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SCROPHULARINE^:. XL. VANDELLIA. 



ed. Usteri. p. 136. Lam. ill. t. 522. f. 4. Benth. scroph. ind. 

 p. 35. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx tubular, or 

 carapanulate, nearly equal, 5-toothed, or 5-parted. Corolla 

 with an exserted tube, and a 5-cleft, bilabiate limb ; upper lip 

 the shortest. Stamens 4, didynamous : the 2 superior ones 

 short ; filaments entire : the 2 lower ones inserted at the base 

 of the lower lip ; filaments elongated, arched, furnished with a 

 tooth-formed or filiform appendage each at the base ; anthers 

 cohering by pairs, 2-celled ; cells diverging or divaricate, con- 

 fluent at apex. Style simple ; stigma flattened, bilamellate, or 

 simple. ? Capsule globose, oblong, or linear, 2-valved ; valves 

 entire, membranous, with flat margins ; dissepiment parallel, 

 placentiferous, at length free. Glabrous or hairy herbs, some- 

 times with the habit of species of Torenia, and sometimes with 

 the habit of species of Bonnaya. Stems tetragonal. Leaves op- 

 posite, usually toothed. Flowers axillary, opposite, or fasci- 

 cled : the upper ones generally racemose. 



1. BRACHYCA'RP* (from ftpa^vc, brachys, short ; and icap- 



TTOC, Jcarpos, a fruit.) Benth. scroph. ind. p. 35. Capsule 



nearly globose, or ovate-oblong, shorter than the calyx, or 

 hardly longer. 



* Calyx 5-toothed before florescence. Capsule shorter than 

 the calyx. 



1 V. OBLONGA (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 35.) glabrous, erectish ; 

 leaves oblong, or lanceolate, narrowed at the base, quite entire, 

 thickish ; peduncles few, elongated, subracemose ; calyx tubular, 

 almost equally 5-toothed, or semiquinquefid ; capsule globose, 

 shorter than the calyx. . H. Native of China, near Macao, 

 Vachell. 



Oblong-\eaved Vandellia. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



2 V. MOLLUGiNolDEs (Benth. 1. c.) glabrous ; leaves nearly 

 sessile, ovate-oblong, cuneated at the base, with scabrous mar- 

 gins ; peduncles stiff, fascicled, hardly longer than the calyx ; calyx 

 narrowed at the base, 5-toothed at apex, at length cleft irregu- 

 larly ; capsule ovate-oblong, shorter than the calyx. Q. ? S. 

 Native of the Birman Empire. Torenia molluginoldes, Benth. 

 in Wall. cat. no. 3960. Calyxes stiff, 2 lines long. Corolla a 

 little longer. 



Mollugo-like Vandellia. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



3 V. A'LBA (Benth. 1. c.) diffuse, nearly glabrous ; leaves on 

 short petioles, ovate, rounded at the base, or cuneated ; pedun- 

 cles slender, fascicled, much longer than the calyx ; calyx slen- 

 der, somewhat 5-loothed at apex, at length hardly cleft ; cap- 

 sule oblong, shorter than the calyx. 0. ? S. Native of the 

 East Indies, at Nathpur. Torenia alba, Hamilt. in Wall. cat. 

 no. 3961. 



White-Rowered Vandellia. PI. creeping. 



4 V. CRUSTA'CEA (Benth. 1. c.) diffuse, glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate ; peduncles axillary, or subracemose, 2-3 times as long as 

 the calyx ; calyx 5-toothed before florescence, but at length 

 becoming 5-parted, exceeding the ovate capsule. . S. Na- 

 tive throughout India ; in the Peninsula ; at Macao in China ; 

 and at Saharumpur. Capraria Crustacea, Lin. mant. p. 87. 

 Torenia Crustacea, Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 2. p. 570. 

 Gratiola lucida, Roxb. cor. 3. p. 2. t. 202. fl. ind. ed. Car. 1. p. 

 138. Morgania lucida, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 802. Torenia luci- 

 da, Hamilt. in Wall. cat. no. 3962. Gratiola aspera, Roth, 

 nov. spec. p. 11. Hornemannia ovata, Link, et Otto, abbild. 1. 

 t. 9. Tittmannia ovata, Rchb. icon. exot. 1. p. 27. An- 

 tirrhinum hexandrum, Forster, prod. p. 43. no. 235. Rheed. 



inal. 9. p. 113. t. 58. Morgania aspera, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 

 803. Calyx 2 to 2i lines long. Corolla deep blue. 



Crustaceous Vandellia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 

 trailing. 



* * Calyx 5-parted before florescence. Capsule shorter than 



the calyx. 



5 V. ERE'CTA (Benth. 1. c. p. 36.) erectish, glabrous ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, ovate or oblong, narrowed at the base ; peduncles 

 axillary or racemose, 2-5 times as long as the calyx ; calyx 5- 

 parted, or deeply 5-cleft before florescence ; segments of the 

 calyx lanceolate, membranous, exceeding the capsule, which is 

 ovate. O- S. Native of India; as of the Peninsula, Deyra 

 Boon, Munghyr, Nipaul, Silhet, Birman Empire, &c. Tittman- 

 nia trichotoma, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3943. Very nearly 

 allied to V. Crustacea, but distinct. 



Erect Vandellia. PI. | foot. 



6 V. ELA'TA (Benth. 1. c.) glabrous, or sparingly pilose ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, subcordate at the base ; pedicels race- 

 mose, at length hardly twice the length of calyxes; calyx 5- 

 parted before florescence ; segments lanceolate-subulate, ex- 

 ceeding the ovate capsule. O- S. Native of the Birman Em- 

 pire, at Tavoy, Wall. Tittmannia elata, Benth. in Wall. cat. 

 no. 3942. 



Tall Vandellia. PI. \ foot. 



7 V. HIRSU'TA (Hamilt. mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 36.) 

 hairy ; leaves ovate : lower ones petiolate, narrowed at the 

 base : superior ones nearly sessile, cordate at the base ; pedicels 

 racemose, at length 2-3 times as long as the calyx ; calyx 2- 

 parted before florescence ; segments lanceolate, subulate, ex- 

 ceeding the nearly globose capsule. 0. H. Native of India, 

 at Goalpara, Silhet, Peninsula, and Ava. Tittmannia ovata, 

 Benth. in. Wall. cat. no. 3942. but not of Rchb. Gratiola vis- 

 cosa, Horn. hort. hafn. p. 19. Hornemmannia viscosa, Willd. 

 enum. p. 654. Tittmannia viscosa, Rchb. icon. bot. exot. 1. p. 

 26. t. 38. Corolla blue. 



Hairy Vandellia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. | foot. 



8 V. SCA'BRA (Benth. 1. c.) diffuse, hairy, or almost glabrous ; 

 leaves nearly sessile, broad-ovate, subcordate at the base, or 

 rounded ; peduncles axillary or racemose, 2-5 times as long as 

 the calyx ; calyx 5-parted before florescence : segments lanceo- 

 late, exceeding the nearly globose capsule. . S. Native of 

 the Indian Peninsula, and at Tavoy ; and of the Island of Lu?on. 

 Torenia hirta, Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnsea, 2. p. 36. Titt- 

 mannia pusilla, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3945. exclusive of letter 

 C. Tittmannia sulcata, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3946. Habit 

 of V. Crustacea ; but the plant, and especially the calyx, becomes 

 black on drying. It is also like Bonnaya rotundifdlia, but dif- 

 fers in the inflorescence and stamens. 



Scabrous Vandellia. PI. diffuse, \ to 1 foot. 



9 V. LA'XA (Benth. 1. c.) diffuse, hairy; leaves nearly sessile, 

 rounded at the base, or subcordate ; pedicels axillary or race- 

 mose, 2-3 times as long as the calyx ; calyx 5-parted before 

 florescence ; segments subulate, very hairy, exceeding the cap- 

 sule, which is nearly globose. Q. S. Native of the Peninsula 

 of India, Wight. Perhaps only a variety of V. scdbra, but the 

 habit and calyx are distinct. 



Loose Vandellia. PI. diffuse, -| foot. 



10 V. MOLLIS (Benth. 1. c.) hairy ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, clothed with soft villi ; pedi- 

 cels axillary or racemose, 2-4 times as long as the calyx ; calyx 

 5-parted before florescence, very hairy, with subulate segments, 

 exceeding the capsule, which is oblong. Q. S. Native of Sil- 

 het. Tittmannia hirta, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3948. Seg- 

 ments of calyx at length 4 lines long, but in most of the other 



