298 cm. SCROPHULABINE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Buchnera. 



very numerous, obovoid or oblong, reticulated. Species about 30, widely 

 dispersed in warm countries. 



1. B. tetrasticha, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 41, and in DC. Prodr. x. 495 ; 



stout, scabrid, root-leaves evanescent, leaves sessile linear-oblong obtuse 

 quite entire, spikes 4-angled stout villous, bracts broadly ovate equalling the 

 calyx. Wall. Cat. 3878. 



UPPER ASSAM; Mishmi Hills, Griffith. TENASSERIM; at Moulinein, Wallich, 

 Griffith, Heifer. 



Stem simple, 12-24 in., leafy. Leaves 1-2| in., rigid. Splices solitary or several, 

 amentiform, dense-fid., 1-2 by ^-1 in., bracts horizontal. Calyx depressed. Corolla- 

 tube slender, twice as long as the calyx. 



2. B. cruciata, Ham. in Don Prodr. 91 ; slender, nearly smooth, root: 

 leaves spreading oblong obtuse, cauline linear entire or toothed, spikes 

 4-angled pubescent, bracts ovate ciliate equalling or shorter than the calyx. 

 Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 495; Wall. Cat. 3879; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat.ii. 

 702. B. sumatrana, Miquel 1. c. B. stricta, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. i. 367, and in DC. Prodr. I. c. B. densitiora, Hook. $ Am. Bot. Beech. 

 Voy. 203. 



NEPAL, Wallich. KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. BURMA, Wallich. 

 DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, China. 



Stem 10-18 in., simple or branched upwards. Leaves, radical rosulate, 1-1| in., 

 pubescent, base narrowed; cauliue erect, 1-2 in., teeth few and irregular. Spikes 

 ^-1 in. by |-| in. Calyx longer than in B. tetrasticha, half as long as the corolla. 

 Capsule longer than the calyx. 



3. B. liispida. Ham. in Don Prodr. 91 ; slender, hispid, root-leaves 

 obovate or oblong, cauline linear-oblong or -lanceolate toothed or entire 

 obtuse, spike slender, flowers distant, bracts narrow. Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 496; Wall. Cat. 3875; Wight Ic. t. 1413; Dalz. <$f Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 182. B. Schimperiana, Hochst. PI. Abyss. JSxsicc. n. 23. 



WESTERN and CENTRAL HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to E. Nepal, alt. 1-9000 ft. 

 BEHAB, on Parusnath, J. D. H. CENTRAL INDIA, at Hazarabagh, Clarke. DECCAN 

 PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards. DISTRIB. Madagascar, Tropical Africa. 



Stem 6-18 in., often branched above. Root-leaves 1-2 in., cauline usually longer 

 and narrower. Spikes 6-10 in., very slender j flowers often distant. Calyx hispid, 

 ^ in. long, lobes very narrow. Corolla-tube not twice as long as the calyx, limb 5- in. 

 diam. Capsule shorter than the calyx. Wight states that his specimens from Coorg 

 are not hairy, as described in the character of the plant ; these I have not fouud 

 in his Herbarium. 



42. Strig-a, Lour. 



Usually scabrid herbs, discoloured or black when dry. Leaves, lower 

 opposite, upper alternate, linear, entire, rarely toothed, sometimes reduced 

 to scales. / Flowers axillary or the upper inbracteate spikes, often 2-bracteo- 

 late. Calyx tubular, strongly 5-15-ribbed, 5-toothed or -fid. Corolla-tube 

 slender, abruptly incurved at or about the middle or top ; limb spreading, 

 2-lipped, upper lip usually short notched or 2-fid ; lower the inner in bud, 

 3-fid. Stamens 4, did'ynamous, included ; anthers 1-celled, vertical, dorsifixed, 

 bases obtuse, connective sometimes mucronate. Style thickened above, 

 stigma simple. Capsule subglobose or oblong, loculicidal ; valves entire, 

 septiferous, separating from the placentas. Seeds very numerous, ovoid or 

 oblong, reticulated. Species about 18, in the hotter regions of the Old 

 World. 



