264 LXXXYII. SCEOPKULARIACEiE. 



Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers 2-celled, cells oblong. Cap- 

 sules ovoid or globose, cells opening by one or more vahed- 

 pores, tbe lower cell rarely small and indebiscent. — DC. Prod, 

 x.p. 266. 



L. spuria, Mill., a ■nidely-dispersed plant, of European origin, is common 

 on rubbish heaps, etc., about Capetown. It is a much-branched, diffuse, 

 villous annual, with alternate, roundish cordate leaves, and axillary, long- 

 pedicelled flowers. 



Tribe 3. Cheloi^e^. (G-en. 7-13.) 

 7. PHYGELIUS, E. Mey. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla-tube elongate, incurved, the limb 

 oblique, with short, rounded lobes. Stamens 4, declined, ex- 

 serted, a minute rudiment of a fifth at base of corolla ; 

 anther-cells parallel, scarcely confluent at summit. Capsules 

 very oblique, with the after-cell much larger, slowly opening 

 septicidally at the apex. ? — DC. Prod. x. p. 300. 



A glabrous halfshrub, with 4-angled stems, opposite, petioled, ovate or 

 ovato-lanceolate leaves, and cymoso-paniculate, s(;arlet flowers. — Witberg 

 and Natal. 



, 8. BOWKERIA, Harv. 



Calyx 5-parted; segments unequal, the back one wider, 

 imbricate in bud. Corolla ovoid-ventricose, 2-labiate, the 

 upper lip galeate, erect, 2-toothed, lower inflated-cymbiform, 

 3-lobed at apex. Stamens 4, in the base of the corolla, didy- 

 namous, included (with a fifth rudiment) ; anthers 2-celled, 

 the cells equal, parallel, pointless. Ovary 2-(rarely 3-)celled ; 

 ovules numerous; style filiform.; stigma simple. Capsules 

 not seen. — Thes. Cap. t. 37. 



Shrubs, glabrous or hairy, subviscid, with opposite or 3-nate broad, 

 toothed, veiny, rigid leaves, and terminal, few-flowered cymes. Flowers 

 red ? — 2 species, from the Eastern district and Natal. 



9. HALLERIA, Linn. 



Calyx cuplike-bellshaped, with 3-5 broad, short lobes. 

 Corolla tubular, widening upwards, with an oblique, shortly 

 5-lobed limb, the lobes flat. Stamens 4, scarcely declined, 

 mostly exserted or subexserted ; anther-cells distinct. Fruit 

 fleshy, indehiscent, with fleshy placentas at length filling the 

 cavity.— DC. Prod. x. p. 301. 



Glabrous shrubs. Leaves ovate or oblong. Pedicels mostly tufted ; 

 corolla red. — 3 species, dispersed. 



10. FREYLINIA, Colla. 



Calyx 5-partcd. Corolla tubular, the 5-lobcd limb sub-2- 

 labiate, all the s^cgments spreading and flattish. Stamens 4, 



