760 LXXXIX. SCROPHULARIACE. [Stemodiacra 
sig in. long, 2-valved; seeds netted-areolar, irregularly ovoid, 
about z/5 in. long. 
PuNGo ANDONGO.—In swampy places at the lake of Quibinda then 
almost dry ; fl. March 1857. Only one clump seen. No. 1241. 
This should be compared with small states of S. indica (Hottonia 
indica L. = Limnophila gratioloides R. Br.), though they apparently 
differ. 
8. MONIERA B. Juss. ex P. Browne, Hist. Jamaic. p. 269, 
t. 28, f. 3 (1756) ; non Loefl. (1758). 
Brami Adans. Fam. Pl. ii. p. 208 (1763). Mella Vand. FI. 
Lusit. p. 43, f. 23 (1788). Septas Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 392 
(1790). Mecardonia Ruiz & Pav. Prodr, Fl. Per. p. 95 (1794). 
Calyptriplex Ruiz & Pav., l.c., p. 96. Herpestis Gaertn. f. Fruct. 
iii. p. 186, t. 214 (1805); Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 951. 
1. M. calycina. 
Herpestis calycina Bth, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 57 (1836). 
AMBRIZ.—An annual, creeping herb ; branchlets ascending or erect, 
rather fleshy, mostly turning purple ; flowers white, By streams in 
rather elevated bushy places near Ambriz, plentiful ; fl. and fr, Nov. 
1853. No. 5918. 
GoLuNGO ALTO.—In marshy wooded places near Calélo; fr. Sept. 
1854. No. 5909. 
CAzENGO.—At the sides of streams near Dalatanda, growing after 
the fashion of Isnardia ; fr. and a few fl. June 1855. No. 1262. 
Punco AnpoNnGO.—FI. Dec. 1856. No. 5875. Fl.and fr. No. 5877. 
2. M. occultans Hiern, sp. n. 
A herb, apparently annual ; root fibrous ; stem branched from 
the base, procumbent, ascending, pale reddish, obtusely quad- 
rangular, bisulcate, pluristriate, juicy, 3 to 12 in. long, puberulous, 
leafy especially towards the apex; leaves opposite, spreading, 
oblong-lanceolate, rather obtuse at the apex, rounded at the 
nearly sessile sub-amplexicaul base, serrulate along the upper 
half, herbaceous-membranous, glabrous, about an inch long by a 
quarter-inch broad or a little more, pale green above, glaucescent 
and dotted beneath, pellucid-punctate, rather obscurely so in 
some cases ; flowers small, axillary, solitary or a few together ; 
peduncles very short ; calyx-segments 5, unequal; the outer 5 
ovate, obtuse, + in. long, the inner ones lanceolate-linear, all 
surrounding and adnate to the base of the ovary, at length con- 
cealing the fruit; corolla white; the tube funnel-shaped, short, 
straight ; the limb sub-bilabiate, 5-cleft ; the lobes obtuse, some- 
what spreading ; stamens 4, didynamous, inserted on the corolla- 
throat; filaments smooth, but little arched; anthers all fertile, 
not bearded; ovary oblong-conical, 2-celled; the cells pluri- 
ovulate; the ovules horizontal; placentas central, radiating 
towards the periphery ; style filiform ; stigma bicapitate. 
Punco ANDONGO.—In marshes and gently flowing streams from 
Caghuy towards Condo, plentiful ; fl. and young fr. March and May 
1857 ; also at the Miége stream near the lake of Quibinda, very rare, 
and near Sansamanda ; fl. March 1857. No. 5891. 
Nearly related to V/. calycina, but differs in habit, foliage, etc. 
