280 Xf. SCROPHULAniACE.li:. 



Long filaments with a tootli- 

 like or subulate appendage 

 at the base ; calyx 6-fid or 



5-partite 13. Vandellia. 



Stamens 2 with perfect anthers, the 2 

 lower reduced to staminodes inserted 

 on the corolla-throat. 



Leaves with parallel nerves ; stami- 

 nodes unecfually 2-lobed 14. Ilysanthks. 



Leaves penni-nerved ; staminodes 



entire 15. Bosnaya. 



Corolla small ; tube very short ; stamens 2. 

 Prostrate or creeping herbs. 



Calyx tubular, obtusely 5-toothed 16. Peplidium. 



Calyx campanulate, 3-4-lobed 17. Glossostigma. 



Corolla-lobes all flat, the 2 lateral or one of them 

 exterior in bud ; stamens 2. 



Shrubs with alternate linear fleshy leaves 18. Oampylanthcs. 



Herbs; corolla subrotate ; tube short 19. Veronica. 



Corolla witli upper lip or 2 upper lobes innermost and 

 lower lobes outermost in bud ; stamens 4. 

 Calyx tubular, 5-toothed or 5-fid. 



Corolla-tube straight or nearly so ; lobes 

 subequal ; lower leaves much larger than 



the upper 20. Buchnera. 



Corolla tube abruptly incurved at or above 

 the middle ; 2 upper lobes smaller than the 

 others ; lower leaves not much larger than 



the upper 21. Striga. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-fid or 5-lobed. 



Anthers 1-celled ; leaves sometimes pinnati- 



sect; corolla-tube long, slender 22. Rii.vmphicarpa. 



Anthers 2-celled, one of the cells barren ; 

 leaves always pinnatisect ; corolla-tube 



short with dilated throat 23. Sopubia. 



Anthers 2-celled, both cells fertile; leaves 



toothed, not pinnatisect 24. Linden'bergia. 



Calyx spathaceous, split down the front. 



Corolla-lobes subequal, broad, spreading ; an- 

 thers 2-celled, one cell often empty 25. Centrantiiera. 



Corolla strongly 2-lipped,the upper lip erect, 



hooded; anther-cells both fertile 26. Pedicularis. 



1. ANTICHARIS, Endl. 



Small erect viscid-hairy herbs. Leaves alternate, quite entire. 

 Flowers axillary, usually solitary, with 2 bracts on the pedicel. Calyx 

 5-partite ; sepals narrow, subvalvate. Corolla-tube enlarged at the 

 throat ; lobes 5, subequal. Stamens 2 perfect ; filaments filiform ; 

 anthers versatile, curved ; staminodes 0. Style filiform : stigma obtuse 

 or notched. Capsule ovoid or oblong, acuminate, loculicidally and 

 septicidally dehiscent ; valves with inflexed margins, separating from the 

 axis, laying l)are the placentiferous column. Seeds numerous, small, 

 oblong* or obovoid, striatcly ribbed; embryo straight; cotyledons 

 ovate. — DiSTRiB. Tropical and South Africa, Arabia, India; species 

 about 9. 



Leaves ovate, not exceeding | in. long ; pedicels less than twice 



as long as tlie calvK 1- A. glanchdosa. 



Leaves narrowly linear, exceeding 1 in. long; pedicels more 



than twice as long as the calyx 2. A. linraris. 



