258 cm. scROPHULARiNE-ffi. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sutera. 



A large tree, often half epiphyt : c, appressed to and grasping the boles of forest 

 trees by roots given off from the trunk, which is sometimes a foot or more in 

 diameter. Leaves 6-12 by 3-6 in., ovate lanceolate rounded or elliptic, acute or 

 obtuse, glabrous above and finally beneath ; base acute or rounded ; nerves 4-6 pair, 

 oblique; petiole 1-lg in., stout. Thyrsi 4-8 in., erect, narrow ; peduncle and rachis 

 very stout ; pedicels \-\ in., 2-bracteolate in the middle, hoary-pubescent. Calyx 

 short, 5- in. long and broad, lobes rounded. Corolla 1 in. long, mealy. Stamens far 

 exserted. Capsule ovoid, thinly coriaceous, 1 in. long by | in. broad; columnar 

 axis entire. The Javan species alluded to in the " Genera Plantarum " differs in the 

 much longer and woody capsules with the columnar axis 2-partite. 



TRIBE Y. ftZANULEJE. 



10. SUTERA, Both. 



A low diffuse viscicUpubescent herb. Leaves pinnatifid, lower opposite, 

 upper alternate. Flowers small, axillary and in terminal racemes ; pedicels 

 bracteate, ebracteolate. Sepals 5, narrow. Corolla-tube slender, throat not 

 dilated ; lobes 5, small, 2 upper outer in bud and rather smaller. Stamens 

 4, didynamous, included, filaments filiform. Style short, stigma obtuse or 

 notched. Capsule ovoid-oblong, septicidal, valves bifid. Seeds numerous, 

 testa pitted. 



S. glandulosa, Both Bot. BemerTc. 172, and Nov. 'Sp. 291; Benth. in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 362 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 422 ; Wight Ic. t. 856 ; Miguel Fl. 

 Lid. Bat. ii. 676 ; S. dissecta, Walp. Bep. iii. 271. Capraria dissecta, Del. 

 Fl. Eg. i. 95, t. 32, f. 2. 



From MAEWAE, Dalzell, BANDA, Edgeworth, BEHAE, J. D. H., and BENGAL, 

 Griffith, to the SOUTH DECCAN, Heyne, but not common. DISTEIB. Arabia, Egypt, 

 Nubia. 



Annual, branched from the base, branches 6-10 in. long. Leaves \-\ in., ovate in 

 outline, shortly petioled, segments toothed and cut. Flowers axillary all along the 

 branches, sessile or pedicelled, uppermost racemose. Calyx \ in. long. Corolla, 

 nearly white, about twice as long, glabrous. Capsule exceeding the calyx. 



TRIBE Yl. 



11. TCX1KUX.US, L. 



Erect prostrate or creeping herbs. Leaves opposite. Flowers solitary, 

 axillary. Calyx tubular or campanulate, 5-angled, 5-toothed. Corolla 2- 

 lipped, upper lip erect or reflexed, 2-lobed; lower spreading, 3-lobed ; throat 

 with usually a swollen 2-lobed palate. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anther-cells 

 divergent, subconfluent. Style slender, stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule com- 

 pressed, loculicidal, valves separating from the placentiferous column. Seeds 

 numerous, minute, oblong. Species 40, temperate and tropical. 



1. UK. nepalensis, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 29, and in DC. Prodr. x. 373 ; 



prostrate, glabrous, leaves petioled ovate coarsely serrate, calyx truncate 

 5-toothed, corolla yellow, capsule included. Wall. Cat. 3917; Maxim. 

 Diaqn. PI. Nov. Dec. xix. 401. M. assamicus, Gh*iff. in. Madr. Journ. Nat. 

 Sc. iv. 3, and Notul. iv. 92, and Ic. PL Ind. Asiat. t. 458, f . 8, 9. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Nepal, Wallich, to Bhotan, Griffith. ASSAM, on the 

 banks of the Burrampootra, Griffith. DISTEIB. Japan. 



Stems straggling, 6-10 in. long, stout or slender, sometimes faintly hairy. Calyx 



