21. Centranthera.] 98. SCROFHULARIACEJS. 



Common in the rains, usually in wet grass lands. Pnrneah, Kurzl Singbhum ! 

 Manbhum, Camp. I Ranchi and Palamau, ascending to Neterbat! Hazaribagh, 

 Clarke. Fl., Fr. Aug.-Oct. 



Leaves hispid and scabrid. Flowers subsessile distant sub-opposite or alternate, 

 only one opening at a time, corolla about '3" diam.. slightly curved, throat darker 

 purple than the sube(iual lobes. Filaments hairy, anthers with one cell empty and 

 spurred, the other with a smaller spur. Capsules '2" enclosed in the ovoid oblique- 

 mouthed toothless calyx. 



2. C. humifusa. Wall. 



A smallei- moi-e delicate plant than hispida, diffusely branched 

 from the base, with linear to narroAvly oblanceolate scabrid glabrous 

 or hispidulous leaves •2o-"7" long and axillary yellow subsessile 

 flowers 'i-S" long. Capsule subglobose. 



Grassy places. Titalyah (near Parneah), i'«;-£; ! Ranchi, Pmi^ ! Singbhum ! 

 Manbhum. Campbell ! Parasiiath, Clarke ! Fl., Fr. Aug.-Oct. 



Calj'x split in front, "17", ovoid acute. Corolla sometimes with purple markings 

 in the throat, tubular, dilated above. 



22. SOPUBIA, Hamilt. 

 Erect herbs with the leaves narrow or finely cut, upper sometimes 

 alternate. Flowers axillary and racemose or spicate, bracteolate, 

 with 5-toothed or -lobed campanulate calyx and rather large corolla. 

 Coi'olla-tube short, dilated above Avith 5 broad spreading, siibequal 

 lobes, 2 upper innermost in bud or {? in delphinifolia) sometimes 

 outermost in bud. Stamens didynamous, subincluded, anthers 2 or 

 all meeting in pairs, one cell of each perfect ovoid, the other small 

 stipitate empty. Stigma thickened sublinguiform, obtuse. Capsule 

 ovoid or oblong, locvilicidal, Avith entire or 2-fid valves separating 

 from the placentiferous axis. Seeds nvimerous, testa lax. 



Leaves cut into filiform segments. Fls. 1-1'5" long . . . I. delphinifolia. 

 Leaves linear entire or spariugly cut. Fls. "S-'o" long . . . 2. sfricta. 

 L. linear or ;3-fid. Fls. as broad as long 3. trifida. 



1. S. delphinifolia, G. Bon. Dak-kadur, S. 



A very pretty herb, 1-3 ft. high, much branched above Avith 

 feathery foliage, the leaves 1-2" long, being cut into about 5 filiform 

 segments. Flowers axillaiy racemose, 1-15" long, purple or rose- 

 coloured. Calyx tube '25", with setaceous teeth ••i--5" long. Fila- 

 ments Avith short stiff hairs. Capsule oblong, ^o-S". 



Frequent throughout Chota Nagpur, especially on rice-bunds in the rains ! Prob- 

 ably in all the Central and Southern Area except near the sea. Fl., Fr. r.s. 



Stem grooved, smooth or hispidulous. Leaves often drying green, scabrid, seg- 

 ments sometimes again divided. Pedicels -l-^". Bracteoles filiform. Calyx 10- 

 iierved. Corolla narrowly tubular then ventricose, puberulous outside on the lobes. 



2. S. stricta, G. Bon. 



An erect rigid strict or branched herb 8-20" high with pubescent 

 stems, narroAvly linear entire, more rarely sparingly toothed or cut 

 leaves -o-lo" long, and subsessile or pedicelled purple flowers S-'S' 

 long, axillary and racemose. Calyx "lo" pubescent Avith acute 

 lanceolate teeth. Corolla purple, campanulate, closely puberulous 

 outside. Capsule subglobose compressed at the top, •lo"-'2" long, 

 4-valved. 

 Neterhat .3000 ft. ! Sambalpur. Griffith ! Fl. Oct.-Nov. Fr. Nov.-Dec. 



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