248 Sa^ophulariacece, [Toreniu. 



into bracts; fl. very small, solitary, on rather short very slender 

 ped. or nearly sessile ; cal. campanulate, segm. deep, oval> 

 obtuse ; cor. J in. long, upper lip distinctly bilobed, all lobes 

 short, rounded ; capsule very small, globose. 



Wet places in the low country; very common. Fl. June, July; pale 

 pinkish-violet. 



Throughout the Eastern Tropics. 



6. ARTAimniA, Don. 



Herbaceous, 1. opp., fl. large, without bractlets, in terminal 

 racemes ; sep. 5, strongly imbricate ; cor-tube funnel-shaped, 

 dilated at mouth, upper lip erect, lobed, lower lip with 3 broad 

 lobes ; stam. 4, didynamous, anth. coherent in pairs, cells con- 

 fluent, fil. of anterior ones long, curved round mouth of cor.- 

 tube, dilated at base into prominent knobs ; stigma of 2 

 blades ; capsule globose ; seeds lobulated. — Sp. 4 ; 2 in 

 Fl. B. Ind. 



A. sesamoides, Be?tih. Scroph. Ind. 39 (1835). G-as-kotala, S. 



Diccros lon^'ifo/ius, Pers., Moon Cat. 45. Benth. in DC. Prod, x 40S. 

 Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 2024. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 274. Wight, Ic. t. 1410. 



A stout herb, stem 2-3 ft., erect, branched, quadrangular 

 with very acute angles, glabrous, often purple ; 1. sessile, 

 2^-5 in,, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, tapering at base, acumi- 

 nate, very acute, serrate, harsh on both sides and at margin 

 with fine asperities ; fl. large, on short ped., in long erect, lax, 

 terminal racemes ; sep. ovate, acute, nearly glabrous ; cor. 

 nearly i in., glandular-pubescent inside and out, lobes 

 rounded, obtuse. 



Open places and waste ground up to 4000 ft., rather common. FL 

 July, August ; rather dull violet-purple. 



Also in S. India, Malaya, Philippine Is., and Trop. Africa (.''). 

 Sometimes cultivated in gardens. 



7. TORENZA, L. 



Herbs, stem quadrangular, 1. opp., fl. rather large, axillary; 

 sep. completely connate into a tubular, angular or winged, 

 2-lippcd, 3-5 toothed cal.; cor.-tube tubular, dilated above, 

 upper lip slightly notched, concave, lower lip broadly 3-lobed; 

 stam. 4, didynamous, longer fil. arched, toothed at base, anth. 

 coherent in pairs, perfect, cells of the upper pair divaricate^ 



