SCROPHULARINE.E. XLIV. HETERAXTHA. XLV. LIXDERXIA. XLVI. LIMOSELLA. 



551 



Polygonum-like Torenia. PI. procumbent. 



9 T. SCA'BRA (R. Br. prod. p. 440.) leaves lanceolate-ovate, 

 serrated, scabrous ; stem erect, pubescent ; calyx 5-toothed, 

 equal. 7/ . S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 

 Titttnannia scabra, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 800. 



Scabrous Torenia. PI. ? 



10 T. FLA'CCIDA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves broad-ovate, obtuse, 

 crenated, and are, as well as the stem, glabrous ; peduncles 3-4 

 times longer than the flowers. If S. Native of New Holland, 

 within the tropic. 



Flaccid Torenia. PI. ? 



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



XLIV. HETERANTHA (from irepoc, heterot, variable; 

 and avQoc, anlhos, a flower ; flowers variable.) Nees et Mart. 

 in nov. act. bonn. 1 1. p. 42. t. 3. Vrolikia polygaloides, Spreng. 

 . 3. p. 165. and 4. p. 222. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx membranous, 

 campanulate, 5-cleft. Corolla bilabiate ; upper lip smaller, ob- 

 long, entire : lower one broader, concave, S-lobed ; middle lobe 

 larger and emarginate. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers cor- 

 date ; cells contiguous ; lobes of the upper ones clasping the 

 style. Capsule 2 -celled, 2-valved, with a septicidal dehiscence. 

 Placentas fixed to the middle of the dissepiment. A perennial 

 creeping plant, with ascending branches. Branches terete, 

 downy from fascicles of small hairs. Leaves alternate, nearly 

 orbicular, obtuse, with a small point, quite entire, running into 

 the petioles, rather hairy. Flowers disposed in simple, erect, 

 subsecund, naked racemes, rising from the upper internodes, ex- 

 trafoliaceous. Calyx blue. Corolla white. Capsule ovate, a 

 little compressed, acute, smooth, white. 



1 H. DECIPIENS (Mart. 1. c. p. 42.) 11. S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, on the road to Felisbert. 



Deceiving Heterantha. PL \ creeping at the base. 



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



XLV. LINDE'RNIA (so named by Allioni, from Franc. 

 Balthasar a Lindern, physician at Strasburgh, author of " Hor- 

 tus Alsaticus." 1747.) Allion. misc. taur. 3. p. 178. t. 5. 

 pedem. no. 203. Schreb. gen. no. 1031. Lin. main. p. 141. 

 Juss. gen. p. 122. 540. ed. Usteri, p. 137. Lam. ill. t. 522. 

 f. 3. R. Br. prod. p. 440. 



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

 equal. Corolla ringent ; upper lip retuse : lower one trifid, bi- 

 carinated at the base. Stamens didynamous ; lower filaments 

 bifid ; anthers cohering by pairs. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 

 2-celled, 2 valved ; valves entire ; dissepiment parallel, free, 

 placentiferous.- Slender herbs. Leaves opposite. Peduncles 

 axillary and terminal, bractless, deflexed while bearing the 

 fruit, but upright after the dehiscence of the capsule. 



1. 



:. Filaments 4, all fertile, 2 longer ones forked, 



1 PYXIDA'RIA (Lin. syst. p. 475.) leaves oblong-ovate, quite 

 entire, 3-nerved, sessile; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered; stems 

 procumbent. Q. H. Native of Alsatia, Silesia, Germany, 

 Carintliia, Piedmont, &c., in bogs. Lam. ill. t. 522. Pyxi- 

 daria repens annua, flosculis monopetalis unilabiatis, Lindern. 

 als. 1. p. 152. t. 1. and 2. p. 267. Capraria gratioloides, Lin. 

 spec. 876. Anagalloides procumbens, Krok. siles. 2. no. 1001. 

 t. 26. Peduncles shorter than the leaves; but the upper ones 

 are usually longer. Corolla pale purple. 



Pyxidaria Lindernia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1789. PI. pro- 

 cumbent. 



2 L. KITAIBE'LII ; lower leaves obovate : superior ones ob- 

 long-ovate, all obtuse and quite entire, nerveless ; peduncles 

 axillary, 1 -flowered, exceeding the leaves; stem creeping. O- 

 H. Native of Pannonia, in marshes. Gratiola inundata, Kit. 

 in Schultz, austr. fl. 2. p. 32. Spreng. pug. 1. p. 1. Leaves 

 3, nerved beneath. Perhaps the same as Lindernia pyxidaria. 



Kitaibel's Lindernia. PI. creeping. 



3 L. ALSIXOI'DES (R. Br. prod. p. 441.) leaves ovate, entire 

 or few-toothed : cauline ones distant : floral ones minute ; tube 

 of corolla a little longer than the calyx; stem erect. G- ? S. 

 Native of New Holland, within the tropic. Tittmannia alsi- 

 noides, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 800. 



duckweed-lilee Lindernia. PI. erect. 



4 L. SCAFI'GERA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves broadly ovate, almost 

 quite entire : lower ones crowded : cauline ones very few, 

 smaller : floral ones minute ; tube of corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx. O- ? S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 

 Tittmannia scapigera, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 800. 



Scape-bearing Lindernia. PI. small. 



5 L. SUBCLA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves linear, subulate, entire. 

 Q. ? S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. Titt- 

 mannia subulata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 800. 



Subulate-leaved Lindernia. PI. small. 



2. AMERICA S.E. Filaments 4, the 2 longer ones forked 

 and sterile. 



6 L. MOXTEVIDE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 769.) stem procum- 

 bent, branched ; leaves spatulate, linear, nerveless ; peduncles 

 axillary, 1 -flowered; calyxes foliaceous. O- H. Native of 

 Monte Video, Sello. 



Monte Video Lindernia. PI. small, procumbent. 



7 L. MOXTI'COLA (Nutt. gen. 1. p. 9.) stem erect, dichoto- 

 mous ; radical leaves spatulate : cauline ones linear, remote ; 

 peduncles elongated : fructiferous ones deflexed. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive of North Carolina. Tittmarmia monticola, Spreng. syst. 

 2. p. 800. 



Mountain Lindernia. PI. \ foot. ? 



8 L. GRAXDIFLORA (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 43.) leaves almost 

 round, thickish, entire and nerveless, somewhat stem-clasping; 

 peduncles very long, axillary and terminal ; sterile filaments 

 forked ; stem creeping. If.. H. Native of Georgia, on the 

 spongy margins of sandy springs and ponds betwixt Savannah 

 and Augusta, in many places. Leaves crowded. Segments of 

 the calyx linear-subulate. Corolla large, of a violet blue : 

 lower lip paler, 3-lobed : upper lip very short, bidentate. The 

 lateral forks of the sterile filaments producing an imperfect 1- 

 celled anther. Capsule ovate. 



Great-faltered Lindernia. PI. creeping. 



9 L. DILATA'TA (Muhl. cat. ex Elliott, fl. car. 1. p. 16.) 

 leaves dilated at base, stem-clasping, sparingly toothed ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves. G- H. Native from New York 

 to Virginia, Carolina, &c. on the banks of rivers, in gravelly 

 soil. L. pyxidaria, Pursh, fl. 2. p. 419. Gratiola inaequalis, 

 Walt. car. p. 61. Gratiola anagallfdea, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 

 1. p. 6. Leaves obscurely 3-5-nerved. Calyxes pubescent, 

 ciliated. Corolla purple. 



Dilated-leaved Lindernia. PI. procumbent. 



10 L. ATTENUA'TA (Muhl. cat. ex Elliott, 1. c. p. 17.) leaves 

 lanceolate and obovate, attenuated at the base ; peduncles one 

 half shorter than the leaves. G- H. Native of Georgia, in 

 wet places. Leaves serrulated, villous. Calyxes ciliated. Ste- 

 rile filaments villous. 



