304 SCROPHULARIACE^. 



anther cells unequal, one stipulate and empty ; stigma 

 thickened ; seeds with lax skin. 



Species under lo, natives of South Africa, India, Malaya, 

 and Australia. 



Corolla longer than broad, pink S. delphinifolia. 



Corolla broader than deep, yellow S. trifida. 



Sopubia delphinifolia G. Don ; F.B.L iv 302, XLV I. 

 An erect herb. Upper leaves simple, Yz inch ; lower with 

 rachis of l/^ to 2 inches and two or three pairs of hardly- 

 broader, filiform, segments. Flowers axillary, stalks 

 }i inch. Calyx-tube /^ to % inch : teeth % inch acute. 

 Corolla pink, tubular, narrow below, inflated above ; 

 lobes y^ inch, rounded, imbricate. Stamens four, the 

 middle and upper pair longer. Anther-lobes attached at 

 their summits to the filament, free below. Capsule 

 oblong, seeds oblong rounded at both ends, striated. 

 1. 199. 



In the open, among grass, a root parasite. 

 Pulneys : on the downs high above Kodaikanal. Nilgiris : 

 near Optacamund, etc. Fyson 539.* Bourne 115. 



Gen. Dist. Mysore, Carnatic, Travancore, Canara and, generally, 

 uplands of South India, Bundelkund, Behar, Ceylon. 



Sopubia trifida Ham.; F.B.L iv 302, XLV 2. An 

 erect herb. Upper leaves ^ to M inch, simple ; lower 

 I to 1^/2 inches, with one pair of narrow but hardly 

 filiform segments. Flowers one or more in a leaf-axil ; 

 pedicels Yz inch. Calyx 1/5 inch ; lobes shorter than the 

 tube, fringed with hairs. Corolla cup-shaped ^ to J^ 

 inch, creamy-yellow, as broad or broader than deep and 

 bowl-shaped. Capsule egg-shaped or ellipsoid, notched 

 at the top. t. 200. 



In the grass of the open hill-side, and in damp places. 

 Fyson ^c^6, \S^2. Bourne '^^t^,'^ 2^-1,%. Pulneys : on the downs 

 flowering from May. Nilgiris : Ootacamund to Avalanche 

 flowering from August. 



Gen, Dist. Hills of South India, Ceylon, Siam, China, Philippines. 



