SCROPHULARIXEJE. XL. VANDELLIA. XLI. ELLOBCM. XLII. ARTAXEMA. 



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species contained in the present section hardly more than 2 lines 

 long. 



Soft Vandellia. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



* * * Calyx 5-toothed or 5-cleft. Capsule mate, a little longer 

 than the calyx. 



1 1 V. SESSILIFLORA (Benth. 1. c.) leaves nearly sessile, round- 

 ish, subcordate at the base ; flowers sessile, fascicled ; calyx 5- 

 toothed, at length cleft a little ; capsule oblong', exceeding the 

 calyx a little. Q. S. Native of the Birman Empire, at Mount 

 Taong Dong, Wall. Torenia sessiliflora, Benth. in Wall. cat. 

 no. 3959. 



Sessile-fan-ered Vandellia. PI. | foot. 



12 V. MI'XIMA (Royle, mss. ex Benth. I.e.) small, simple, erect, 

 nearly glabrous ; leaves almost sessile, rounded at the base, sub- 

 cordate ; flowers sessile, fascicled ; calyx semiquinquefid ; cap- 

 sule ovate, exceeding the calyx. O- S. Native of Mussooree, 

 Royle. 



Least Vandellia. PI. small. 



13V. NUMMULARLEFOLIA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 86. ? 

 Benth. scroph. ind. p. 37.) erect, branched; leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, rounded ; peduncles axillary, subfasciculate, 1 -flowered or 

 branched ; capsule ovate or oblong, about twice as long as the 

 calyx. O- S. Native of Nipaul, Wall. Mussooree, Royle. 

 Flowers small. 



Afoney-wort-leaved Vandellia. PI. \ foot. 



2. SILIQUOSX (from siliqua, a long pod ; in reference to the 

 elongated capsules.) Capsule oblong-linear, longer than the 

 calyx. 



14 V. DIFFU'SA (Lin. mant. p. 89. Benth. 1. c.) diffuse, downy ; 

 leaves broad-ovate, nearly sessile ; flowers axillary, almost 

 sessile ; calyx subquinquefid, one half shorter than the capsule, 

 which is oblong. Q- S. Native of Brazil, Mauritius, and the 

 Peninsula of India; Islands of Montserrat and Santa Cruz. 

 Gratiola origanifolia, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 99.? Bonnaya origani- 

 folia, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 42. Marcgr. bras. t. 32. f. 1. Habit 

 of Veronica serpyllifolia. Corolla white. 



Diffuse Vandellia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. diffuse. 



15 V. pEDUNCfLA v iA (Benth. L c.) smoothish, loosely pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves ovate ; pedicels axillary, solitary, elongated ; 

 calyx 5-parted, about one half shorter than the capsule, which is 

 oblong-linear. O- S. Native of the Peninsula of India ; Cey- 

 lon, Silhet, &-c. Tittmannia grandiflora, Benth. in Wall. cat. 

 no. 3949. Hardly distinguishable from Bonnaya grandiflora. 



Pedunculate-QoweTed Vandellia. PI. procumbent. 



16 V. AXGUSTIFOLIA (Benth. 1. c.) glabrous, loosely diffuse ; 

 leaves oblong-linear ; pedicels axillary, elongated ; calyx 5- 

 parted, one half shorter than the capsule, which is oblong-linear. 

 O- S. Native of Nipaul, Wall. ; at Nathpur, Hamilt. Titt- 

 mannia angustifolia, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3951. 



Narrow-leaved Vandellia. PI. diffuse, 1 foot. 



f- Species hardly known. 



17 V. CHAJLE'DRYS ; stem dichotomous, rather pilose ; leaves 

 ovate, obtuse, tapering into the petioles, S-nerved, coarsely and 

 bluntly serrated, ciliated ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

 calyx obsoletely pentagonal, 5-cleft, length of capsule, which is 

 roundish. G- S. Native of the East Indies. Gratiola cha- 

 mae'drys, Roth. nov. spec. p. 10. Flowers axillary at the tops 

 of the branches. Calycine teeth acuminated, obtuse. Perhaps 

 a species of Stemddia ? 



Germander Vandellia. PI. diffuse. 



18V, CORDIFOLIA ; leaves subcordate-ovate, petiolate, ere- 



nated; peduncles axillary; stems prostrate. O-? S. Native 

 of the East Indies, in humid grassy places. Gratiola cordifolia, 

 Konig. b Vahl, enum. 1. p. 97. Bonnaya cordifolia, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 42. Stems quite simple, 1J foot long. Upper leaves 

 sessile, half a foot long : lower ones smaller, remote. Pedun- 

 cles one half longer than the leaves. Segments of calyx linear. 

 Corolla white, with a yellow throat. Capsule subulate, one half 

 longer than the calyx. 



Heart-leaced Vandellia. PL prostrate. 



19 V. STRIGOSA; stems dichotomous, and are, as well as the 

 alternate divaricate branches, strigose ; leaves opposite, ovate, 

 acutish, running into the petioles, serrulated, glabrous ; racemes 

 terminal, nearly naked, loose ; capsule ovate, acuminated, a 

 little higher than the calyx. O S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Gratiola strigosa, Roth, nov. spec. p. 12. Morgania strigosa, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 803. Flowers small. Pedicels filiform, fur- 

 nished with a minute, ovate, obtuse bractea each at the base. 

 Calyx 5-parted almost to the base, glabrous ; segments linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, unequal : upper one longer and narrower than 

 the rest. 



Strigose Vandellia. PI. diffuse. 



20 V. ROXBU'RGHII ; annual, diffuse ; leaves sessile, cordate, 

 serrated ; flowers solitary, on long peduncles ; calyx 5-parted ; 

 superior filaments with a sterile branch. O- S. Native of 

 Coromandel, where it appears during the rainy season. Van- 

 dellia diftusa, Willd. spec. 3. p. 343. but not of Lin. ? Torenia 

 diffusa, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 95. 



Roxburgh's Vandellia. PI. diffuse. 



21 V. v ADRIANS ; annual, erect, 4-sided, smooth ; leaves op- 

 posite, petiolate, cordate-ovate, serrated ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary ; calyx 5-toothed ; corolla ringent ; longer filaments with 

 a sterile branch. Q. S. Native of Coromandel and Bengal, 

 where it appears during the rainy season. Torenia varians, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 96. 



Varying Vandellia. PI. erect. 



22 V. MULTIFLORA ; annual, erect, 4-sided, smooth ; leaves 

 opposite, oblong, subserrated ; flowers terminal ; calyx 5-part- 

 ed ; corolla bilabiate ; superior filaments with a sterile branch ; 

 capsule ovate. Q. S. Native of Bengal, appearing in the 

 rainy and cool season. Torenia multiflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. 

 p. 96. 



Many-flowered Vandellia. PI. erect. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Masus, p. 542. 



XLI. ELLO'BUM (meaning not explained by M. Blume.) 

 Blum, bijdr. p. 746. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-parted, 

 equal. Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip re- 

 tuse : lower one 3-lobed, larger ; middle lobe narrower. Sta- 

 mens 4, didynaraous, exserted ; anthers 2-celled, connected, 

 mutic. Stigma obtuse, emarginate. Capsule silique-formed, 

 subulate, 2-celled, many-seeded. A radicant pilose herb, with 

 opposite, petiolate, ovate, serrated leaves ; and axillary, few- 

 flowered racemes ; fructiferous pedicels recurved. 



1 E. MONTA'NUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 747.) If.. S. Native 

 of Java, in the province of Bantam, among the mountains. 



Mountain Ellobum. PI. creeping. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Herpestis, p. 546. 



XLII. ARTANE'MA (from apraw, artao, to append ; and 

 rrifj.a, nema, a filament ; and is intended to designate the struc- 

 ture of the stamens.) D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 234. 

 Benth. scroph. ind. 39. Diceros species, Pers. Benth. Ar- 

 chimenes species, Vahl. Columnea species, Lin. 



LIN. sysT. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-parted, 



