284 cm. SGROPHULARiNEzE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ilysantlies. 



half the size. This differs from Vandellia erecta in the reduction of the shorter 

 stamens, and in the longer acute capsule. 



3. I. minima, Bentli. in DC. Prodr. x. 420; very small and slender, 

 erect, subsimple, leaves few minute ovate- or elliptic-oblong entire, pedicels 

 axillary capillary, corolla three times as long as the calyx, fruiting sepals 

 equalling the subglobose capsule. Bonnaya minima, Wight Ic. t. 858, not of 

 G. Don. 



The DECCAN; at Palamcotta, WigU. 



Stem 1-3 in., filiform, always simple below. Leaves 2-3 pairs, ^-^ in., obtuse, 

 quite entire. Flowers few, large for the size of the plant ; pedicels -|- in- Corolla 

 - in. Capsule ^ in. diam. A very elegant minute plant. 



4. I. rotundifolia, BentJi. in DC. Prodr. x. 420; diffuse or creeping, 

 leaves sessile broadly ovate elliptic or rounded entire or toothed 3-5- nerved, 

 pedicels axillary shorter or longer than the leaves, corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx, fruiting sepals equalling the globose capsule. Gratiola rotundi- 

 folia, Linn. Mant. 174; Roxb. Cor. PI. iii. 3,t. 204, and Fl. Ind. i. 137, and 

 Ed. Wall. $ Carey, i. 138. 



COROMANDEL, Roxburgh. CANABA, Hohenacker. CEYLON, Macrae, &c. DISTEIB. 

 Mauritius and Madagascar. 



Stems or branches 6-10 in., often rooting at the nodes. Leaves |-| in., obtuse 

 or subacute. Flowers few, white; pedicels -f in. Corolla 3- in. long. Capsule 

 in. 



26. BONNA1T Ay Link et Otto. 



Annual, quite glabrous herbs. Leaves opposite, entire or serrate, penni- 

 nerved, nerves very obscure. Flowers solitary, axillary, or the upper opposite 

 and racemose, pedicels ebracteolate. Sepals 5, narrow. Corolla-tube cylin- 

 dric ; upper lip erect, broad, concave, 2-fid ; lower larger, spreading, 3-lobed. 

 Stamens, 2 lower only perfect, subincluded, filaments filiform ; anthers 

 touching, cells divaricate ; staminodes 2, entire, glandular, obtuse. Stigma 

 2-lamellate. Capsule narrow, far exserted, septicidal ; valves entire, sepa- 

 rating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds numerous, rugose. Species 

 8, tropical African and Asiatic. 



Several species of this genus so closely resemble others of Vandellia as to render 

 its validity very doubtful. 



1. B. brachiata. Link $ Otto, Ic. PI. Sel. i. 25, t. 11 ; erect, diffusely 

 branched, leaves sessile oblong obtuse or acute sharply closely deeply 

 serrate, flowers racemed shortly pedicelled, corolla in. long, capsules 

 spreading or erect twice as long as the calyx or more. BentJi. in Wall. Cat. 

 3855, and in DC. Prodr. x. 420 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 178; Miquel Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. ii. 695. B. serrata, Griff. Notul. iv. 108, and Bonnaya sp. I. c. 

 106. Gratiola serrata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 139, and Ed. Wall. $ Carey, i. 140. 

 B. brachiata & pusilla, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 32, 33. Rheede Hort. Mai. 

 ix. t. 59. 



Throughout INDIA, from the Punjab to Travancore and Malacca, ascending the 

 Himalaya to 5000 ft. CEYLON, common. DISTBIB. Java, China, Philippine Islands. 



A rather rigid herb, 4-10 in. high ; branches divaricate, outer decumbent below. 

 Leaves ^-1| in., margins thickened, teeth mucronate. Racemes sometimes 4 in. 

 long, with opposite bracteate flowers; pedicels about equalling the calyx, rigid. 

 Corolla red or white. Capsule | in., slender. 



2. B. reptaxis, Spreng. Syst. i. 41 ; prostrate, creeping, leaves 



