304 XC. SCROPHULAUIACE.T^. 



2 ft. high. Leaves linear, 1-2 by 3^— § iu., sometimes with 1 or 2 teetli 

 on each margin, sessile, scabrous. Flowers sessile or shortly pedicelhite, 

 in long, often interrupted, lax erect spikes or racemes ; bracts shorter or 

 longer than the calyx; bracteoles 3^0^ in. long, subulate, Calvx J in. 

 long, campauulate, with 15 strong scabrous ribs, 1 rib running from 

 the base of the calyx to the apex of and along the middle of each tooth, 

 with 2 secondary ribs between not ending at the sinus, but extending 

 respectively up the sides of the opposite calyx-teeth, which are thus 

 strongly margined ; calyx-teeth nearly equalling the tube, linear-subu- 

 late, very acute, usually reflexed in fruit. Corolla exceeding ^ iu. long, 

 white ; tube exserted, exceeding | iu. long, pubescent iu t"he upper 

 part, much incurved beneath the limb; upper lip much shorter than 

 the lower. Capsules 4 iu. long, oblong-ellipsoid, the top of the valves 

 reflexed after clehiscence. Seeds scarcely -^^ in. long, cuneate-oblong, 

 usually truncate at one end. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 299 ; Grab. Cat. p. 145 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 181 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 250. Buclmera eiq,hra- 

 siokles, Yahl, Symb. v. 3 (1794) p. 81 ; Wight, Icon. t. 855. 



KoNK^vN : SiocA's !, BahelL—DisTRin. More or less throughout India ; Ceylon, 

 Java. 



5. Striga sulphurea, Dalz. 4- Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 182. An 

 erect scabrous slender herb ; stems scarcely branched, 4-angled. Leaves 

 sessile, |-] | by yV~tV ^^-i linear, acute, scabrous, often with 1 or 2 

 small teeth on each margin. Flowers mostly axillary, subsessile or very 

 shortly pedicellate ; bracteoles small, subulate. Calyx | in. long or 

 more, divided to the middle, with 15 prominent strong scabrous ribs as 

 in hilriya eujJirasioides ; calyx-teefh exactly linear, strap-shaped. Corolla 

 yellow; tube as long as the calyx, pubescent towards the top ; ujiper 

 lip broad, almost truncate ; lower lip 3-lobed, the lobes obovate, cilio- 

 late, -^-^g in. long. Capsules rather less than | in. long, oblong. 

 Seeds about -^ in. long, cuneate-oblong, usually truncate at one end. 

 Fl. B. 1. V. 4, p. 300. 



Rare. Konkan : Stocks ! ; Sliivnar hill-fort on wet rocks, Bahell cf- Gibson, BalzcUl 

 Deccan : Ghats, Stocks I — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



22. RHAMPHICARPA, Benth. 



Erect branched glabrous herbs drying black. Lower leaves opposite, 

 the upper altei'uate, narrow, entire or pinnatisect. Flowers axillary, 

 pedicellate, or in bracteate racemes ; bracteoles 1-2 or 0. Calyx cam- 

 pauulate or tubular-cam panulate, 5-fid ; lobes acuminate. Corolla-tube 

 slender, elongate, straight or incurved ; lobes 5, broad, spreading, sub- 

 equal or the upper connate. Stamens 4, didynamous, included in the 

 tube ; anthers 1-celled, vertical, dorsifixed, bases obtuse. Ovary 2-cellod; 

 ovules many in each cell; style thickened or clavate above; stigma 

 simple. Capsule compressed at right angles to the septum, usually 

 beaked, loculicidal ; valves septiferous. Seeds numerous, small, obovoid 

 or oblong ; testa reticulate. — Disxiiiii. Tropical and S. Africa, India, 

 and Australia; species 10 or 12. 



]. Rhamphicarpa longiflora, BetUh. in DC. Pi-odr. v. 10 (1S46) 

 p. 504. Am erect glabrous herb very variable in height and habit, 

 2-12 in. high ; stem simple, or oftiMi, in large jilaiits, much-branched. 



