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sprcadinGf or reflexed. Corolla tubular ; tube cleft the wliole 

 length ; limb 2-labiate, upper lip 2-, lower 3-lobed. Anthers 

 all bearded. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule linear, 3-sided, 1- 

 eelled, 3-valved, many-seeded; valves coherent above and 

 below, 2 of them placentiferous. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 532. 



G. erinoides, found in wet places throughout the colony, is a glabrous 

 perennial, with erect or decumbent stems, compressed above. Leaves al- 

 ternate, remotely denticulate, varying from obovate to linear. Flowers 

 axillary, blue. Ovary 4 lines to 1 inch long. 



2. METZLERIA, Presl. 



Calyx-tube hemispherical ; limb 5-parted. Corolla split 

 down the back, 5-parted, subregular ; lobes lanceolate, the 3 

 lower connate at base, spreading, 2 upper free. Anthers sub- 

 incurved, the 2 lower bristle-tipped, rarely bearded. Capsule 

 globose, 2-valved. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 532. 



Small, decumbent annuals, with alternate leaves and minute, axillary, 

 solitary flowers. — 4 species, dispersed. 



3. MONOPSIS, Salisb. 



Calyx-tube obconical or hemispherical ; lobes equal, linear, 

 acute. Corolla funnel- or salver-shaped, mth a cleft tube ; 

 limb rotate, 5-lobed, lobes subequal, roundish. Anthers all 

 bearded. Stigmas 2. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 534. 



Small, diffuse annuals, with conspicuous, deep blue or purple flowers, on 

 very long, slender, axillary pedicels. Anthers yellow. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate. — 2 species, dispei'sed. 



4. ISOLOBUS, A. DC. 



Calyx-tube turbinate or obconical, elongate. Corolla with 

 a split tube, 1-labiate, 5-fid ; lobes equal, spreading. Anthers 

 of the 2 lower stamens bristle-tipped. Stigma 2-lobed. — Fl. 

 Cap. iii. p. 535. 



Perennials. Leaves alternate, serrate. Flowers solitary, axillary or 

 aggregated at the apex, white or purplish, small (2 lines long). — 2 species, 

 dispersed. 



5. PARASTRANTHUS, G. Don. 



Calyx 5-cleft ; tube cylindrical or obconical. Corolla cleft 

 in front, 2-labiate, upper lip of 3 lobes, lower of 2 lobes, 

 smaller. Anthers all bearded. Stigma 2-fid. Seeds roundish, 

 very minute. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 536. 



Perennials, with sessile, toothed leaves and terminal racemes of subsessile 

 or pedicelled, yellow blue or white flowers. — 3 species, dispersed. 



G. LOBELIA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-lobed ; tube subconical, ovoid or hemispherical. 



