SCROPHULARINEJ2. XXVI. STEMODIA. 



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very hairy ; leaves ovate, acute, petiolate, serrated : floral ones 

 similar in shape ; flowers axillary, usually solitary, pedicellate ; 

 segments of calyx ovate, mucronulate. 1. F. Native of 

 Nipaul. Root tufted. Stems numerous, erect, branched. 

 Lea\es like those of Calamint, opposite. Corolla pale rose- 

 coloured, villous, twice the length of the calyx. 

 Wall Stemodia. PI. i to f foot. 



SECT. II. DIAMOSTE (an anagram of Modestia, the name of 

 sect. I.) Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 3. p. 4. Capsule with 

 a septicidal dehiscence. Herbs or under-shrubs. Leaves oppo- 

 site, or 3 in a whorl, entire. Flowers axillary, blue, solitary. 



* Calyx bractless. 



15 S. VERTICILLA'RIS (Link, enum. 2. p. 144.) erect, clothed 

 with clammy down ; leaves opposite, or 4 in a whorl, lanceo- 

 late, or linear-lanceolate, serrated, half stem-clasping , flowers 

 nearly sessile, solitary in the axils of the leaves, therefore verti- 

 cillate. Q. H. Native of tropical and extra-tropical Brazil. 

 Conobea verticillaris, Spreng. nov. prov. p. 13. Branches nu- 

 merous, erect, branched in the cultivated plant ; but the stem is 

 simple, and hardly an inch long in the wild plant. Corolla 

 small, purple. Calyx bractless. 



Whorled-leaved Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. PI. 

 1 inch to 1 foot. 



16 S. AREXA'RIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 357. 

 t. 175.) procumbent; leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate, crenately 

 serrated ; flowers axillary, solitary or twin, on short pedicels ; 

 segments of calyx linear, 3-nerved, ciliated, nearly equal. 1 . 

 S. Native on the inundated banks of the river Magdalena, 

 near Banco and El Penon, between Mompox and Morales. 

 Conobea ovata, Hort. Conobea pumila, Spreng. nov. prov. p. 

 13. Herpestis diffusa, Willd. herb. no. 11444. Herb much 

 branched ; branches rather hairy. Leaves smoothish, 3-5 lines 

 long. Corolla twice the length of the calyx, blue. Perhaps the 

 same as L. partiflora. 



Sand Stemodia. PI. procumbent. 



17 S. PARVIFLORA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 52. Link, 

 enum. 2. p. 144. exclusive of the syn. of Spreng.) procumbent, 

 much branched, downy ; leaves opposite, or 3 in a whorl, peti- 

 olate, ovate, crenated. If. S. Native of South America. 

 Erinus verticillatus, Mill. diet. ed. 8th. Corollas small, white; 

 tube incurved. 



SmaU-fonered Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. \ foot. 



18 S. SUFFRUTICOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 357.) 

 suffruticose, rather hairy ; leaves 3 in a whorl, sessile, oblong, 

 crenated ; flowers axillary, usually twin, pedicellate ; segments 

 of the calyx linear, somewhat 5-nerved. 1? . S. Native of 

 New Granada, between Ona and the river Saraguru, at the alti- 

 tude of 1200 hexapods. Columnea trifoliata, Link. enum. 2. p. 

 145. Stemodia trifoliata, Rchb. Leaves 9-18 lines long, and 

 3-6 broad. Flowers larger than those of Thymus serpyllum. 

 Corolla blue, hairy outside ; tube hardly exceeding the calyx. 

 Very nearly allied to S. durantifolia. Calyx bractless. 



Suffruticose Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug." Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 small. 



19 S. GLA'BRA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 811.) stem ascending, an- 

 gular, glabrous; leaves opposite, stem- clasping, lanceolate, re- 

 motely toothed, scabrous ; flowers axillary, opposite, sessile. 

 Native of Monte Video, Sello. 



Glabrous Stemodia. PI. 



20 S. JORCLLE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 358.) 

 erect, pilose; leaves 3 in a whorl, petiolate, ovate ; flowers soli- 

 tary, axillary, on long pedicels; segments of calyx linear. 7. 

 S. Native of New Spain, at the foot of the burning Mount 

 Jorullo, at the altitude of 490 hexapods. Stem branched. 



Leaves doubly and deeply crenate-serrated, entire at base, .5 

 lines long. Corolla twice the length of the calyx, blue ? 

 Jorullo Stemodia. PI. 1 to li foot. 



21 S. PALU'STRIS (Aug. St. Hif. rem. bras. p. 216. mem. mus. 

 12. p. 314.) root creeping; stems ascending; leaves opposite, 

 and 3 in a whorl, sessile, oblong-linear, acute, obsoletely tooth- 

 ed : superior ones narrower, nearly linear : upper ones, and 

 those of the branches, linear, very narrow ; flowers subspicate, 

 on short pedicels ; calyx puberulous. I/ . S. Native of the 

 South of Brazil, on the margins of marshes, and in humid places 

 on the banks of the Rio Negro and la Uraguay. Corolla blue ; 

 palate convex on one side, and concave on the other, white. 

 Capsule about equal in length to the calyx. Plant puberulous 

 at top. 



Marsh Stemodia. PI. 5 to f foot. 



22 S. GRATIOI^FOLIA (Aug. St. Hil. pi. rem. bras. p. 217. 

 mem. mus. 12. p. 315.) leaves opposite, sessile, linear, acute, 

 obsoletely toothed, glabrous ; flowers panicled, nearly sessile, 

 usually solitary in the axils of the bracteas ; calyx smoothish. 

 Tf. . F. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, 

 on the edges of woods on the banks of the Ploropasso. Corolla 

 pale blue. 



Gratiola-leaved Stemodia. PI. J to \\ foot. 



* * Calyx bibracteate. 



23 S. MARI'TIMA (Lin. spec. 881. Jacq. amer. p. 181. t. 174. 

 f. 66. pict. 261. f. 48.) procumbent, hairy ; leaves opposite, has- 

 tate at the base, and half stem-clasping ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, sessile. <J . ? S. Native of Jamaica, in inundated parts 

 by the sea side ; Cuba, in humid places near Havannah ; also 

 of New Andalusia, near Bordones. Brown, jam. 261. t. 22. f. 

 2. Sloane, hist. 1. p. 175. t. 110. f. 2. Leaves viscid. Calyx 

 bibracteate. Corolla blue. The plant has a bitterish taste, 

 and a pleasant aromatic smell. 



Sea-side Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



24 S. DCRANTIFOLIA (Swartz, obs. p. 240.) erect ; leaves 3 in 

 a whorl, and connate, serrated ; flowers axillary, solitary, there- 

 fore usually 3 in a whorl, nearly sessile. $ . S. Native of 

 Jamaica, in marshy places by the sea side. Capraria duranti- 

 folia, Lin. spec. p. 876. amoen. acad. 5. p. 379. Sloane, hist. 1. 

 p. 196. t. 124. f. 2. Branches hairy, viscid. Leaves pubes- 



"cent. Calyx bibracteate, with subulate segments, shorter than 

 the corolla. Corolla small, blue. 



Duranta-leaved Stemodia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 

 1 foot. 



25 S. HYPTOI'DES (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 3. p. 8.) 

 pubescently hairy ; leaves opposite, and 3 in a whorl, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, sharply toothed, narrowed below, and auriculatety stem- 

 clasping at the base ; spikes terminal, dense-flowered, panicled ; 

 calyx bibracteate, with narrow-linear, acuminated segments. I/ . 

 G. Native of the southern provinces of Brazil. Habit of 

 Hyptis or Mentha. Branches axillary, erect, shorter than the 

 stem, pyramidally panicled. Root throwing out stolons. Cauline 

 leaves 2^ inches long. Flowers on short pedicels. 



Hyptis-like Stemodia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



26 S. STRI'CTA (Cham, et Schlecht, 1. c. p. 10.) clothed with 

 clammy pubescence ; leaves obovate, acute, toothed, narrowed 

 at bottom, but sessile and subdilated at the base, and quite 

 entire : lower ones opposite : superior ones 3 in a whorl ; spikes 

 terminal, verticillate ; calyx bibracteate, like that of the pre- 

 ceding. I/ . S. Native of tropical Brazil, Sello. Flowers 

 smaller than those of the preceding, disposed in leafy verticillate 

 racemes, on short pedicels. Floral leaves similar to the rest in 

 shape. 



Strict Stemodia. PI. 1 to H foot. 



