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SCROPHULARINEjE. XXVI. STEMODIA. 



from the inflexed margins of the valves, at length free; pla- 

 centas adnate. Seeds small, naked. 



SECT. I. MODE'STIA (from modestia, humility ; in reference to 

 the humble growth of the plants.) Cham, et Schlecht, in Lin- 

 naea, 3. p. 5. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 23. Capsule with a lucu- 

 licidal dehiscence ; valves bifid at the dissepiment. Usually 

 glabrous herbs, almost with the habit of Gratlola or Limnophila, 

 becoming blackish on drying. Leaves opposite or verticillate, 

 sessile or on short petioles. Flowers axillary, or the superior 

 ones approximate into a head or raceme, usually blue. 



* Flowers nearly sessile. 



1 S. MENTHA'STRUM (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3927. scroph. 

 ind. p. 23.) erect, smoothish ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-ob- 

 long, narrowed at both ends : floral ones similar, longer than 

 the calyx ; flowers sessile : superior ones collected into a gla- 

 brous, nearly globose head ; calycine segments lanceolate- 

 subulate. O. ? H. Native of the Monghyr mountains, Ha- 

 milt. 



Mint-like Stemodia. PI. 1 foot. 



2 S. HYPERICIFOLIA (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3934. scroph. 

 ind. p. 23.) glabrous, rooting at the base, ascending ; leaves 

 sessile, ovate-oblong, obtuse, cordately stem-clasping at the 

 base : floral ones smaller ; racemes terminal or axillary ; flow- 

 ers sessile, remote ; segments of the calyx lanceolate. TJ. . G. 

 Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. Cybbanthera connata, Ha- 

 milt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 23. Corollas blue. Flowers 

 tribracteate. 



St. Jolm's-wort-leaved Stemodia. PI. 1 to 1% foot. 



3 S. BALSA'MEA (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3928. scroph. ind. 

 p. 23.) stem procumbent ; branches rather hairy ; leaves ovate, 

 obtuse, narrowed into the petioles, glabrous : floral ones similar 

 in shape ; flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, or 2-3 on both 

 sides, glomerate; segments of calyx lanceolate-subulate. If.. ? 

 G. Native of the Birman Empire, at Tavoy, Wall. 



Balsarneous Stemodia. PL procumbent. 



4 S. SE'SSILIS (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3939. scroph. ind. 

 p. 23.) procumbent, glabrous ; leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse, 

 crenated, narrowed at the base : floral ones similar in shape ; 

 flowers solitary, axillary, nearly sessile ; calyxes glabrous, with 

 lanceolate-subulate, strict segments ; corolla hardly longer than 

 the calyx. I/ . ? G. Native at Goalpara, Moolmyne, and of 

 Ceylon. A humble rooting herb, native of bogs. Flowers 

 hardly 4 lines long. 



Sessile-ftowered Stemodia. PL creeping. 



5 S. TENUIFLORA (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3940. scroph. 

 ind. p. 23.) procumbent, glabrous ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 acute, serrated, rounded at the base : floral ones similar in 

 shape ; flowers solitary, axillary, almost sessile ; calyx glabrous, 

 with lanceolate-subulate, strict segments; corollas hardly longer 

 than the calyx. If.. S. Native of the Birman Empire, near 

 Prome. Very nearly allied to the preceding ; but the plant is 

 smaller, as well as the flowers. Habit of Lythrum hyssopifb- 

 lium. 



Thin-flowered Stemodia. PL procumbent. 



6 S. MICRA'NTHA (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3936. scroph. 

 ind. p. 23.) small, diffuse, much branched, glabrous ; leaves 

 sessile, oblongs-lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base : floral 

 ones similar in shape ; flowers sessile, solitary, axillary ; calyx 

 glabrous, with lanceolate-subulate, recurvedly spreading seg- 

 ments ; corolla twice the length of the calyx. "!]. . S. Native 

 of Silhet, Wall. Nearly allied to the preceding ; but differs 

 from it in the calyxes being shorter, and nearly globose ; and 

 in its segments being recurvedly spreading. Stems hardly 3-4 

 inches high. Habit of Anaguhix tenella. 



Small-flowered Stemodia. PL diffuse, 3-4 inches high. 



7 S. REOPENS (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3935. scroph. ind. 

 p. 24.) creeping, glabrous, rather clammy ; leaves sessile, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, narrowed at the base, acute, serrated : floral 

 ones hardly longer than the calyx ; flowers nearly sessile, race- 

 mose or glomerate ; calyxes nearly glabrous, with lanceolate 

 segments, which are subulate and recurvedly spreading at apex ; 

 corolla twice the length of the calyx. 3f . S. Native of the 

 Indian Peninsula, about Madras. Stems elongated, generally 

 more than a foot. Racemes rather loose, terminal and axil- 

 lary. 



Creeping Stemodia. PL creeping. 



8 S. CAMPHORA'TA (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 69. ? Benth. scroph. 

 ind. p. 24.) erect, clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, ovate-oblong : floral ones linear-lanceolate ; racemes ax- 

 illary, rather shorter than the leaves ; flowers almost sessile ; 

 calyxes downy, with lanceolate-acute segments ; corolla almost 

 3 times as long as the calyx. 1. ? S. Native of Hindostan, 

 and of the Birman Empire, at Prome ; and of Ceylon. S. 

 ciminica, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3933. Stems floriferous at 

 the base. Racemes numerous, short, loose, leafy. " Leaves 

 1J inch long, sharply and unequally serrated. Corolla of a 

 greenish citron colour," ex Vahl. 



Camphorated Stemodia. PL 1 to 1^ foot. 



* * 



Flowers pedicellate ; pedicels longer than the calyx. 



9 S. VISCOSA (Roxb. cor. 2. p. 23. t. 163.) erect, downy, 

 clammy ; leaves sessile, ovate-oblong, acute, narrowed towards 

 the base, and dilately cordate at the base, and stem-clasping : 

 floral ones similar in shape ; flowers axillary, solitary : upper 

 ones racemose ; calycine segments lanceolate, acute. Q. ? S. 

 Native of Coromandel and Bengal. S. maritima, Heyne, ex 

 Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3931. but not of Lin. Corolla blue. 



Clammy Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL J to 1 

 foot. 



10 S. HIRSU'TA (Heyne, ex Wall. cat. no. 3930. Benth. 

 scroph. ind. 24.) stem erect, hairy ; leaves nearly sessile, nar- 

 rowed at the base : upper ones hardly stem-clasping, glabrous : 

 floral ones rather shorter than the pedicels ; raceme terminal ; 

 flowers solitary, opposite ; segments of the calyx lanceolate- 

 subulate. 0. ? S. Native of the Indian Peninsula? Hindostan, 

 and Silhet. 



Hairy Stemodia. PI. 1 to 1-1 foot. 



US. DIFFU'SA (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3937. scroph. ind. 

 p. 24.) diffuse, glabrous ; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, nar- 

 rowed at the base : floral ones similar in shape ; flowers soli- 

 tary, axillary ; calyx glabrous, with lanceolate-acute segments ; 

 corolla twice the length of the calyx. I/ . ? S. Native of the 

 Birman Empire, at Tavoy. Stature of S. micrantha ; but the 

 flowers are pedicellate, larger, &c. 



Diffuse Stemodia. PL diffuse, 3-4 inches. 



12 S. GRATIOLOI'DES (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3938. scroph. 

 ind. p. 25.) glabrous, erect ; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 

 narrowed at the base, stem-clasping: floral ones similar in 

 shape ; flowers axillary, opposite, solitary ; segments of the 

 calyx lanceolate ; corolla one half longer than the calyx. 11. ? 

 S. Native of the Birman Empire, at Tavoy. 



Hedge-hyssop-like Stemodia. PL ^ foot. 



13 S. PHILIPPE'NSIS (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnsea, 3. p. 5.) 

 downy ; leaves falsely opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, ovate, 

 acute at botli ends, sharply serrated, quite entire at the base : 

 floral ones similar in shape ; spikes terminal, many-flowered ; 

 calyx bractless, with lanceolate, acute, ciliated segments. 3 . S. 

 Native of the Island of Lu9on, on high lands. Leaves 2| 

 inches long. Corolla half an inch long, downy outside. 



Philippine Stemodia. PL erect. 



14 S. MURA'RIA (Roxb. mss. ex D.Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 89.) 



