PLATE 2668. 
SCROFELLA CHINENSIS, Maxim. 
ScROPHULARIACEE 
8. chinensis, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Petersh. xxxii. p. 511, et in Mél. 
Biol, xii. p. 763 (species unica). 
Herba erecta, fere omnino glabra, caule simplici 6-12 poll. alto, 
internodiis brevissimis. Folia lege ries non visa) alterna, sessilia, 
suberecta, caule appressa, papyracea, blongo-lanceolata, 9-18 li n. longa, 
obtusa. Flores minuti, ae pedicellati, in racemum saisir taadtns 
m 
minutum dentiformem, lineari-lanceolatis vix acutis. Corol/a bilabiata, 
tubo ventricoso intus extusque glabro calycem superante, labio postico 
quadrinervio trilobato lobo intermedio majore emarginato, labio antico 
parvo integro li inguiformi recurvo intus in sinubus barbato. Stamina 
2, postica, inclusa, filamentis glabris ; staminodia nulla. Ovarium 
glabrum, disco annulato crasso cinctum, ovulis plurimis. Capsula 
ota. 
Cuina : Northern Szechuen, Potanin. 
last communication received by the writer from the late M. 
The 
Franchet, written a little more than a week before his sudden death, 
contained some queries respecting the affinities of Scrofella and 
or, 
t the points of difference seem to be sufficient to maintain their 
generic Sipe te —W. Borting HemsLey 
Fig. 1, a flower and bracteole; 2, calyx and pistil; 3, corolla laid open.—Al 
enla arged, 
