AB - FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Orpo LXVII. SCROPHULARINEZ:. 
Only four species of this Order are known from tropical Polynesia; the two enumerated below, 
Scoparia dulcis, Linn., which has been found in the Sandwich (Macrae !), and the Society Islands (Lay and 
Collie!) and Herpestis Moniera, H. B. K. (Gratiola Moniera, Linn. et Forst. Prodr. n. 16), which was col- 
lected in the Marquesas (Forster! Barclay!) and the Hawaiian Islands (Nelson! Macrae l). Serophula- 
rioides arborea, Forst. Prodr. n. 528, is a Verbenacea,— Premna Taitensis, Schauer. 
I. Limnophila, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 442; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vol. x. p. 386. Calyx pro- 
funde 5-fidus v. 5-partitus, subzequalis v. laciniá posticá majore. Corollz labium superius emargina- 
tum v. 2-lobum, inferius 3-lobum, fauce non plicatá. Stamina 4, inclusa, antherarum loculis dis- 
junctis oblongis sepissime stipitatis. Stylus apice deflexus, spathulato-dilatatus, integer v. breviter 
2.lamellatus, ad flexuram szepius auriculato-bialatus. Capsula ovata, globosa v. compressa, loculicide 
2-valvis, valvulis demum 2-partitis, carpellorum marginibus leviter inflexis dissepimentum latum pla- 
centiferum nudantibus.—Herbe uliginosz v. aquaticze, siepe glandulis pellucidis punctate ; foliis op- 
positis v. 3—4-natim verticillatis, infimis in speciebus aquaticis in aquá submersa sepius capillaceo- 
multisectis; floribus solitariis, axillaribus v. superioribus in racemum foliatum dispositis, in calyce 
ipso ssepius 2-bracteolatis.—Ambulia, Lam. Dict. vol. i. p. 128.  Cybbanthera, Ham. in Don, Prodr: 
Fl. Nepal. p. 87. ; 
l. L.fragrans, Seem.; procumbens, glabra; foliis sessilibus oblongis lanceolatisve serratis 
basi rotundatis subamplexicaulibusve, floralibus conformibus; floribus axillaribus solitariis subsessili- 
bus; calycis glabri 5-partiti segmentis lanceolato-subulatis strictis; corolla calyce vix longiore.— 
Ruellia fragrans, Forst. Prodr. n. 243, et Icon. (ined.) t. 182; Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants 
(ined.) t. 59. Limnophila serrata, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. p. 448. t. 57. fig. 2; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 
lc. Stemodia tenuifolia, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 23.—In swamps, common in Viti Levu (Seemann! 
n. 350). Also collected in Tahiti (Forster! Barclay !). 
II. Vandellia, Linn. Mant. p. 89; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vol. x. p. 412. Calycis segmenta. 
subzequalia, zestivatione vix imbricata, fere a basi soluta v. in calycem 5-dentatum non plicatum plus 
minus coalita. Corolle labium superius erectum, breviter 2-fidum, inferius majus, patens, 3-fidum. 
Stamina 4 fertilia, anticorum filamenta basi appendiculá dentiformi v. filiformi aucta, arcuata, an- 
theris sub labio superiore inter se coherentibus. Stylus apice dilatatus, sepius 2-lamellatus. Cap- 
sula globosa, oblonga, v. linearis.—Herb:e ; foliis oppositis dentatis; floribus oppositis v. abortu soli- 
tariis, axillaribus v. ad apices ramorum racemosis, racemis sepe in falsas umbellas contractis.— 
Tittmannia, Reichb. Icon. Exot. vol. i. p. 226. Iliogeton, Endl. Gen. p. 684. Vriesia, Hassk. in 
Flora, 1842, Beiblatt. 
1. V. crustacea, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 35; DC. Prodr. l.c.; diffusa, glabra v. pilis raris hir- 
tella; foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis; pedunculis axillaribus subracemosisve rarius subfasciculatis 
calyce 2—5-plo longioribus; capsulis ovato-oblongis calyce brevioribus. Wight, Icon. t. 863.— Capra- 
ria crustacea, Linn. Mant. p. 87.. Torenia crustacea, Cham. et Schlecht. Linn:a, vol. ii. p. 570. 
Gratiola lucida, Vahl, Enum. vol. i. p. 95; Roxb. Plant. Corom. vol. ii. p. 2. t. 202.  Morgania 
lucida, Spreng. Syst. vol. ii. p. 802. Torenia lucida, Ham. in Wall. Cat. n. 3962. Torenia flac- 
cida, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 440. Torenia varians, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 96? Vandellia varians, 
Don, Gen. Syst. vol. iv. p. 549. Gratiola aspera, Roth, Nov. Plant. sp. p. 11. Morgania aspera, 
Spreng. Syst. vol. ii. p. 803. Hornemannia ovata, Lk. et Otto, Abbild. vol. i.p. 9. t. 8. Tittman- 
nia ovata, Rchb. Icon. Exot. vol. i. p. 27. Torenia alba, Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. n. 3961. Vandellia 
