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upper lip emarginate : lower one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, the 2 

 superior ones fertile, and the 2 lower ones sterile, or, if fertile, 

 the anthers are only half; anthers of the fertile filaments 2- 

 celled : cells separate, stipitate. Style simple ; stigma a little 

 thickened, entire, usually girded by a membranous wing on all 

 sides. Capsule rostrate, bisulcate, 2-valved, with a loculicidal 

 dehiscence ; valves bifid ; dissepiment formed by the inflexed 

 margins of the valves, duplicate, at length free. Placentas ad- 

 nate to the dissepiment, or at length free. Seeds small, 

 naked, striated. Hard villous herbs, usually blackish when 

 dried. Leaves opposite, wrinkled, crenulated. Flowers capi- 

 tate, racemose, scattered, or the lower only are axillary ; pe- 

 dicels short, usually bibracteate at apex. The odour of the 

 species is that of the Labiatae, even in the dried state. 



1 P. GRANDIFLORUM (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 21.) leaves 

 ovate ; corollas amply tubular, more than twice the length of 

 the calyx ; flowers racemose. Q. S. Native at Macao, 

 VachelL 



Great-Jlonered Pterostigma. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



2 P. VILLOSUM (Benth. 1. c.) leaves ovate, acuminated, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, crenated, wrinkled, villous ; corolla one half 

 longer than the calyx ; flowers racemose. () Native of 

 Silhet and Tavoy, on the mountains. Adenosma villosum, Benth. 

 in Wall. cat. no. 3851. Corolla 3-4 lines long. 



Jlllous Pterostigma. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



3 P. MACROPHY'LLCM (Benth. 1. c.) leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 serrately-crenated, narrowed at the base, flaccid, smoothish ; 

 corollas one half longer than the calyx; flowers racemose. Q. 

 S. Native of the Birman Empire, on the banks of the Irrawad- 

 dy. Adenosma macrophyllum, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3853. 



Long-leaved Pterostigma. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



4 P. SPICA'TUM (Benth. 1. c.) leaves nearly sessile, oblong, 

 bluntly serrated ; flowers disposed in dense oblong spikes, sub- 

 capitate ; calyx distinctly 5-parted; capsule beaked. Q. S. 

 Native of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Stemodia capi- 

 tata, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3926. 



Spicate-fiowered Pterostigma. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



5 P. CAPITA'TUM (Benth. 1. c.) leaves ovate or oblong ; flow- 

 ers disposed in globose or oblong heads ; calyx hispid, some- 

 what 5-parted ; capsule oblong. Q. S. Native of the moun- 

 tainous parts of India, Nipaul, Kamaon, Hindostan, Birmann 

 Empire, Penang, &c. Stemodia capitata, Benth. in Wall. cat. 

 no. 3926. Very like the preceding, but the capsule is interme- 

 diate between Lindenbergia and Pterosligma. 



Capitate-flowered Pterostigma. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Bonnaya, p. 538. 



2. Stamens 4, all fertile. 



XXV. LIXDENBE'RGIA (in honour of J. B. Lindenberg, 

 author of a Synopsis of European Hepaticae.) Link et Otto, 

 abbild. p. 95. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 21. Stemodia, Brachy- 

 coris, Adenosma, and Bovea species of authors. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angioipermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 shortly 5-cleft ; segments ovate, often leafy. Corolla ringent ; 

 upper lip emarginate : lower one 3-lobed. ' Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, inclosed : lower ones the longest ; anthers approximating 

 by pairs, free ; cells separate, stipitate, all fertile. Style simple ; 

 stigma a little thickened, entire, dilated. Capsule oblong, bisul- 

 cate, 2-valved, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; dissepiment dupli- 

 cate, from the connate inflexed margins of the valves, at length 

 free ; placentas adnate to the dissepiment, or at length free. 

 Seeds small, naked, striated. Branched herbs, sometimes scan- 

 dent or divaricate, scentless, usually becoming blackish on dry- 

 ing. Leaves opposite, toothed. Flowers sessile, sometimes ax- 



illary and opposite, sometimes disposed in terminal or axillary 

 racemes or interrupted spikes. 



1 L. SINA'ICA (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 22.) hard, divaricately 

 branched, villous ; leaves small, roundish-ovate, coarsely tooth- 

 ed : floral ones shorter than the calyx ; racemes elongated, 

 axillary and terminal ; flowers opposite, secund ; corolla twice 

 the length of the calyx. 1^.?H. Native of Sinaica, in deserts, 

 Bove. Bovea Sinaica, Decassne in ann. sc. nat. par. 2. ser. 2. 

 p. 253. 



Sinai Lindenbergia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 L. GRANDIFLORA (Benth. 1. c.) climbing, and villously 

 downy ; leaves large, unequally ovate, acuminated, toothed : 

 floral ones shorter than the corolla ; racemes axillary, loose ; 

 flowers opposite, secund ; corollas 4 times the length of the 

 calyx. If. . ? S. Native of Nipaul. Stemodia grandiflora, 

 Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 89. Leaves 3-6 inches 

 long. Corolla more than an inch long, purple. 



Great-flowered Lindenbergia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



3 L. MACROPHY'LLA (Benth. 1. c.) somewhat scandent, hard, 

 smoothish ; leaves oblong, very acutely serrated : floral ones 

 ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the calyx ; racemes elongated, 

 many-flowered, axillary and terminal ; flowers subalternate ; 

 corollas twice the length of the calyx. O> S. Native of Oude, 

 Serpur ; Martaban, at Prome. Stemodia macrophyila, Benth. in 

 Wall. cat. no. 3925. Adenosma cuspidatum, Bentb. in Wall, 

 cat. no. 3852. Leaves hardly lg inch. Herb always becoming 

 black on drying. 



Long-leaved Lindenbergia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



4 L. URTIC.EFOLIA (Lehm. in Link et Otto, abbild. 95.) erect 

 or ascending, annual, villous ; leaves ovate : floral ones similar ; 

 flowers solitary, axillary ; corolla 3 times the length of the 

 calyx. Q. H. Native of the mountainous parts of India, as of 

 Nipaul, Hurdwar, Oude, Silhet, Birman Empire, Sansedarra, 

 and Mussooree. Stemodia ruderalis, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 69. 

 Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3923. Brachycoris parviflora, Schrad. 

 Much branched, usually purplish. Leaves ovate, purplish be- 

 neath. Flowers nearly sessile, secund, yellow, purplish outside. 



Var. /}, major (Benth. scroph. p. 22.) stems elongated, and 

 more branched. O- H. Native of Martaban, on the banks of 

 the Irraaaddi. 



Nettle-leaved Lindenbergia. PL \ to 1 \ foot. 



5 L. POLYA'NTHA (Royle, mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 22.) 

 erect or ascending, annual, villous ; leaves ovate : lower floral 

 ones similar : superior ones shorter than the calyx ; racemes 

 many-flowered ; flowers opposite, secund ; corollas twice the 

 length of the calyx. O H. Native at Delhi, along the river 

 Jumna, Royle. Allied to L. urticaefblia, but the inflorescence 

 is distinct. 



Many-flonered Lindenbergia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Bonnaya, p. 538. 



XXVI. STEMO'DIA (said to be from trrr\p<av, stemon, a 

 stamen ; and or, dis, double ; in reference to each stamen bear- 

 ing 2 anthers, or 2 distinct lobes.). Lin. gen. no. 777. Schreb. 

 gen. no. 1043. Gaertn. fruct. t. 52. Juss. gen. p. 118. ed. 

 Usteri, p. 133. Lam. ill. t. 534. f. I. Benth. scroph. ind. 

 p. 23. Stemodiacra, Browne, jam. t. 22. f. 2. Jacq. amer. 

 p. 181. 



LIN. STST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx tubularly cam- 

 panulate, 5-parted, nearly equal. Corolla ringent ; upper lip 

 emarginate : lower one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, in- 

 closed : lower ones the longest ; anthers approximating by 

 pairs, free ; cells separate, stipitate, all fertile. Style simple ; 

 stigma entire, a little dilated. Capsule oblong, or nearly glo- 

 bose, bisulcate, 2-valved ; valves bifid ; dissepiment duplicate 

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