860 Scrophulariaceae. 
connective sometimes 2-branched, 1 branch bearing 
a fertile cell and the other a dise-shaped appen- 
dage. Herbs or undershrubs, often parasitic or 
BOUMIGAFSAILIC . 3=pel ak Bedi: Piece wits ee eRe- 12. Striga. 
I. Euphrasieae. — Leaves opposite. Corolla 2-lip- 
ped or rarely nearly equally 5-lobed, not saccate 
nor spurred at the base; upper lip erect, con- 
cave or galeate, inside in bud. Stamens 4, didy- 
namous, rarely 2, ascending against the upper 
lip of the corolla. Anthers 2-celled, rarely with 
one cell smaller than the other or quite absent. 
@apsule® loculicidaly:::.a0is weal a Gtr aas ee 13. Bufragia. 
493. (1.) Anticharis Endl. 
Calyx 5-partite; segments narrow, subvalvate. Corolla-tube 
dilated above; limb spreading; lobes 5, flat, subequal, rounded, the 
two posticous lobes outside. Stamens 2, anticous; filaments filiform; 
anthers subtransverse, glabrous or sparingly pilose, 1-celled by con- 
fluence, horse-shoe- or half-moon-shaped before dehiscence, at length 
flattened out; staminodes 0. Style filiform, subclavate at the apex; 
stigma obtuse, entire or emarginate. Capsule ovate or oblong, sub- 
acuminate, 2-furrowed, loculicidal and septicidal; valves bent inwards 
at the margins exposing the placentiferous column. Seeds numerous, 
small, oblong or obovoid, striate; embryo straight; cotyledons ovate. 
— Dwarf erect herbs with glandular pubescence. Leaves entire. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, often with 2 small bracts. 
— Meisarrhena, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 63, name only. Dora- 
tanthera, Benth. in Endl. Gen. 685. Gerardiopsis, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 
C. 359, and in Engl. Jahrb. XXIII. 507. Distemon, Ehrenb. & Hempr. 
ex Aschers. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, 880. 
Species 9, 8 in Tropical Africa, 2 of which extend to Arabia and 
Western India, and 1 in South Africa. 
1205. Anticharis glandulosa Aschers. in Monatsber. Akad. 
Wiss. Berlin (1866), p.880. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.423. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 116 no. 788. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. 
d’Eg., p. 264. — Meisarrhena tomentosa R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App., 
p..63. — Distemon glandulosus Ehrenberg and Hemp. ex Aschers. 
in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1866), p. 880. — A densely long- 
glandular-hispid diffusely branched aide 9—12cm high. Leaves 
up to 18 mm long, 5—8 mm broad, spathulate-oblong, oblong or oval, 
obtuse, attenuated at the base; petiole 5—8 mm long. Peduncles 
21/,—51/.mm long; bracts 2—21/. mm long, opposite or subopposite, 
