98. SCROPHULARIACE^. [G. Mazus. 



long-, very numerous scarlet on 1-3 -fid. peduncles borne in great 

 profusion on the drooping branches. 

 Very common in all gardens, Fl. most of the year. 



2. R. rotundifolia, Cav. Syn. R. floribunda, Humh.B. tf- Kunth. 



Erect, 2-4 ft. Leaves well-developed orbicular, 2-4", sessile, 

 pubescent beneath. Fls. crimson-scarlet in close axillary cymes and 

 very numerous. 



Also a very handsome plant and common in gardens. Fl. most of the year. 



5. SUTERA, Roth. 



Viscid-pubescent herb with lower leaves opposite pinnatifid, upper 

 alternate. Flowers small axillary and in terminal racemes, ebracteo- 

 late. Sepals narrow. Corolla-tube slender, not dilated above, lobes 5, 

 small, 2 upper outer in biid and rather smaller. Stamens 4 didy- 

 namous, included, filaments slender. Style short, stigma obtuse or 

 notched. Capsule ovoid-oblong, septicidal, valves 2-fid. Seeds many, 

 testa pitted. 



1. S. glandulosa, Roth. 



Erect or spreading with numerous branched stems 6-10" long, the 

 whole plant glandular-viscid and collecting much dirt. Leaves 

 somewhat resembling those of a Pedicularis, closely multi-pinnatifidly 

 lobed, •25-"5"long, lobes toothed. Sepals •12-"14" equal with glandular 

 dots. Corolla-tube exceeding the calyx, with small spreading limb» 

 white or purplish with yellow. Capsule -2" ellipsoid-oblong. 



River-sides and wet soil. Behar, J.D.H. ! FL, Fr. Jan. -March. 



6. MAZUS, Lour. 



Small herbs, often with runners. Leaves rosulate or opposite 

 below, opp. or alternate above. Flowers in terminal subsecund 

 racemes with bracts and bracteoles minute or 0. Calyx campanulate 

 5-fid. Corolla-tube short, upper lip erect 2-fid, lower larger spreading 

 3-fid, throat with a 2-lobed palate. Stamens 4, didynamovis, anther- 

 cells contiguous, diverging, not confluent. Stigma 2-lamellate. 

 Capsule included, globose or compressed, obtuse, loculicidal, valves, 

 entire. Seeds numerous, very minute, ovoid. 



1. M. rugosus, Lour. 



A little herb Avith prostrate ascending leafy, usually pubescent or 

 hairy branches and erect scapiform racemes. Leaves mostly radical 

 obovate-spathiilate, 1-3" long, tapering into a short petiole, those on 

 the branches smaller. Flowers -25" pale-blue or white. Calyx equally 

 5-lobed, lobes "12" in flower, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, becoming' 

 much enlarged in fruit, flat and spreading. Corolla upper lip concave 

 with short linear lobes, palate brown-spotted and with clavate hairs. 

 Capsule subglobose. 



In wet or damp shady places, Furneah ! Champaran, Hieroiii/musl Chota 

 Nacrpur, Singbhum, near rivei's and on the plateaux, not uncommon ! Fl, practi- 

 cally all the year. 



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