270 LXXXVII. SCROPHULARIACER. 
very thin, incomplete, placentiferous septum.—DC. Prod. x. 
p. 426. 
Small, cosmopolitan, water and mud plants, glabrous, tufted or creeping 
by stolons. Leaves and peduncles tufted at the nodes ; petiole long and 
slender; lamina quite entire, ovate oblong or linear. Flowers purple or 
blue.—2 South African species. 
30. CAMPTOLOMA, Benth. 
Calyx 5-parted, subequal. Corolla-tube exserted, dilated 
upwards, the limb 5-lobed, sub-2-labiate. Stamens 4, included, 
subdidynamous; anthers reniform, 1-celled by confluence. Style 
scarcely dilated at the summit, obtuse. Capsule narrow-ovate, 
septicidal, the valves 2-fid, with inflexed margins, exposing the 
placentiferous column.—D0C. Prod. x. p. 430. 
A villous, erect, branching herb, found at Elephant’s Bay. Leaves al- 
ternate, petioled, orbicular, crenate, 6-8 lines wide. Peduncles axillary, 
3-5-flowered ; bracts minute. 
31. SCOPARIA, Linn. 
Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla rotate, 4-fid, densely hairy in 
the throat. Stamens 4; anthers subsagittate, with distinct 
cells. Style slightly clavate, truncate or emarginate. Cap- 
sule septicidal, the valves entire, membranous, with inflexed 
margins, exposing the placentiferous column.—D0C. Prod. x. 
p. 431. 
S. dulcis, a common tropical weed, is widely diffused in all warm lati- 
tudes. 
Tribe 7. VERONICEZ. (Gen. 32.) 
32. VERONICA, Linn. 
Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla-tube short ; limb 4- rarely 5-fid, 
spreading, the lateral or the lowest segment narrower. Sta- 
mens 2, in the tube, exserted, one at each side of the upper 
segment ; anthers with divergent or parallel cells, confluent 
at the apex. Stigma subcapitate. Capsule compressed or 
turgid, 2-furrowed, more or less loculicidal—DC. Prod. x. p. 
458. 
A vast, cosmopolitan genus.—V. Anagadlis, a common European and 
North Asiatic species, is found in many parts of the Cape. It is an erect, 
aquatic herb, with sessile, cordate-amplexicaul leaves, and axillary racemes 
of small white or pinkish flowers. 
TrizE 8. BucHnerEs. (Gen. 33-37.) 
33. BUCHNERA, Linn. 
Calyx tubular, faintly nerved, shortly 5-toothed. Corolla 
