88 SCROPHULARIACE.^ 



longer and with an appendage on each filament. The 

 four anthers converge in pairs at the back of the corolla. 

 Corolla a wide bell-shape, with four lobes, the upper 

 notched. Capsule linear or oblong, separating septici- 

 dally from the seed-bearing axis. Seeds numerous 

 rough. 



Species about 30, in the tropics of Asia and Africa. 



Torcnia asiatica Linn. ; F.B.L iv 277, XXIII 5. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, ovate, serrate- Pedicels axillary, thicker 

 in fruit. Corolla l^ in., blue with dark violet lateral 

 lobes. Filament of the longer (the anterior) stamens 

 with each a projecting tooth. Capsule cylindrical, with 

 very many seeds, t. 442. Wight Ic. t. 438. t. 862. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor in damp shady places on Lambs Rock 

 Road, etc. 



Gert. Dist. Mountains of South India, and to japan. Varieties of this 

 are commonly grown in Madras gardens. 



MAZUS. 



Small herbs with lower leaves opposite, upper some- 

 times alternate, and small flowers in terminal racemes. 

 Calyx 5-fid. Corolla tube short, upper lobe erect 2-fid, 

 lower much larger spreading, 3-fid, throat with 2-lobed 

 plate. Stamens 4. Stigma of 2 flat lobes. Capsule 

 small. Seeds numerous. 



Mazus rugosus Lour,\ F.B.L iv 259, XII i. An annual 

 herb. Radical leaves obovate-spathulate, I to 3 in. long, 

 irregularly and coarsely serrate-toothed. Flowering 

 stems numerous, 2 to 10 in. Racemes I to 6 in. Corolla 

 54 to J^ in. blue. Lady Bourne's Ooty flowers, t. 93. 



Nilgiris at Pykara. Bourne. 



LIMNOPHILA. F.B.L 103 XVII 



Small herbs of marshy places, with aromatic oil in 

 transparent dots. Leaves opposite or whorled, the lower 



