Order 84. Scrophularinea. 2 1 9 



common (with three or four varieties) in the N. of India and countries 

 adjacent. V. chanusdrys is the common speedwell one of the best- 

 known and most popular of English wild flowers. 



12. STRIGA. 



Note. In this genns H. lays great stress on the number of striae, 

 or ribs, on the calyx. I doubt if this is a very reliable distinction 

 for unlearned observers. 



1. S. orobancJiioides. Stem thick, leaves minute or scale- 

 like, flowers spiked, pink or lilac, corolla tube long, calyx with 

 5 ribs. Tambadi kari cha gavat. 



Deccan and Konkan, common ; either growing on rocks or as a 

 parasite on species of Lepidagathis and Euphorbium. It is reddish all 

 over. Mr. Birdwood says the divisions of the corolla have a white 

 spot at the base. 



2. S. lutea (S. hirsuta, D.). Leaves linear, or lower ones 

 lanceolate, flowers white or yellow, calyx with 10 or 15 ribs. 



Konkan and Deccan. Very common (I).}. Throughout W. India 

 and the Deccan {H,}. He makes it from 6 to 18 inches high, but I 

 have seen it not more than 2 or 3. He has it also with flowers red 

 or purple. 



3. S. euphrasioides. Leaves linear, entire or slightly toothed, 

 flowers mostly axillary and solitary, white, bracts lanceolate, 

 longer than the 15-ribbed calyx. 



Deccan. Very common (Z). j. Throughout India (//.). " Very 

 variable in habit, from a simple filiform stem 4 to 6 inches, to a stout 

 branched herb of 2 feet " (H.}. I have seen only the small form. 



* S. densiflora, leaves linear lanceolate, spikes dense, flowers white, 

 bracts lanceolate, longer than the calyx, which has 5 striee. About 

 Surat (D). * S. sulphured, distinguished from 8. euphrasioides by 

 the calyx being about double the length, with divisions long and 

 exactly linear. Known only to Dalzell, who had it at Shivnar. 



13. KAMPHICARPA. 



R. longiflora. A pretty, small, erect plant, leaves divided 

 into many linear or thread-like segments, flowers white, 

 generally solitary, very large for the size of the plant, capsule 

 swelling, with slender curved beak. 



Very common in S. Konkan, growing in grass. Ghaut pastures 

 (D.). Matheran (Mr. Birdwood}. Belgaum (#.). H., who attributes 

 it only to the Deccan peninsula, calls it very variable in habit and 



