Lindenrebgia. ] SCROP HULARIACFJ:. 159 



s-beqaal, the 2 upper inside in bud. Stamens didynamous, anthers 

 of both sets of stamens meeting in pairs, one cell of each perfect and 

 ovoid, the other empty and stipitate. Ovary 2-eelled ; stigma 

 thickened, tongue-shaped, obtnse. Fruit an ovoid or oblong 

 loculicidal capsnlo ; valves entire or U-fld., separating from the 

 placentiferous septum. Seeds numerous, testa somewhat lax. — 

 Species about 27, in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Malaya and 

 Australia. 



S. delphlnifolia. 0. Don. Gen. 8yst. iv, 560; F.B.I. iv, 302; Wats 

 ED.; Train Beng.PL 777; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 305. i Gerardia delphini- 

 folia, Rozb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 99. 



A tall erect much -branched herb, 1-3 ft. high. Stem 4-sided, grooved, 

 glabrous or scaberulous, often spotted with purple. Leaves pin- 

 natisect, 1-1 h in. long, the uppermost (bracts) simple, segments filiform. 

 Flowers subsessile, axillary, solitary or in few-flowered terminal 

 racemes ; bracteoles £ in. long, filiform, pedicels slender. Calyx £ in. 

 long, tnbe strongly ribbed ; teeth linear-subulate, erect. Corolla rose- 

 oolourod, \'\\ in. long, limb £ in. across; lobes oroad, spreading. 

 Filaments hairy. Capsule as long as the calyx, oblong-ellipsoid. 



Grassy places near Agra (Munro), Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Flowers 

 in the wet and cold seasons. Distrib : Behar, Chota Nagpur, 

 Konkan, Decean and south to Ceylon. The juice of this plant is 

 s imetimes usel medicinally. 



23. LINDENBERGIA, Lehm. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 261. 



Annual or parennial herbs. Branches erect straggling, or ascen- 

 ding, rarely woody below. Leaves opposite or the "upper alternate, 

 toothed. Flowers yellow, axillary, passing into terminal spikes or 

 racemes ; bracts leaf -like, bracteoles none. Calyx earn pan ulate, 5-fid, 

 lob^s leaf -like. Corolla 2-lipped, tube cylindric ; upper lip short,' 

 notched or 2- fid, innermost in bud ; lower larger, 3-lobed, speading, 

 throat and lip with a 2-plicate palate. Stamens 4, didvnamous, 

 included ; anther-cells separate, stipitate, all fertile. Fruit a 2- 

 grooved loculicidal capsule; valves entire, separating from the placen- 

 tiferous dissepiment. Seeds many, minute. — Species 14, Indian, 

 Malayan and S. African. 



Glabrous or nearly so with stout erect stems 



2-3 ft high, calyx longer thaa the bracts . 1. L. macrostachya. 

 Glandular-pubesoent herbs with 6lender 



stems, calyx shorter than bracts. 



Leaves shortly petiole^, flowers sessile . 2. L. poly ant ha. 



Leaves long-petioled, flowers pedicolled . 3. L. urUccejolia. 



