XC. SCROPHULAEIACEiE. 305 



Leaves 1-1 1 in. long, pinnatisect, w!tli filiform segments, Flowers 

 axillary, shortly pedicellate. Calyx | in. long; tube about ^ in. long; 

 lobes lanceolate, produced into a long subulate acumen. Corolla white ; 

 tube 1-1 1 in. long, very slender, straight; limb ^-f in. across, the 

 lobes obovate-obloiig, obtuse, emargiiiate. Capsules | in. long (including 

 the oblique or incurved beak), ovoid. Seeds about ^ in. long, oblong. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 300 ; Grab. Cat. p. 145 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 182 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1415 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 175.— 

 Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 



KoNKAN : Sfocksl, Graham: Mabar, Dahelll; Malwan, Woodrow; Matheran, 

 H.M.Birdwood. Deccan: Khandala, A'««/;;/.rt/'!, 6boA.c!; Wada below Mabablesh war, 

 Woodrow. S. M. Country: Belgaum, Ritchie, 629!, Cooke\, Law ex Graham. — 

 DisTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



23. SOPUBIA, Buch.-Ham. 



Erect herbs. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, narrow, often 

 laciniate. Flowers spicate or racemose; bracts leafy; bracteoles 2. 

 Calyx campauulate ; lobes 5, narrow. Corolla infundibuliform ; tube 

 short, the throat dilated ; lobes 5, broad, spreading, subequal, the 2 

 upper inmost in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers of upper or 

 both pairs of stamens in contact by pairs, one cell of each stamen per- 

 fect, ovoid, the other empty and stipitate. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 

 many in each cell ; style simple ; stigma thickened, sublmguiform, 

 obtuse. Capsule ovoid or oblong, rounded or compressed, retuse or 

 notched, locuhcidal ; valves entire or 2-lid, separating from the placenti- 

 ferous dissepiment. Seeds numerous ; testa somewhat lax. — Disxrib. 

 Africa, Madagascar, India, Malaya, Australia ; species about 20. 



Caljx-teetb filiform, longer than tbe caljx-tube ; corolla purple. 1. S. delphinifolia. 

 Calyx-teeth deltoid-ovate, equalling tbe calyx-tube ; corolla 



yellow "2. 8. trifida. 



1. Sopubia delphinifolia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. v. 4 (1837) p. 560. 

 Stem 1-3 ft. high, erect, subquadrangular, grooved, much-branched, 

 pubescent or glabrous, often spotted with purple. Leaves opposite, 

 1-1| in. long, pinnatisect ; segments few, long, filiform, distant, spread- 

 ing, fiexuous, often ciliate with minute hairs, the uppermost passing 

 into long simple floral leaves (bracts). Flowers numerous, axillary, 

 solitary or in few-flowered terminal racemes ; bracteoles on the pedicels 

 a little below the calyx | in. long, filiform ; pedicels ^-\ in. long, slender. 

 Calyx I in. long, glabrous ; tube \ in. long, strongly ribbed ; teeth long, 

 linear-subulate, erect, | in. long. Corolla 1-1 g in. long, rose-colored; 

 limb I in. across, with broad spreading lobes. Filaments hairy. Cap- 

 sules \ in. long, oblong-ellipsoid. Seeds scarcely -^^ in. long, cuneate- 

 oblong, striate, usually truncate at one end. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 302 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 145 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 182 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 257; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 175 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. t), part 3, p. 277. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. Vern. Dadhdli. 



Common in cultivated fields at the close of tbe rains. Konkan : Stocks .', Law ! ; 

 Matberan (Louisa Point), H. M. Birdwuod; pasture-lauds tbrougbout the Konkan, 

 Graham. Deccan: bills N. of Pooua, Eaojil; Khandala, Graham, Kanitkar\; 

 Mabablesbwar, Cooke ! Gujarat : Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Bebar, Chota Nagpur, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



