SCROPHULARINEJE. LI. UVEDALIA. LII. HEMIPHRAGMA. LIII. COLLINSIA. 



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generally solitary : the rest by threes, or sevens. Corolla sul- 

 phur coloured, hardly an inch long. Bracteoles subulate, ad- 

 pressed. Berries white, size of those of Symphoricarpus race- 

 mosus, with a nauseous bitter sweet taste. 



1 L. ALA'TVS (D. Don, 1. c.) 0. ? H. Native of Mexico, 

 by the sides of streams at Cuesta Grande de Chiconquiera, in 

 the province of Vera Cruz. Conobea alata, Graham, in edinb. 

 phil. journ. oct. 1830. Mimulns perfoliatus, H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. 2. p. 271. Graham, in bot. mag. t. 3067. 



H'inged-stemmed Leucocarpus. Fl. Clt. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant should be reared on a hot-bed, 

 and when the plants are of sufficient size, or about the end of 

 May, they should be planted out into the open border in a warm 

 sheltered situation, where, if the summer prove fine, they will 

 flower and ripen seed. 



LI. UVEDA'LIA (named by the author in memory of 



Uvedale, L.L.D., who had a fine botanic garden near Enfiekl, 

 where he cultivated many exotic plants, on which account he is 

 much lauded by Plukenet and Petiver.) R. Br. prod. p. 440. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermta. Calyx prismatic, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla ringent : upper lip 2-lobed : lower one trifid, 

 having the middle segment unlike the lateral ones, bigibbous at 

 the base. Stamens didynamous ; lobes of anthers divaricate. 

 Stigma flattened. Capsule inclosed, 2-celled, 4-valved ; disse- 

 piment formed from the inflexed margins of the valves, inserted 

 in the central placenta. Herbs with opposite leaves. Pedun- 

 cles axillary and terminal, 1 -flowered, bractless. Corollas blue. 



1 U. LIXEA'RIS (R, Br. 1. c.) leaves linear, much shorter 

 than the peduncles. If. ? G. Native of New Holland, within 

 the tropic. 



/^'near-leaved Uvedalia. PI. 1 foot. ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Leucocarpus above. 



LII. HEMIPHRA'GMA (from fyiove, hemisus, half; and 

 0pay/*oe, phragmos, a dissepiment ; in reference to the dissepi- 

 ment being bifid at the apex.) Wall. tent. fl. nep. 17. t. 8. 

 Benth. scroph. ind. p. 47, 



LIK. SYST. Didynamia, Anglospermia. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Corolla tubular ; limb 5-cleft, sub-bilabiate ; lower segments 

 rather the broadest. Stamens 4, inserted in the base of the 

 corolla, nearly equal, distant ; anthers 2-celled ; cells parallel. 

 Style simple ; stigma hardly thickened. Capsule baccate, 2- 

 celled, 2-valved ; valves bipartite ; dissepiment parallel, bifid at 

 apex ; placentas adnate. Seeds numerous, naked. 



1 H. HETEROPHY'LLUM (Wall. tent. fl. nep. p. 17. t. 8.) 

 I/. ? G. Native of Nipaul, Wall. ; and at Jumnotri, Royle. 

 Herb procumbent ; branches flagelliform. Cauline leaves 

 roundish-cordate, crenated, rather pilose. Axillary branches 

 short, covered with short, linear, quite entire, ciliated leaves. 

 Flowers sessile, solitary, within the leaves. Capsule size of a 

 pea, shining. 



I'ariable-leaved Hemiphragma. PI. procumbent. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Leucocarpus above. 



LIII. COLLI'NSIA (named by Nuttall, in honour of Zac- 

 cheus Collins, a vice-president of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia.) Nutt. in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil, 

 1. t. 9. gen. amer. 2. p. 45. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-cleft, equal. Corolla bilabiate ; orifice closed ; tube gibbous 

 on the back ; upper lip erect, bifid : lower one trifid : the middle 



FIG. 51. 



segment cucullate, and clasping the stamens. Stamens didyna- 

 mous, with the rudiment of a fifth. Anthers glabrous. Ovarium 

 2-celled ; placenta fleshy. Ovula peltate. Capsule globose, 

 partly 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves bipartite. Seeds few, umbili- 

 cate. Annual plants, with entire, opposite and verticillate leaves 

 and pedicels. Corolla party coloured. 



1 C. VE'RXA (Nutt. in journ. 

 acad. nat. sc. phil. 1. t. 9. gen. 

 amer. 2. p. 46. Sweet, fl. gard. 

 t. 220.) stem erect, a little 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate ; 

 pedicels axillary, solitary, much 

 longer than the flowers ; calyx 

 downy, about equal in length 

 to the corolla. 0. H. Native 

 of north-west America, upon 

 inland rocks; banks of the Mis- 

 souri and Mississippi ; on the 

 Alleghanies ; and on the borders 

 of Lake Erie. Antirrhinum 

 tenellum, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 

 2. p. 421. Corolla white, ex- 

 cept the lower lip, which is 

 blue (fig. 51). 



Spring Collinsia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1826. PI. 1 foot. 



2 C. GRANDIFLORA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1107.) stem erect, 

 branched ; lower leaves spatulate : superior ones oblong-line- 

 ar ; pedicels verticillate, shorter than the flowers ; segments of 

 corolla dilated, retuse ; calyx glabrous, about half the length 

 of the corolla. . H. Native of the dry banks of the Colum- 

 bia river. Stem downy. Leaves glabrous, entire, or denticu- 

 lated. Corolla pale purple, except the lower lip, which is blue. 



Great-forvered Collinsia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 1 foot. 



3 C. BICOLOR (Benth. in hort. trans, n. s. vol. 1. p. 480. 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 1734.) stem erect, downy; leaves glabrous, 

 ovate-lanceolate, subcordate at the base ; pedicels verticillate, 

 racemose. 0. H. Native of California. Leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, serrated : upper ones smaller, and quite entire. Calyx 

 clothed with glandular down. Corollas twice the size of those 

 of C. grandtflora : upper lip and tube white : lower lip of a 

 rosy purple colour. 



Zno-cofoura/-flowered Collinsia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1833. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



4 C. VIOLA'CEA (Nutt. in amer. phil. trans, n. s. vol. 5. p. 

 179.)puberulous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, remotely denticulated ; 

 corolla almost of one colour : upper lip one half smaller than 

 the lower one : segments bifid at apex ; capsule about 1 0- 

 seeded. . H. Native of North America, on hills and up- 

 land woods of the Arkansas and Red rivers. Stems purplish. 

 Radical leaves oblong-ovate : cauline ones sessile, opposite : 

 uppermost ones 3 in a whorl. Corolla bright violet, like that of 

 many species of Phlox ; upper lip paler. Allied to C. grandi- 



flbra. Seeds smaller than those of C. verna. 

 yiolaceous-fiovtered Collinsia. PI. 5 to 1 foot. 



5 C. MI'NIMA (Nutt. in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 47.) 

 leaves opposite, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, somewhat denticulated ; 

 segments of the calyx hardly half so long as the corolla. 0. 

 H. Native of North America, at Flat Head river, flowering 

 early in spring. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves. 

 Flowers smaller than in C. verna, but larger than in C. parvl- 



jlbra. The upper lip of corolla is white, the lower blue. Very 

 closely allied to C. violacea, Nutt. 



Least Collinsia. Fl. Spring. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 



6 C. PARVIFLORA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1082.) stem prostrate, 

 4 B 2 



