270 LXXXVII. SCEOPHULAKIACEiB. 



very tliin, incomplete, placentiferous septum. — DC. Prod. x. 

 p. 426. 



Small, cosmopolitan, water and mud plants, glabrous, tufted or creeping 

 by stolons. Leaves and peduncles tufted at tlie nodes ; petiole long and 

 slender ; lamina quite entire, ovate oblong or linear. Flowers purple or 

 blue. — 2 South African species. 



30. CAMPTOLOMA, Beuth. 



Calyx 5-parted, subequal. Corolla-tube exserted, dilated 

 upwards, the limb 5-lobed, sub-2-labiate. Stamens 4, included, 

 subdidynamous ; anthers reniform, 1-celled by confluence. Style 

 scarcely dilated at the summit, obtuse. Capsule narrow-ovate, 

 septicidal, the valves 2-fid, with inflexed margins, exposing the 

 placentiferous column. — DC. Prod. x. p. 430. 



A villous, erect, branching herb, found at Elephant's Bay. Leaves al- 

 ternate, petioled, orbicular, crenate, 6-8 lines wide. Peduncles axillary, 

 3-5-flowered ; bracts minute. 



31. SCOPARIA, Linn. 



Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla rotate, 4-fid, densely hairy in 

 the throat. Stamens 4 ; anthers subsagittate, with distinct 

 cells. Style slightly clavate, truncate or emarginate. Cap- 

 sule septicidal, the valves entire, membranous, with inflexed 

 margins, exposing the placentiferous column. — DC. Prod. x. 

 p. 431. 



S. dulcis^ a common tropical weed, is widely diffused in all wann lati- 

 tudes. 



Teibe 7. yEEO:\^iCE^. (Gren. 32.) 



32. VERONICA, Linn. 



Calyx 4-5-parted, Corolla-tube short ; limb 4- rarely 5-fid, 

 spreading, the lateral or the lowest segment narrower. Sta- 

 mens 2, in the tube, exserted, one at each side of the upper 

 segment ; anthers with divergent or parallel cells, confluent 

 at the apex. Stigma subcapitate. Capsule compressed or 

 turgid, 2-furrowed, more or less loculicidal. — DO. Prod. x. p. 

 458. 



A vast, cosmopolitan genus. — V. Anagallis^ a common European and 

 North Asiatic species, is found in many parts of the Capo. It is an erect, 

 aquatic herb, with sessile, cordaite-amplexicaul leaves, and axillary racemes 

 of small white or pinkish flowers. 



Teibe 8, BucniN'EEEiE. (Grcn. 33-37.) 



33. BUCHNERA, Linn. 



Calyx tubular, faintly nerved, shortly 5-toothed. Corolla 



