XC. SCEOPHULAKIACEiE. 307 



racemes ; pedicels 0-4q in. loug. Calyx i-| in. long, hairy ; lobes ^^ in. 

 long, subtriangiilar, acute. Corolla i in. long, yellow. Capsules scarcely 

 exserted, glabrous. El. B. I. v. 4, p. 262. 



SiND : BaLrell, 81 ! 



There is in Herb. Kew. but 1 sheet containing rather fragmentai-j specimens of 

 this plant, which were collected by Dalzell among rocks in Sind. The specimens are 

 not sufRcient to allow of accurate determination, but the identification seems correct. 

 Additional specimens from Sind would be valuable. — Distrib. Arabia (tolerably 

 abundant at Aden), Somali Country, Abyssinia. 



2. Lindenbergia urticsefolia, Lhik Sf Otto, Icon. PI. Ear. ITort. 

 Berol. (1828) t. 48. Annual, 4—20 in. high, brittle when dry, glandular- 

 villous or glabrate ; stem simple or branched. Leaves |-2 by g-l^ in., 

 ovate, subacute, creuate-serrate, usually glandular-villous on both sides ; 

 petioles \-l in. long. Flowers solitary or 2-nate in the axils of large 

 leaves, sometimes runniug out into axillary or terminal leafy racemes ; 

 pedicels short. Calyx \ in. long, densely glandular-villous, divided about 

 •^ the way down ; lobes triangular-oblong, subobtuse, hairy on both 

 sides. Corolla yellow, k in. loug, more or less hairy outside, 2-lipped ; 

 upper lip shortly 2-lobed ; lower lip with 3 rounded veined lobes, 

 the mid-lobe narrower than the lateral ones and projecting beyond 

 them, -5^7y— jV i^' loi^g? quadrate-oblong, rounded at the apex, the throat 

 hairy. Ovary ovoid, glabrous when very young, afterwards pubescent 

 near the apex ; style 5 in. long, exceeding the stamens, simple, filiform. 

 Capsules oblong, hairy in the upper part, ■!• in. long. Seeds minute, 

 -^ in. long, ellipsoid-obloug, smooth or nearly so. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 262 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 143 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 176 ; Hook. Icon. PL t. 875 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 174 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 642. — Elowers : Sept.-Nov. Veen. Bliol. 



KoNKAN : Bassein, Coolie !; Revadanda, Gungarani\; Marmagao, Woodrow. Gujarat : 

 Kanitkarl; Surat, Cooke \, Woodi-ovj \ ; Baroda, Woodrowl — Distrib. Throughout 

 India, often on old walls ; Afghanistan. 



3. Lindenbergia polyantha, Boyle, ex BentJi. Scroph. Lid. (1835) 

 p. 22, Annual, densely glandular-villous : stems leafy, 12-20 in. long, 

 often branched from the base. Leaves 2 by § in. (rarely larger), numerous, 

 ovate or elliptic, acute, serrate-dentate, softly villous on both sides ; 

 petioles very short. Elowers numerous, in densely leafy racemes in the 

 opposite axils of floral leaves (bracts) which become smaller upwards ; 

 pedicels 0-^q in. long ; bracts exceeding the calyx. Calyx | in, long, 

 densely glandular-villous, lobed -j-way down or more ; lobes oblong, 

 obtuse. Corolla yellow, | in, long, more or less hairy outside, 2-lipped ; 

 upper lip shortly 2-lobed, pubescent inside ; lower lip with 3 rounded 

 veined lobes, the mid-lobe about t^^ in. long, quadrate-oblong, rounded 

 at the apex. Stamens exserted beyond the corolla-tube. Ovary ovoid, 

 usually glabrous ; style as long as or sometimes rather shorter than the 

 stamens. Capsules | in. long, pubescent at the top, veined. Seeds 

 minute, oblong. El. B. I. v. 4, p. 262; Benth. in DC. Prodr. v. 10, 

 p, 377 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 106. 



Very close to L. urticcefolia, of which it may possibly be a starved 

 form. 



Deccan : Khandesh, Kanitkarl Sind: Boogta hills, Vicaryl — Distrib. India 

 (Panjab, Behar, E. Bengal, W. Peninsula). 



