or less deeply toothed; peduncles axillary, 1-tiowered, 

 the upper subfasciculate, often reflexed iu fruit; corolla ytllow. 

 DisTEiB. Species 4, endemic. 



Corolla with 2 small pouches at the base or without 

 dependent processes : 



Plant puberulouB ; leaves somewhat dentate or nearly 



entire (1) montana. 



Plant glabrous ; leaves incise-dentate or pinnatifid .„ (2) sabnlosa. 

 Corolla with 2 spurs at the base : 



Leaves distantly dentate or crenulate-repand ; corolla- 

 spurs ^-a in. long (3) gracilis. 



Leaves strongly dentate or subpinnatifid ; corolla-spurs 

 :^ in. long ,.. (4) centrodes. 



1. H. montana (Linn. f. Suppl. 280); an erect or ascending 

 herb, annual, moie or less puberulous, 1-18 in. high; stem 

 tetragonous, branched from the base upwards or simple ; branches 

 opposite ; leaves ovate or elliptical, usually obtuse at the apex, more 

 or less narrowed towards the base, somewhat dentate or nearly 

 entire, spreading, membranous, green above, sometimes purplish 

 beneath, feebly nerved, \-\ in. long, y^-?- in. broad ; petioles 

 slender, very short or ranging up to \ in. long ; uppermost leaves 

 sometimes subsessile ; lower internodes longer than the leaves ; 

 peduncles axillary or subterminal, ranging up to 2 in. long, filiform 

 and channelled or compressed with narrow or rather broad mem- 

 branous wings ; calyx-segments ovate and lanceolate or linear, obtuse, 

 green, about tV-iV i"- ^o^^S 5 corolla somewhat puberulous outside, 

 about |-| in. broad, yellow ; upper lip inflexed, middle lobe marked 

 on both sides with a circle of purple specks, lateral lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, shorter ; lower lip broader than the middle lobe of the u|)per 

 lip, very obtuse, longer, emarginate j pouches 2, short, directed 

 downwards, with an elevation on the outer or lower surface, and 

 Avith two ascending sharp-pointed pockets projecting upwards more 

 prominent than is the case in H. sabulosa, Lirn. f., so as to embrace 

 and partly hide the filaments in such a manner tliat on looking into 

 the corolla little more than the anthers can be seen {Bolus) ; fila- 

 ments linear, compressed, circumflexed at the base, glabrous; 

 anthers small ; valves of the capsule bifid at the apex. Gcertn. f. 

 Carp. t. 183 ; Thu?ib. Prodr. 105, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 484 ; 

 Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 16, and in DC. Prodr. x. 255 ; 

 not of Krauss in Flora, 1844, 833. Biascia montana, Sprenq. Syst. 

 Veg. ii. 800. Paderota racemosa, Iloutt. Handl. ed. ii. vii. 110, t. 38, 

 fig. 1. Hemimeris, Burchdh Trav. S. Afr. i. 257, note. H. sessili- 

 folia, Benth. II. cc, excl. specim. Burch. H. Wipes, Backhouse mss. 



