9S. SCROPHULARIACE.E. [2. Linaria. 



II. Corolla 2-lipped or lobes -4 or 5 ; 2 lateral or anterior exterior 

 in bud (Rhinanthoidea?. Vide also 8, 9 and 10) :— 



A. Corolla sub-rotate, 4-merous : — 



Stamens 2 19- Veronica., 



Stamens 4 20. Scoparia. 



B. Corolla 5-merous with short broad tube, or tube veutri- 



cose above : — 



1. Calyx spathaceous 21. Cent rant her a. 



2. Calyx not spatlmceous. campanulate:— 



Anthers with one cell stipitate and empty . . .22. Sopubia. 

 Anther-cells parallel, both polleniferous . . .23, Alectra. 



C. Corolla o-merous, tube long slender : — 



Cor.-tube not abruptly incurved, lobes equal . . . 2i. Buchnera. 

 Cor.-tube abruptly incurved, limb distinctly 2-lipped, 



lobes of upper lip small 25. Striga. 



The family includes many well-known garden plants often grown in the province 

 in the cold season and not described here; such are Anfjelonia, Calceolaria, 

 Maurandia (a climber), CoUinsia, Pentastemon, 



1. CELSIA, L, 



Erect, tomentose or woolly, iisvially tall and often nnbranched 

 herbs Avith all the leaves alternate, and yellow, rarely Avhite or red, 

 tlowers in simple or panicled terminal racemes or spikes. Calyx 

 5-lobed or -partite, lobes imbricate. Corolla rotate, regular or 

 slightly zygomorphic, lobes 5 broad, iipper exterior in bud. Starmens 

 4, filaments haiiy or glabrous, imequal, anthers transverse or oblique, 

 cells confluent. Style top dilated, stigma simple. Capsule oblong 

 or ovoid, septicidal. Seeds numerous, small rugose. 



1. C. coromandeliana, Wall. 



An erect hairy-pubescent herb 2-3 ft. high, unbranched except 

 toAvards the inflorescence. Radical leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, cauline 

 sessile ovate or oblong-ovate, toothed, passing into bracts iipwards. 

 FloAvers yellow -5" diam. in simple or panicled racemes 6-10" long. 

 Capsule sub-globose "25 -'.S" long glabrous glandular. 



Not common generally. Champaran, a weed in fields! ("hota Nngpur, occa- 

 sional in river beds ! Kalahaiidi, near rivers ! FL, Fr. Feb.-May. Annual. 



Lower leaves 2-4" with a large terminal usually oblong obtuse toothed lobe. 

 Flowers with pedicels •25-'.3" long, bracts ovate, very small at top of raceme. 

 Sepals oblong or ovate. Filaments hairy. Seeds very small oblonggrey, longi- 

 tudinally grooved and rugose between the grooves. 



2. LINARIA, Juss. 



Herbs with usually opposite (alternate in our species) leaves, 

 sometimes whorled below or alternate above. Flowers axillary 

 solitary or racemose or spicate, ebracteolate, 2-lipped. Sepals 

 imbi'icate. Corolla spurred anteriorly, upper lip erect of 2 more 

 or less connate petals, lower spreading of 3 more or less connate 

 petals, throat usually closed by a tumid palate. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous, ascending, included ; anther-cells distinct, parallel. Stigma 

 minute. Capsule ovoid or globose, each cell or the anterior only 

 opening by an apical pore. Seeds numerous. 

 Spur shorter than the corolla-tube :— 



Leaves nearly glabrous ......... 1. ramo^ig$ima. 



Softly hairy all over xav. puhescens. 



Spur longer than the corolla-tube. Whole plant hirsute . . 2. cabulica. 



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