274 cm. SGROPHULAKiNEvE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Dopatrium. 



equal ; staminodes 2, minute. Style short, stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule 

 small, globose or oblong, loculicidal, valves placentiferous. Seeds numerous, 

 very minute, tubercled. Species 5, African, Asiatic and Australian. 



1. D. nudicaule, Ham. in Bentk. ScropJi. Ind. 31, and in DC. Prodr. 

 x. 407; very slender, 2-4 in. high, bracts minute acuminate, calyx-lobes 

 acuminate, capsule linear-oblong, pedicel deflexed. Gratiola nudicaulis, 

 Willd. in Act. Berol. iv. 192. G. aphylla, Roth Nov. Sp. 7. G. cuneifolia, 

 Roxb. FL Ind., and Ed. Wall. $ Carey, i. 142. 



SOUTH DECCAN ; Heyne, &c. CEYLON; not uncommon. DISTBIB. Java, Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



Stem simple or branched from the base. Leaves, radical 0, or very few, ^-^ in. 

 long, oblong, obtuse ; cauline few, minute. Corolla in. long. Capsule | in. 



.2. D. junceum, Ham. in Benth. ScropJi. Ind. 31, and in DC. Prodr. x. 

 407 ; stem 6-10 in., bracts minute obtuse, calyx-lobes oblong obtuse, con 

 in., capsule globose. Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 178 ; Qriff. Notul. iv. IGiSf 

 ' and Ic. PI. Asiat.[i. 418, f. 6 ; Miguel FL Ind. Bat. ii. 686. Gratiola June, , 

 Roxb. Cor. PL ii. 16, t. 129, and FL Ind., and Ed. Wall. $ Carey, i. 142 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 3892. Morgania juncea, Spreng. Syst. ii. 803. 



Throughout INDIA from the Upper Gangetic plain southwards and eastwards to 

 Assam, Burma, and CEYLON. DISTBIB. Malay Islands, China, Japan, Philippines, 

 Australia. 



Rather fleshy, branched from the base. Leaves, radical or few, oblong, obtuse, 

 sometimes 2 in. long, nerves parallel ; cauline smaller, in distant pairs. Flowers 

 in very distant pairs, rose coloured, sessile or on capillary pedicels | | in. erect in 

 fruit. Capsule f in. diam. 



3. D. lobelioides, BentL ScropJi. Ind. 31, and in DC. Prodr. x. 407 ; 



stem 6-18 in., bracts minute obscure, calyx-lobes very short obtuse, corolla 

 ^ in., capsule globose. Wight Ic. t. 859. Gratiola lobelioides, Retz Obs. 

 iv. 7 ; Roxb. FL Ind, i. 142 ; Wall. Cat. 3893. G. hyssopioides, Roxb. Cor. 

 PL ii. t. 128, and FL Ind. i. 141, and Ed. Wall. & Carey, i. 142 (not of Cor. 

 PL iii. t. 203). 



SOUTH DECCAN, Seyne, &c. CEYLON. 



Stem stout and fleshy below, sometimes as thick'as a goose-quill above and branches 

 very slender. Leaves, lower 2-4 pairs obovate -oblong, obtuse, -2 in. long, upper 

 very few distant and small ; nerves parallel, very obscure. Flowers subracemose, in 

 distant pairs ; pedicels capillary, J-l in., spreading in fruit. Capsule in. diam. 



21. ARTANETOA, Don. 



Erect herbs, angles of stems and leaves above scabrid. Leaves opposite, 

 entire or serrate. Flowers^ large, blue, racemose, ebracteolate ; bracts 

 foliaceous. Sepals 5, acuminate, bare, much dilated. Corolla-tube long, 

 broad ; upper lip the outer, erect, broad, notched ; lower spreading, 3-fid. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, 2 posterior short, included ; 2 anterior with long 

 arching filaments dilated at the base ; cells confluent at their tips. Stigma 

 2-lamellate. Capsule globose, septicidal ; valves entire, separating from the 

 placentiferous axis. Seeds rugose. Species 4, tropical Asiatic, Australian 

 and African. 



1. A. sesamoides, BentL Scroph. Ind. 39, and in DC. Prodr. x. 408; 

 leaves lanceolate more or less petioled, corolla in. long, tube broad. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1410 ; Dalz. $ G-ibs. Bomb. FL 181 ; Miguel FL Ind. Bat. ii. 686. 

 Columnea longifolia, Linn. Mant. 90. Achimenes sesamoides, Vahl Symb. 



