Bonnaya.] ScTophulariacecB. 253 



Wet places in the low country, rather rare. Bentota; Kandy. Fl. 

 March; pale bluish-white. 



Also in S. India, Madagascar, and Mauritius. 



10. BONNAVA, Link&r' Otto. 



Annuals, stem quadrangular, 1. opp., sessile, obscurely 



veined; fl. axillary or in terminal racemes; sep. 5, narrow; 



upper lip of cor. nearly entire, lower deeply 3-lobed, the middle 



lobe the largest ; stam. 2, fil. short, anth. connate, cells distinct, 



divaricate, staminodes (lower stam.) 2, curved, exserted ; stigma 



with 2 blades; capsule linear, very narrow, twice as long as 



Sep., septicidally 2-valved. — Sp. 8 ; 6 in Fl. B. hid. 



Scarcely differs from Ilysanthes. 



L. strongly spinous-serrate, oblong . i. B. brachiata. 



L. serrate, oval 2, B, VERONlCiEFOLlA. 



L. nearly entire, linear . . . . 3. B. tenuifolia. 



1. B. brachiata, Link 6^- Otto, Ic. PL Select, i. 25 (1820). 

 Thw. Enum. 426. C. P. 3084. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 284. Rheede, Hort. Malab. ix. t. 59. 



Stem short, erect, with many wide-spreading branches 

 from the base, glabrous or nearly so ; 1. lanceolate-oblong, 

 obtuse, very strongly spinous-serrate, glabrous ; fl. on short 

 thick ped., in lax terminal racemes, bracts filiform-setaceous, 

 longer than ped.; sep. linear, with setaceous points, staminodes 

 short, pubescent ; capsule divaricately spreading, acute. 



Damp places, especially on rocks, in the dry and intermediate regions, 

 rather common. Haragama; Nalande ; Dambulla; Tissamaharama. Fl. 

 July, Nov., Dec; pale pink. 



Also in India, Malaya, China, Philippine Is. 



2. B. veronlcaefolia, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 41 (1825). Wila, S. 

 Herm. Mus. 17. Burm. Thes. 13. Fl Zeyl. n. 235. Ruellia antzpoda, 



L. Sp. PI. 635. Gratiola veronicifolia^ Retz, Moon Cat. 3. B. verbencE- 

 folia, Spr. Benth. DC. Prod. x. 421. Thw. Enum. 219. C, P. 2050, 2051. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 285. Wight, Ic. t. 141 1. 



Stems prostrate, much branched and densely or laxly 

 tufted, copiously rooting at nodes, glabrous ; 1, |-f in., oval or 

 oblong-lanceolate, deeply and sharply serrate, glabrous, very 

 minutely punctate, veins inconspicuous; fl. in terminal or leaf- 

 opposed racemes, ped. stout, divaricate, lengthening in fruit, 

 bracts linear, acute; sep. linear, acute, finely spinous-ciliate; 

 cor. under ^ in., staminodes long, clavate, exserted, yellow. 



Damp ground in the low country, a weed, very common. Fl. Dec- 

 March, July; pale violet. 



