308 xc. sceophtjlariace.t;. 



25. CENTRANTHERA, E. Br. 



Annual rigid scabrid herbs. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, 

 oblong or linear, obtuse, entire or toothed. Flowers axillary or in 

 bracteate spikes or rai-emes ; bracteoles 2. Calyx compressed, spatba- 

 ceous, split on one side, entire or shortly 3-5-lobed on the other. 

 Corolla-tube long, incurved, dilated above ; limb oblique, with 5 broad 

 subequal spreading lobes, the 2 upper inmost in bud. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, included ; anthers meeting in pairs, the cells transverse, 

 bases spurred or mucronate, often one cell sterile. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 ovules many in each cell ; style simple, dilated above ; stigma tongue- 

 shaped, acute. Capsule ovoid or subglobose, loculicidal ; valves entire, 

 carrying away the placenta. Seeds many, oblong-cuiieate ; testa lax, 

 reticulate. — IJistktb. Tropical and Subtropical Asia, Malayan Archi- 

 pelago, and Australia ; species 4, 



1. Centranthera hispida, E. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 438. An erect 

 hispid often hoary herb 3-20 in. high ; stem stout, simple or more or 

 less branched above. Leaves variable, g-ll by g-| in., subsessile, 

 linear-oblong or sometimes elliptic-oblong, hispid on both sides with 

 tuberculate hairs. Llowers rather large, subsessile in bracteate spikes ; 

 bracts longer or shorter than the calyx ; bracteoles ^ in, long, linear- 

 lanceolate. Calyx ^ in. long, ovoid, acute, densely hispid, split down 

 one side, the other side entire. Corolla infundibuliform, rose-colored 

 or white, | in. long or even more ; lobes subequal, rounded. Filaments 

 sparsely clothed with long white hairs ; anthers meeting in pairs, the 

 cells spurred, 1 imperfect. Capsules rather more than ^ in. long, 

 broadly ovoid-oblong, grooved, slightly rugose. Seeds -^ in. long, 

 oblong-cuneate or almost conical, truncate at one end, spirally striate. 

 Yl B. I. v. 4, p. 301 ; Grab. Cat. p. 145 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 182 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 3, p. 259 : AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 175. — Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Koxkan: Vingorla, Woodrow\; Savantvadi, X^rt^i/W-ar ! ; Malwan, Woodrow ; CoUem 

 below tlie Castlerock Ghat, Cooke ! ; Matheran, H. M. Birdwuod. Deccan : Wada 

 below Mahablesliwar, Woodroiv ; Koiiia valley below Mabablesliwar, Cookel S. M. 

 Country: Kamghat, Graham. — Distkib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Java, China, 

 Philipjjine Islands, Australia. 



20. PEDICULARIS, Linn. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, 

 pinnatitid or pinnatisect. Flowers in bracteate terminal spikes or 

 racemes ; bracteoles 0. Calyx spathaceous, entire or split down one 

 side nearly to the base, 2-5-toothed at the apex. Corolla 2-lipped ; 

 tube nearly cylindric ; upper lip ei'ect, hooded ([/aleate), laterally com- 

 pressed, obtuse, acute, or beaked ; lower lip with 3 spreading lobes. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers under the upper lip meeting in pairs, 

 the cells equal, parallel, all perfect. Style long, slender ; stigma 

 capitate. Capsule compressed, usually more or less oblique and often 

 beaked, loculicidal. Seeds various, usually numerous. — Distrib. Chiefly 

 in N. temperate regions and mountains, a few in the Tropics in the 

 mountains of S. America and S. India ; species about 120. 



