516 Lxxxiii, scKOPiiULAKiNEif:. , [Buchieva. 



more. Lower leaves oblong, obtuse, narrowed into a short petiole, | to la- 

 in, long; upper ones linear bnt abnost always obtuse, and all usually quite 

 entire. Bracts and bracteoles usually narrow and short. Calyx 2 to 3 lines 

 long, with acute teeth. Corolla-tube more or less exserted, always pubescent 

 or hispid outside, especially at the top, the lobes narrow, about 1| hues long. 

 Capsule about as long as the calyx.— Benlh. in DC. Prod. x. 496. 



N. Australia. Hunter's Elver, York Sound, N.W. coast, A. CunningTiam (a large va- 

 riety, attaining 2 ft. or more). ^ 

 Queensland. Thirsty Sound, E. Brown ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Gracetnere anti 



near ilockhampton. Bowman. 



y^x.'i parviflora. Corolla much smaller, slightly pubescent outside.— B. ;32iJ(?^'£^^''*= 

 Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 496.— Endeavour river, J. Cunningham. 



27. STRIGA, Lour. 

 Calyx tuLular-campanulate, with prominent nerves, 5 -toothed or 5-lohed. 

 Corolla-tube slender, abruptly bent at or above the middle, the limb 2-nppef , 

 the upper lip emarginate or 2-lobed, innermost in the bud, the lower 3-lobe( • 

 Stamens 4, in pairs, included in the tid)e ; anthers vertical, 1 -celled. ^ fet)' e 

 club-shaped at the top, entire. Capsule straight, not acuminate, opening lo^ 

 culicidally in 2 valves.— "Rigid erect annuals, usually scabrous and drying 

 black. Lower leaves opposite, upper ones alternate, sometimes, in spe^ 

 not Australian, all reduced to small scales. Flowers sessile, usually forming 

 terminal interrupted spikes. 



A genns of several species, dispersed over the tropical regions of the Old >Vor , . y,j. 

 probably parasites on roots. Of the four Australian species, one is a common one in 1 " 

 cal Asia ; the other three, closely allied to each other, may be all endennc. '^. ^ ,^^^|^^ ^j^e 

 by which several of the species are distinguished, those especially which are denva^a to ^^^^^ 

 size and proportions of the corolla, are very difficult to observe correctly in dried specni , 

 and appear often to be very variable- 

 Calyx Witt 10 equally prominent ribs . . 1. ^- hinuta. 



Calyx with 5 prominent ribs, smooth between them or rarely here and 

 there an obscure vein. 



Corolla scarcely i in. long, the upper lip more than half as long as the .:'flora. 



Corolla above \ in. long, the upper lip more than half as long as the iMora. 



lower , 3. o- »'^^''i/ 



Corolla nearly or fully f in. long, the upper lip less than half as long rniiloni 



as the lower 4- *■ ciirv j 



1. S. hirsuta, Benth. in BC, Prod. x. 502. An erect, scabrous or pu^ 

 besccnt, simple or slightly branched annual, usually about 6 in. hjgh^ a^^ 

 not always drviug so black as the other species. Leaves linear or the io\ 



r^i^^o Uv>^-.^1^4-„ -ril n 1 /.. . . ._■ _1 :«*«,M'nntpd SPlkCS, 



ones lanceolate, 

 the lower ones 



1 interrupted spike 



Plowers yeUow red or white, in terminal interruptea spi^ > 

 distant. Calyx variable in size, usually 2 to 2| Inies ion . 

 with 10 very prominent scabrous or liispid nerves, one of them ^^^'{^'{^C 

 here and there divided, the furrows between them very narrow. ^"^'^ J ..gr 

 glabrous, 4 to 5 lines long, bent near the top ; the'upper lip nuich slioi 

 than the lower oue.—Camjmleia coccluea. Hook. Exot. 11. t. 203, 



Queensland. Burdekia river, Bowman. Frequent in tropical Asia, extenchng \^cb 

 ward into Africa, eastward to the Archipelago, and northward to S. China. 



2. S. parviflora, B^nfh, in Comp. BoL Mag. and in DC. Prod. x. 501. 





