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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



4. MAURANDYA Ortega. 



Annual or perennial vines, the leaves alternate, or opposite below, flat, 

 hastate, angulate or coarsely toothed. Flowers on axillary peduncles. Sepals 

 partially united. Corolla showy, pink, purple or violet, irregular, its tube 

 scarcely gibbous at the base, with 2 often pubescent lines or plaits in the 

 throat. Stamens 4, included ; filaments thickened at the apex ; anther-sacs 

 often confluent. Styles with 2 dilated lobes at the apex. Ovules numerous. 

 Capsule short, opening by transverse or irregular chinks. Seeds wrinkled or 

 tuberculate. [In honor of Maurandy, a botanist of Cartajena.] About 6 

 species, of warm and tropical America. Type species: Usteria scandens Cav. 



Corolla 7" 8" long; sepals nearly as long as the corolla-tube. 

 Corolla 12"-15" long ; sepals shorter than the corolla-tube. 



1. M. antirrhinlflora. 



2. M. scandens. 



1. Maurandya antirrhiniflora (H. & B.) 

 Willd. ROVING SAILOR. (Fig. 376.) Very 

 slender, climbing to a length of 10 or more, 

 glabrous throughout. Leaves triangular-has- 

 tate, acute, V-l' long, slender-petioled; pe- 

 duncles very slender, mostly longer than the 

 petioles; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 nearly as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla 

 purple, 7"-8" long, its limb much shorter than 

 its tube; capsule depressed-globose, about 5" 

 in diameter. [Usteria antirriniflora Poir.] 



On walls and trees along roads. Introduced 

 and escaped from cultivation. Native of the 

 southwestern United States and Mexico. Flowers 

 from spring to autumn. H. B. Small's description 

 of M_. sempervircns suggests this as the plant he 

 had in mind. 



2. Maurandya scandens (Cav.) Pers. 

 LARGER ROVING SAILOR. (Fig. 377.) Peren- 

 nial, glabrous ; similar to the preceding spe- 

 cies, but stouter, and with larger leaves and 

 flowers. Leaves triangular-hastate, l'-li' 

 long, the apex acuminate or acute ; peduncles 

 much longer than the petioles, sometimes 

 longer than the leaves; sepals lanceolate, 

 acuminate, one-third to one-half as long as 

 the corolla-tube; corolla purple, 12"-15" 

 long, its limb about one-third as long as its 

 tube; capsule globose, as long as the calyx. 

 [M. sempervirens of Reade; M. semperflorens 

 Jacq. ; Usteria scandens Cav.] 



Occasional on walls, banks and hedges. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers in summer and 

 autumn. Frequently cultivated for ornament. 



