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26. TORENTIA, Linn. 
Calyx tubular, plaited or winged, obliquely 5-toothed or 2- 
labiate. Corolla ringent ; the upper lip emarginate or 2-fid ; 
lower larger, 3-fid. Back stamens fertile, the anterior ones 
arched, antheriferous, with a tooth-like or filiform appendage 
at base ; anthers closely approaching or cohering in pairs. 
Stigma sub-2-lamellate. Capsule oblong, not exceeding the 
calyx.— DC. Prod. x. p. 409. 
Mostly plants of tropical Asia. Leaves opposite. Racemes mostly 
short, terminal or in the forks.—7. nana, Benth., our only species, is a 
minute plant, found by Drege, near Natal. 
97. ILYSANTHES, Rafin. 
Calyx 5-parted, the lobes scarcely imbricate in bud. Co- 
rolla with the upper lip short, erect, 2-fid; the lower larger, 
spreading, 3-fid. ‘Two back stamens fertile ; rudiments of the 
anterior ones 2-lobed, one lobe glandular, obtuse, the other 
acute, either very short and tooth-like or elongate, rarely 
bearing an empty anther. Capsule ovate or oblong, equalling 
or exceeding the calyx.—DC. Prod. x. p. 418. 
Small annuals, growing in wet spots, American and Asiatic.—JI. Capensis, 
Benth., our only species, grows from Capetown to Port Natal. Leaves 
opposite, lanceolate or ovate, entire or dentate. Flowers axillary, pedicelled, 
bluish-white, with 2 blue spots on the palate. 
Suporper 2. Rhinanthidez. 
Tribe 6. SrprHorPren. (Gen. 28-31.) 
28. GLOSSOSTIGMA, Arn. 
Calyx bell-shaped, short, very bluntly 3-lobed, the back 
lobe very wide, sometimes 2-3-toothed. Corolla very minute, 
with a 5-lobed limb. Stamens 2 or 4; anther-cells parallel, 
confluent at tip. Style spathulate-dilated, shortly 2-lamellate. 
Capsule globose, loculicidal— DC. Prod. x. p. 428. 
A minute tropical water or mud plant, with tufted, linear-spathulate 
leaves, and axillary or tufted, 1-flowered pedicels. Calyx scarcely 1 line 
long.—A specimen from the Cape is preserved in Herb. Linn. (fide 
Benth.)  ~ 
29. LIMOSELLA, Linn. 
Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla with a short tube 
and rotate-campanulate, 5-lobed limb. Stamens 4; anther- 
cells completely 1-celled by confluence. Style short, clavate- 
thickened. Capsule 2-valved, the valves entire, parallel to a 
