268 LXXXTII. SCEOPHULAEIACEiE. 



bell-sbaped ; lobes of limb entire. Stamens 4 ; anthers 

 similar, in tbe throat or exserted. — DC. Frod. x. p. 353. 



Herbs or UBdershrubs, often much-branched and twiggy. Leaves mostly 

 opposite, mostly toothed ; the floral similar or bract-like. Flowers axillary 

 or racemose, pedicellate, not turning black in drying. — 26 species, dis- 

 persed. 



23. LYPERIA, Benth. 



Calyx 5-parted, the segments linear, not membranous. 

 Corolla deciduous, the tube long, externally viscid, dorsally 

 gibbous or incurved at the apex ; throat not dilated ; hmb 2- 

 labiate, the lobes entire or emarginate. Stamens 4, similar, 

 included. Stigmas clavate-capitate. — DC. Prod. x. p. 357. 



Herbs or small shrubs, often much branched. Lower leaves opposite ; 

 upper alternate, entu'e, toothed or much cut, often tufted in the axils, 

 sometimes minute, blackening in drying. Flowers axillary, spiked or ra- 

 cemose. Capsule viscid. — 30 species, dispersed. 



24. MANULEA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted or deeply 5-fid, the lobes linear or subulate 

 Corolla deciduous, with a long, glabrous or tomentose tube 

 nearly straight at apex, the throat not dilated ; limb 5-parted 

 equal, or the upper segments approaching or connate. Sta 

 mens 4, included, all fertile, or the 2 anterior with small, empty 

 anthers. Stigmas subclavate, entire. — DC. Drod. x. p. 363 

 TJies. Cap. t. 197. 



Herbs, rarely woody. Leaves mostly crowded at the base of the stem 

 the floral small, bract-like, free. Flowers racemose, the racemes simple 

 or compound. Corolla mostly orange, not blackening in drying, honey- 

 scented. Capsule glabrous. — 25 species, dispersed. 



25. HERPESTIS, a^ertn. 



. Calyx 5-parted, the back lobe wider, sometimes very large, 

 the lateral inner and narrower, often very narrow. Corolla 

 with the upper lip emarginate or 2-fid, the lower 3-lobed ; 

 sometimes all the lobes sub equally spreading. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous contiguous and ascending, or subdistant ; anthers 

 2-celled, the cells parallel or divaricate. Stigmas concave- 

 dilated or shortly 2-lobed. Capsule 2-furrowed, the valves 2- 

 parted or subentire, with inflexed margins, exposing the en- 

 tire, placentiferous column. — DC. Prod. x. ^. 392. 



A very large tropical genus, of various habit. — S. Monniera, H. B. K., 

 our only species, is a very common niarsli plant in hot countries. It is a 

 small, creeping herb, with obovate or spathulate, entire or distantly crenate 

 nearly nerveless leaves, and axillary, pedicelled flowers. 



