XC. SCROPHULAEIACE.E. 309 



1. Pedicularis zeylanica, Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) p. 54. 

 Annual, 6-18 in. bigh ; stem erect, simple or branched, leafy, slightly- 

 pubescent. Leaves fleshy, 1-1 g by ^-h in., oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 cut into 12-20 pairs of obtuse crenate lobes, glabrous above, more or 

 less pubescent beneath, the lower leaves shortly petiolate, the upper 

 sessile. Flowers rather large, in elongate lax erect raceuies or spikes ; 

 pedicels O-J^ in. long. Calyx 5-^ in. long, cleft nearly to the base on 

 one side. Corolla pink ; tube |-g in. long by i in. broad at the top ; 

 upper lip rounded, not beaked; lower lip | in. in diam., the lobes 

 broad, subacute. Capsules h~^ in. long, obliquely ovoid, acuminate. 

 Seeds black, suborbicular, reticulate, -jj^- in. in diam. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 317; Wight, Icon. t. 1419; Praiu, iSp. Pedic. in Annal. Eoy. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. v. 3 (1891) p. 153, t. 14; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 260. 



Eare. Konkan : hills, Storks'., Balzelll Deccan : Mahableshwai- hills, H. M. 

 Birdwood. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



The following non-indigenous species not belonging to any of the 

 foregoing genera are (except Scoparia dulcis) cultivated as ornamental 

 plants in the Bombay Presidency : — 



AntirrJiinum majus, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 617. A perennial herb, 

 but in India usually cultivated as an annual, a native of the Mediter- 

 ranean region. The well-kno\^■n Snapdragon of English gardens. 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 64 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 174 & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 404. 



Anfin-Jiimim maurandioides, A. Gray, in Proc. Amer. Acad. v. 7 

 (1868) p. 376. A twiner, a native of Texas, with filiform stems, 

 triangular-hastate alternate petiolate leaves, and light bluish-purple 

 flowers on long slender pedicels. Maurandia antirrhinijlora, Humb. & 

 Bonpl. ex Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. (1809) p. 659 & in Hort. Berol. 

 (1816) t. 83. Matirandya antiridiiniflora, Grah. Cat. p. 142. Maurandija 

 antirrliini folia, Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 64. 



Maurandia scandeas, A. Gray, in Proc. Amer. Acad. v. 7 (1868) 

 p. 377. A handsome climber, a native of Mexico, uith softlv hairy 

 somewhat hastate leaves and showy purple-violet flowers, often em- 

 ployed to decorate trellises around verandas. The plant climbs by a 

 remarkable arrangement, the petiole folding itself over any available 

 support and holding on by pressing like a letter-clip ( Woodrow). 

 Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 405. Lophospermum scandens, D. Don, 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 15 (1827) p. 353 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 64. 



Mawandia semperjlorens, Jacq. Hort. Schcenb. v. 3 (1798) p. 20. A 

 slender climber, scandent by its petioles and pedicels, a native of 

 Mexico. Leaves alternate, hastate or hastately 5-lobed, cordate ; 

 petioles long, twining. Flowers rosy-purple, streaked with wiiite ; 

 pedicels long, twining. Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 64. Maurandya 

 semperjiorens, Bot. Mag. t. 460; Grah. Cat. p. 142. 



Maurandia Barclaiana, Lindl. Bot. Keg. v. 13 (1827) t. 1108. A 

 handsome climber, a native of Mexico, often grown to ornament 

 veranda-trellises. It has alternate petiolate angled cordate acuminate 



