250 ScrophulariaceCB. IVandelUa. 



8. VANDSZiXiZA, L. 



Annuals, stem quadrangular, 1, opp., penniveined, fl. 

 small, axillary rarely racemose ; scp. 5, usually distinct, rarely 

 connate into a cal. ; upper lip of cor. concave, notched, lower 

 lip broad, 3-lobed ; stam. 4, didynamous, fil. of longer 

 (anterior) pair arched, expanded at base into a knob or 

 appendage, anth. connate in pairs, all perfect, cells distinct, 

 approximate, divaricate ; stigma with 2 blades ; capsule 

 septicidally 2-valved, placentas very large. — Sp. 30; 13 in 

 Fl. B. Ind. 



Sep. connate into a campanulate cal. . i. V. CRUSTACEA. 

 Sep. distinct 



Fl. in axillary racemes . . . 2. V. HIRSUTA. 

 Fl. solitary- 

 Capsule rather shorter than sep. . 3. V. SCABRA. 

 Capsule longer than sep. 



L. ovate 4. V. pedunculata. 



L. linear 5- V. angustifolia. 



1. V. Crustacea, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 35 (1835). 



G ratio/a liidda, Vahl, Moon Cat. 4. Thw. Enum. 219. C. P. 2048. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 279. Wight, Ic. t. 863. 



Stems generally prostrate, rooting at the lower nodes, 

 with very many long spreading branches, usually pubescent 

 at the angles, 1. numerous, usually under h in., ovate, sub- 

 acute, coarsely but shallowly serrate, glabrous above, finely 

 hispid on margin and veins beneath, petiole obvious ; fl. 

 axillary, solitary, ped. straight, usually exceeding 1. ; sep. 

 connate into a campanulate 5-ribbed cal., segm. 5, short, 

 triangular, acute ; capsule oblong-ovoid, blunt, a little shorter 

 than cal. 



Damp places in the low country ; very common ; an inconspicuous 

 weed. Fl. Nov., Dec; pale purplish-pink. 



Throughout the Tropics of the Old World. 



There is a specimen in Hermann's Herb, not named or taken up by 

 Linnaeus. 



2. V. hlrsuta, Ham. in Bcnth. Scroph. Ind. 36 (1835). 

 V. nut/lrjlora, Thw. Enum. 219 (non G. Don). C. P. 3309. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 280. 



Stem short, erect, with many long branches from the base, 

 densely covered with spreading hair ; 1. 1-2 in., oval, tapering 

 into wide petiole (the upper ones nearly sessile), subacute, 

 dentate-serrate, slightly hairy on both sides ; fl. on long 

 slender ped., in la.x viscous-pubescent axillar\- racemes : sep. 



