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26. TORENIA, Linn. 



Calyx tubular, plaited or winged, obliquely 5 -toothed or 2- 

 labiate. Corolla ringent ; the upper lip emarginate or 2-fid ; 

 lower larger, 3-fid. Back stamens fertile, the anterior ones 

 arched, antheriferous, with a tooth-like or filiform appendage 

 at base ; anthers closely approaching or cohering in pairs. 

 Stigma sub-2-lamellate. Capsule oblong, not exceeding the 

 calyx.— Da Frod. x. j?. 409. 



Mostly plants of tropical Asia. Leaves opposite. Racemes mostly 

 short, terminal or in the forks. — T. nana, Benth., our only species, is a 

 minute plant, found by Drege, near Natal. 



27. ILYSATsTTHES, Eafin. 



Calyx 5-parted, the lobes scarcely imbricate in bud. Co- 

 rolla with the upper lip short, erect, 2-fid ; the lower larger, 

 spreading, 3-fid. Two back stamens fertile ; rudiments of the 

 anterior ones 2-lobed, one lobe glandular, obtuse, the other 

 acute, either very short and tooth-like or elongate, rarely 

 bearing an empty anther. Capsule ovate or oblong, equalling 

 or exceeding the calyx. — DC. Prod. x. p. 418. 



Small annuals, growing in wet spots, American and Asiatic. — I. Capensis, 

 Benth., our only species, grows from Capetown to Port Natal. Leaves 

 opposite, lanceolate or ovate, entire or dentate. Flowers axillary, pedicelled, 

 bluish-white, with 2 blue spots on the palate. 



SuBOEDER 2. Rhinanthidese. 



Teibe 6. SiBTHOEPiE^. (Greu. 28-31.) 



28. GLOSSOSTIGMA, Arn. 



Calyx bell-shaped, short, very bluntly 3-lobed, the back 

 lobe very wide, sometimes 2-3-toothed. Corolla very minute, 

 with a 5-lobed limb. Stamens 2 or 4 ; anther-cells parallel, 

 confluent at tip. Style spathulate-dilated, shortly 2-lamellate. 

 Capsule globose, loculicidal. — DC. Prod. x. p. 428. 



A minute tropical water or mud plant, with tufted, Unear-spathulate 

 leaves, and axillary or tufted, 1-flowered pedicels. Calyx scarcely 1 line 

 long. — A specimen from the Cape is preserved in Herb. Linn. (Jide 

 Benth.) 



29. LIMOSELLA, Linn. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla with a short tube 

 and rotate-campanulate, 5-lobed limb. Stamens 4 ; anther- 

 cells completely 1-celled by confluence. Style short, clavate- 

 thickened. Capsule 2-valved, the valves entire, parallel to a 



