498 Lxxxiii. SCROPPIITLARINE.E. [Ilj/sauUies. 



cells, tlie lower pair reduced to staminodia adnate to the throat, thence usually 

 projecting and 2-lobed, one lobe ascending, acute, filiform or reduced to a 

 short tooth, the other obtuse and glandular or reduced to an angle. Style 

 with 2 flat sti,i^matic lobes. Capsule globular ovoid or shortly oblong, open- 

 ing in 2 entire valves parallel to the thin dissepiment. — Glabrous slender 

 annuals. Leaves opposite. Flowers on slender pedicels, axillary or m ter- 

 minal loose racemes, without bracteoles. • 



There are several species dispersed over the warmer regions of Asia, Africa, and Ameiica, 

 extending into more temperate North America and South\\fnca. The only Australian spe- 

 cies appears to he endemic. The genus differs from VamlelUa and Liiidernia m the abor- 

 tion of the lower stamens, from Bonvaya chiefly in the short capsule. 



1. I. lobelioides, Benth, A glabrous erect very slender annual, attain- 

 ing about 6 in. and scarcely branched. Leaves few, near the base oi tlie 

 stem, ovate obovate or oblong, entire, narrowed into a short petiole and ony 

 3 or 4 lines long; and 1 or 2 pairs of minute distant narrow sessile leaves 

 higher up the stem, the floral ones reduced to minute bracts. Flo^^ers in a 

 short loose terminal raceme, on slender pedicels of ^ to 1 in., opposite or one 

 only to each pair of bracts. Calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, li li'^es long. 

 Corolla-tube above 3 lines long, the lower lip much shorter than the tube, 

 the upper one still shorter. Staminodia very shortly ascending, acute, tje 

 glandular lobe reduced to a prominent angle near its base. Capsule broac y 

 ovate, obtuse, about as long as the calyx. — VandelUa lobelioides, F. Muell. i 

 Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 61. 



N. AustraHa. Victoria Haiige, F, Mueller, In the ' Fragmenta,' vi. j^^ f^f "j^^^^ 

 lur refers this lo VandelUa scapigera, which, however, besides the difference la toliage, 

 always 4 perfect stamens. 



15. BOISTNAYA, Link and Otto. 



Calyx divided to the base or nearly so into 5 narrow segments. ^^^'^ !^ 

 tubular at the base, the upper lip erect, shortly 2-lobed, the lower large , 

 spreading, 3-lobed. Perfect stamens 2, included in the tube, the anthers c^^ 

 herhig, with divaricate cells, the lower pair reduced to staminodia adnate to ^^^^ 

 throat, the ends either scarcely prominent or linear, entire obtuse and %^' 

 dular. Style with 2 small flat stigmatic lobes. Capsule linear, longer i ^ 

 tbe calyx, opening in 2 entire valves parallel to the tliin dissepiment_ ^ 

 Annuals usually glabrous. Leaves opposite. Flowers axillary or m 

 minal racemes, without bracteoles. 



A small genus, spread over tropical and subtropical Asia. Of the two Australia" n^^^i > 

 one IS the one most common in Asia, the other appears to be endemic. 



Stems diffuse, kafy. Staminodia free at the end, erect linear and . .j;^. 



obtnse ' _ 1, s.veronia^J^' 



Stems erect, the leaves few at the ha^e of the 'stem/ Staminodia ^ ^ 



wholly adnate .... 2. 5- clansa^ 



a, Spreng- BenlJi. in 



,. __- ,^ ^^..^M.^^ ^jjrmg, ; nenm. tn DC. Frod. ^^ ^-^' , ^^li^q 



brous annual, mnch-branched, ditfuse and rooting at the lower ^^^^\ 

 floweriDg branches often ascending to 6 in. or more. Leaves sessde oi i ^^ 

 ro^ved into a short stem-clasping petiole, oblonn--lanceolate or almost un. ^' 

 the lower ones 1 to 1^ in. long, entire or seiTate, and often rather tn 



