StrigaJ] cm. SCROPHULARINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 299 



* Calyx 5-ribbed. 



1. S. oyobanchoides, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Sot. Mag. i. 361, t. 19, 

 and in DC. Prodr. x. 501; glabrous or pubescent, leaves scale-like, bracts 

 lanceolate hardly as long as the calyx, corolla-tube incurved. Dalz. <$f Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 181 ; Wight Ic. t. 1414. Buchuera orobanchoides, Br. in App. 

 Salt~ Abyss., ex Endl. in Flora 1832, 387, t. 2. B. hyderabadensis, Roth 

 Nov. Sp. 292; Wall. Cat. 3871. Orobanche indica, Spreng. Syst. ii. 817, 

 not of Roxb. Striga orchidea, Hochst. PL Nub. Exsicv. n. 387. 



WESTERN INDIA ; Scinde, and Marvvar, on Mt. Aboo, Stocks. The Deccan from 

 the Coucan southwards. Suhunsudhara, Royle. DISTEIB. Tropical and S. Africa, 

 Arabia. 



RootstocJc tuberous; stems 6-10 in., stout or slender, simple or branched, glabrous 

 or pubescent ; branches stout, erect. Leaves opposite and alternate. Spikes variable 

 in length, dense or lax-fld. Calyx-lobes acuminate. Corolla small, 2-lipped, described 

 as white, rosy, blue or red-brown ; tube exserted ; limb % in. diam. Capsule sub- 

 globose. 



2. S. densiflora, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 363, and in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 502 ; scabrid or strigose, leaves linear, bracts lanceolate longer 

 than the calyx, corolla-tube incurved. Dalz. &( Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181. 

 Buchnera densiflora, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 41; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl.lSi. 

 B. asiatica, L. ?, Wall. Cat. 3873 C. 



UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN; Salmrumpore, Royle; 'Benares,. Madden. DECCAN 

 PENINSULA, from Guzerat southwards. 



Stem 6-18 in., simple or branched ; branches erect, stout or slender, sometimes 

 fastigiate. Leaves ^-1 by T ' s - in., erect. Spikes usually slender, sometimes very 

 long with distant flowers ; bracts linear. Calyx % in., lengthening in fruit, lobes 

 subulate. Corolla white, tube exserted, limb 4 in. diam. Capsule included in the 

 calyx. 



** Calyx IO-I5-ribbed. 



3. S. lutea, "Lour. Fl. Cochin. 22 ; scabrid or villous, leaves linear, 

 calyx 10-ri'uued. Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 363. S. hirsuti, 

 Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 502 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181. S. coccinea, 

 and S. phoenicea, Benth. in Hook. 1. c. 364. S. pusilla, Hochst. Plant. 

 Schimp. Buchnera asiatica, Linn.. Sp. PI. in part; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 31 ; 

 Benth. Scroph. Ind. 40. B. coccinea, Benth. tieroph. Ind. 40; Wall. Cat. 

 3870. B. phoenicea, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 40; Wal.l.'Cat, 3874. Campuleia 

 coccinea, Hook. Fl. Exot. t. 203. Rheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 66. 



Throughout WESTERN INDIA and the DECCAN; from Scinde and the Punjab 

 southwards (Kumaon only, in the HIMALAYA, ascending to 6000 ft.) BENGAL. 

 TENASSERIM. DISTRIB. !Siam, Java, China, Arabia, Tropical and S. Africa, Mada- 

 gascar. 



Stem usually slender, 6-18 in., simple or fastigiately branched. Leaves i-H in. 

 Spikes elongate ; flowers usually distant; bracts usually longer than the calyx. Calyx 

 rarely 15-ribbed. Corolla very variable in size, scarlet, purple, yellow or white; tube 

 twice as long as the calyx, glabrous or nearly so, iuflexed at the top. The var. 

 humilis, Benth. in DC. 1. c., has rather broader leaves and a dense spike. 



4. S. euphrasioides, Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 364; and in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 503 ; scabrid or strigose, leaves linear, calyx i in. 15-ribbed, k>K>s 



t. 855. B. angustifolia, Don Prodr. 91. B. bifida, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3872. 

 B. asiatica, Linn. Herb, in part. 



