302 cm. SCROPHULARINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cent r anther a. 



MALACCA, Griffith. CEYLON; south end of the island. DISTRIB. Java, Borneo, 

 China. 



Branches slender, 3-6 in. Leaves J-f in. Flowers subsessile. Corolla - in. 

 long. 



45. SOPUBIA, Hamilt. 



Erect herbs. Leaves opposite, or the upper alternate, narrow, often, 

 laciniate. Flowers bracteate, spicate or racemose, pedicels 2-bracteolate. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed or -lobed. Corolla-tube short, throat broad; 

 lobes 5, broad, spreading, subequal, 2 upper the inner in bud. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, subincluded ; anthers 2 or all meeting in pairs, one cell of each 

 perfect, ovoid, the other small stipitate empty. Stigma thickened, sub- 

 linguiform, obtuse. Capsule ovoid or oblong, tip rounded or compressed, 

 retuse or notched, loculicidal ; valves entire or 2-fid, separating from the 

 placentiferous axis. Seeds numerous, testa lax. Species 8 or 9, S. 

 African, Indian, Malayan and Australian. 



1. S. delphinifolia, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 560; much branched, 

 scaberulous, leaves pinnatiseet, segments filiform, flowers subsessile, calyx- 

 teeth longer than the tube subulate, corolla subcampanulate, capsule rounded 

 at the top. Senth. in DC. Prodr. x. 522; Dalz. <$f Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 182. 

 Gerardia delphinifolia, Linn. ; Roxh. Cor. PI. i. 62, t. 90, and Fl. Ind. iii. 

 99; Wall. Cat. 3890; Senth. Scroph. Ind. 49. G. Heyneana, Senth. in 

 Wall. Cat. 3891. Euphrasia Coromandeliana, Roth; Spreng. Syst. ii. 

 775. 



BANDA. Edgeivorth. BEHAE; on Parusnath, Anderson. DECCAN PENINSULA, 

 from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, ascending to 4000ft. 



Stem erect, 4-grooved, 3-4 ft., spotted with purple. Leaves 1 in., segments few, 

 almost as long, flexuous. Calyx-lobes linear, erect. Corolla 1-1 J- in., rose coloured, limb 

 1 in. diam. Filaments, upper hooked lower horned at the tip. Capsule oblong, as 

 long as the calyx. 



2. S. trifida. Ham. in Don Prodr. 88 ; scaberulous, branched above, 

 leaves linear or filiform lower mostly 3-fid upper entire, flowers pedicelled, 

 calyx-teeth triangular, corolla subrotate, capsule retuse at the top. Senth. 

 in 'DC. Pro$r. x".'"522. Gerardia scabra, Wall. Cat. 3889, not of Linn.; 

 Senth. Scroph. Ind. 49. G. Sopubia, Senth. in HooJc. Comp. Sot. Mag. i. 

 210. 



TEMPEEATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Kunawur to Sikkim, alt. 

 3-7000 ft. KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-4000 ft. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Nilgherries and 

 Bababoodan Hills, common. CEYLON ; elevated parts of the Central province. 



Stem slender, 1-2 ft., branches suberect. Leaves |-1 in., often fascicled. Pedicels 

 i-f in. Calyx in., woolly within. Corolla % in. diani., varying from yellow to 

 purple (Clarke). 



3. S. stricta, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 559 ; scaberulous, branched, leaves 

 linear entire or sparingly toothed or cut, flowers pedicelled, calyx-teeth lan- 

 ceolate acute, corolla subcampanulate, capsule compressed at the top. Senth. 

 in DC. Prodr. x. 522. Gerardia stricta, Senth. Scroph. Ind. 49; Wall. 

 Cat. 3887. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, foot of the hills, J. D. H. PEGU, M'Lelland. TENASSEEIM ; 

 at Moulmein, Wallich. BENGAL; at jSumbulpore, Griffith. DISTRIB. .Liva. 



Stem 8-12 in., rigid, simple or fastigiately branched above. Leaves 1-1 in., 

 scattered and fascicled. Pedicels in. Calyx in. Corolla to in. long, 

 limb as broad. 



