546 SCROPHULARINEjE. XXXII. MECARDONIA. XXXIII. BRAMIA. XXXIV. SPH^ROTHECA. XXXV. DICEROS. 



Stichnort-like Herpestis. PI. 1 to \\ foot. 



28 H. MORANE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 367.) creeping, glabrous ; leaves cuneate-oblong, obtuse, obso- 

 letely and remotely denticulated at apex, ratber fleshy ; pedun- 

 cles longer tban tbe leaves, bibracteate under tbe calyx ; outer 

 segments of calyx ovate-oblong, bluntish, quite entire. 2/ . S. 

 Native of New Spain, between Mount Ventoso and the mines 

 of Moran, at the altitude of 1340 hexapods. 



Moran Herpestis. PI. creeping. 



29 H. TOMENTOSA (Schlecht, et Cham, in Linnaea, 5. p. 106.) 

 plant clothed with white wool, creeping, branched ; leaves spa- 

 tulate, elliptic, acutish, sessile, somewhat crenately serrated 

 towards the apex ; flowers axillary, sessile ; calyx bibracteate ; 

 bracteas and calycine segments linear-acuminated and acute. 

 2. S. Native of Vera Cruz, in sandy places. 



Tomentose Herpestis. PI. creeping. 



30 H. LANUGINO'SA (Blum, bijdr. p. 747.) woolly; leaves 

 ovate, doubly crenated ; peduncles shorter than the petioles ; 

 calyx bibracteate. 7. S. Native of humid places near 

 Sadjram. 



Woolly Herpestis. PI. erect. ? 



31 H. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 743.) stems procumbent, 

 rather villous ; leaves ovate, unequally crenated, smoothish, full 

 of depressed dots beneath ; flowers nearly sessile ; calyxes bi- 

 bracteate. 7/ . S. Native of Java, in rice fields. 



Java Herpestis. PI. procumbent. 



32 H. SPATULA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 743.) quite glabrous ; 

 leaves spatulate, obsoletely serrulated above ; peduncles longer 

 than the leaves ; calyx bibracteate. 1J. . S. Native of Java, in 

 bogs about Batavia and Buitenzorg. 



Spalulate-leaved Herpestis. PI. procumbent. ? 



N.B. Herpestis floribunda, Roth, nov. spec. 289, but not of 

 R. Br., and H. rugosa, Roth, 1. c. p. 290, do not belong to this 

 genus, or even probably to the order. They are, perhaps, 

 Acanthaceous plants. 



Cull. Most of the species require to be grown in moist soil, 

 or in shallow water. They are readily increased by separating 

 the rooted stems. 



XXXII. MECARDONI A (named'after Antonio Meca y Car- 

 dona, a Spanish botanist, and one of the founders of the botanic 

 garden of Barcelona.) Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. syst. p. 164. 

 Mart. nov. gen. 1. p. 16. t. 208. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-parted, un- 

 equal ; the 3 outer segments the largest, propped by adnate 

 twin bracteas. Corolla tubular ; limb short, sub-bilabiate, 5- 

 lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, inclosed ; anthers discrete. 

 Stigma oblique, subcapitate, on an incurved style. Capsule 2- 

 celled, completely 2-valved ; dissepiment placentiferous, at 

 length free ; valves parallel. Small, herbaceous, decumbent 

 plants, with tetragonal stems, and opposite leaves on short 

 petioles; and axillary and terminal flowers. This genus is 

 nearly allied to Herpestis and Morgania. 



1 M. PUSILLA (Mart. pi. bras. 1. p. 16. t. 208.) leaves lance- 

 olate, or broad-lanceolate, obsoletely serrated. Tf.. S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the provinces of St. Paul and Bahia, in sandy 

 desert fields. 



Least Mecardonia. PI. decumbent. 



2 M. OVA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. syst. veg. per. p. 164.) leaves 

 ovate, serrated. 7. S. Native of Peru. 



Otiate-leaved Mecardonia. PI. decumbent. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpestis above. 



XXXIII. BRA'MIA (Brami is the Malabar name of Her- 

 pestis Monniera, according to Rheed. mal. 10. p. 27. t. 14.) 



but not of Lam. nor Mart. Herpestis, Mart. pi. bras. 3. p. 

 13, but not of Gaartn. and R. Br. Melia, Vand. 



LIN. SVST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx unequal; the 

 3 outer segments the broadest, and subcordate : the 2 inner ones 

 keeled. Corolla ringent, bilabiate ; upper lip 2-lobed : lower 

 lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers discrete. Ova- 

 rium girded by a long, toothed disk. Stigma bifid. Capsule 

 2-celled ; dissepiment placentiferous ; valves bipartite. Herbs 

 with opposite leaves. Peduncles axillary, bibracteate. 



1 B. LANIGERA ; TJ. S. Native of tropical Brazil, Sello. 

 Herpestis lanigera, Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 2. p. 572. 

 Veronica rotundifolia Brasiliensis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 67. Stem 

 creeping, woolly. Leaves sessile, ovate, orbicular, entire, 

 feather-nerved ; peduncles equal in length to the leaves and 

 longer, bibracteate under the calyx. 



Wool-bearing Bramia. PI. creeping. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpestis, above. 



XXXIV. SPH^EROTHE'CA (from oiraipa, spaira, a sphere ; 

 and OrjKr], theke, a case, or sheath, in reference to the globular 

 capsule.) Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 2. p. 608. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx deeply 5- 

 parted, equal, permanent. Corolla tubular ; limb unequal, 5- 

 lobed, bilabiate ; upper lip 2-lobed : lower one stretched out, 

 and 3-lobed ; lobes entire, obtuse. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 inclosed ; filaments filiform, glabrous, short, inserted a little 

 beneath the throat : lower ones the longest ; anthers 2-celled, 

 roundish, mutic, naked, approximating by pairs. Style in- 

 closed ; stigma bilamellate. Capsule globose, 2-celled, dehiscing 

 slowly at the dissepiment, as also in the middle of the cells, 

 and, therefore, the capsule appears 4-valved ; dissepiment 

 wholly placentiferous Seeds numerous, minute, oblong, an- 

 gular, striated, and as if they were foveolate. Glabrous herbs 

 with opposite dotted leaves ; axillary, 1 -flowered peduncles, and 

 bibracteate calyxes. 



1 S. SCOPARIOIDES (Cham, et Schlecht, 1. c. p. 606.) 1. H. 

 Native of equinoctial Brazil. Root creeping. ? Stem tetra- 

 gonal, erect, ornamented with flowers and leaves from the base 

 to the apex, as well as the branches. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 obsoletely, unequally, and sharply serrated, feather-nerved, 2 

 inches long ; margins and teeth cartilaginous ; petioles short. 

 Flowers small. Segments of calyx linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved. 

 Corollas small, downy outside, bluish in live dried state. 



Scoparia-like Sphaerotheca. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpestis above. 



XXXV. DI'CEROS (from cue> dis, twice ; and Kepog, keros, 

 a horn ; in reference to the bicornute anthers.) Lour. coch. p. 

 381. Blum, bijdr. p. 751. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx bractless, 5- 

 parted, equal. Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb bilabiate, some- 

 times nearly equal. Stamens 4, didynamous ; filaments ascend- 

 ing : longer ones callous at the base ; cells of anthers diverging, 

 conniving in a cruciate manner. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 

 nearly globose, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves undivided ; dissepi- 

 ment parallel ; placentas adnate to the dissepiment. Herbs 

 with opposite leaves, and with generally terminal racemes of 

 flowers. 



SECT 1. Corolla siibcampanulale ; limb 4-lobed, nearly equal. 



1 D. COCHINCHINE'NSIS (Lour. coch. p. 381.) leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, ovate-lanceolate, serrated, fleshy, glabrous ; peduncles 

 solitary, axillary, 1 -flowered, villous. I/. G. Native of Cochin- 

 china, in marshy places. Root creeping. Flowers pale violet. 



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