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SCROPHULARINE^E. LV. SOPUBIA. LVI. SEYMERIA. LVII. MACRANTIIERA. LVIII. ESTERHAZIA. 



Wall. cat. no. 3889. scroph. ind. p. 49. ger. 1. c. Corollas pale 

 purple, like those of S. delpliinifolia. Capsule globose at the 

 base, but compressed at top. 



Strict Sopubia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



3 S. DELPHINIFOLIA ; much branched, smooth ; leaves pinna- 

 tifid, with narrow-linear segments ; calycine teeth linear-subu- 

 late, longer than the tube. 11 . S. Native of India, chiefly in 

 the Peninsula, and as far North as Lohargan, Royle, always in 

 wet soil, and sometimes even in water. Gerardia delphinifolia, 

 Lin. spec. p. 848. Roxb. cor. 1. t. 90. Benth. scroph. ind. 

 p. 49. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 211. t. 11. Euphrasia Coro- 

 mandeliana, Rottl. in Spreng. syst. 2. p. 775. Plukn. aim. 17. 

 t. 358. f. 3. Leaves simple, trifid or tripinnatifid. Corolla 7-8 

 lines long, reddish, with a deep coloured spot on the under lip. 

 Lower pair of anthers united. 



Var. ft, parvtflora (Benth. in scroph. ind. p. 49. ger. 1. c. p. 

 211.) If,. S. Gerardia Heyneana, Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 

 3891. Corolla 5-6 lines long. 



Lark-spur-leaved Sopubia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



4 S. SCA'BRA ; glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, 

 cuneately 3-5-cIeft, with rather scabrous edges ; teeth of calyx 

 lanceolate, scarcely shorter than the tube ; corolla tubularly 

 campanulate, more than 3 times longer than the calyx. T. F. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Gerardia scabra, Lin. 

 suppl. 279. Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. p. 211. Stems usu- 

 ally simple. Flowers almost sessile, near together. Corolla an 

 inch long, apparently purple. Filaments hairy. 



Scabrous Sopubia. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



5 S. OBTUSIFOLIA ; stem hairy at top ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, entire, or a little toothed, obtuse, scabrous, glabrous ; caly- 

 cine teeth broad-lanceolate, obtuse, scarcely shorter than the 

 tube, which is a little inflated ; corollas tubularly campanulate, 

 twice as long as the calyx. 3/. S. Native of Madagascar. 

 Gerardia obtusifolia, Benth. ger. 1. c. p. 211. Flowers similar 

 to those of S. scabra, but the calyx is larger. Filaments 

 almost glabrous. Empty cells of anthers terminated by a long 

 point. 



Obtuse-leaved Sopubia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



6 S. FILIFORMIS; leaves filiform, scabrous; peduncles oppo- 

 site, short, 1 -flowered, subsolitary. "If.. S. Native of Guinea, 

 near Pramprom and Ningo, Thonning. Gerardia filiformis, 

 Schum. pi. guin. p. 272. Root horizontal. Stem simple at 

 bottom, and fastigiately branched at top. Corolla pale purple ; 

 throat large, campanulate. Anthers bipartite ; the lobes ob- 

 long, unequal, diverging. 



Filiform Sopubia. PI. | foot ? 



Cult. The species of Sopubia might be grown in pots placed 

 in pans of water. A peat soil is that best suited to them ; and 

 they may either be increased by cuttings or seeds. They are, 

 however, extremely difficult to cultivate. 



LVI. SEYME'RIA (named by Pursh after Henry Seymer, 

 an English naturalist.) Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 737. Benth. 

 ger. in Hook. comp. p. 203. Afzelia, Gmel., but not of Smith. 

 Gerardia species, Michx. and Pers. 



LIN. SVST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate ; 

 segments 5, linear, longer than the tube. Corolla with a short 

 tube, and 5 oblong segments, which are at length subrotately 

 spreading. Stamens 4, almost equal in length, rather longer 

 than the corolla ; anthers erect, all 2-celled and fertile. Stigma 

 slender. Capsule globose at the base, and compressed at apex. 

 Herbs natives of North America. Leaves pinnate, with linear 

 or filiform segments. Flowers small, somewhat paniculately 

 racemose. Corollas yellow. 



1 S. TENUIFOLIA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 737.) clothed 

 with fine clammy down ; leaves setaceously pinnatifid ; segments 

 cut; capsule glabrous, beaked. Q. H. Native of Carolina, 

 Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana, &c. Gerardia Afzelia, Michx. 

 fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 20. AfzeJia cassioides, Gmel. syst. nat. 

 927. Gerardia cassioides, Pers. ench. 2. p. 154. Branches 

 slender. Leaves small, distant. Flowers J an inch in diameter. 

 Capsule size of a grain of pepper. 



Thin-leaved Seymeria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1730. PI. 1 

 foot. 



2 S. PECTINA'TA (Pursh. 1. c.) downy ; leaves pinnatifid, with 

 linear, obtuse, rather cut segments ; capsule downy, obtuse. 

 Q. H. Native of South Carolina, Pursh ; Louisiana, Drum- 

 mond ; from North Carolina to Florida, Pursh. Leaves large, 

 and their lobes much broader than in the preceding. Capsule 

 larger, compressed, obtuse, and almost emarginate at apex. 



Pectinate-leaved Seymeria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Gerardia, p. 559. 



LVII. MACRANTHE'RA (from //acpoc, makros, long; 

 and avdripa, anthera, an anther ; in reference to the long an- 

 thers.) Torrey, mss. ex Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 203. 

 Conradia, Nutt. and Pickering, in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 

 7. p. 88. t. 12. but not of Mart. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 with 5 linear foliaceous segments, which are longer than the 

 tube. Corolla tubular ; limb of 5 short, nearly equal, spread- 

 ing segments. Stamens 4, nearly equal, exserted ; anthers 

 erect, all 2-celled, fertile. Stigma slender. Capsule nearly glo- 

 bose, acute An erect American herb. Leaves opposite, dis- 

 sected. Flowers racemose, yellow. 



1 M. FUCHSIOI'DES (Benth. 1. c.) %. H. Native of the 

 southern states of North America ; Louisiana, Drummond. 

 Conradia fuchsioides, Nutt. 1. c. Plant slightly downy. Seg- 

 ments of the leaves lanceolate : those of the lower ones divided. 

 Racemes long, unilateral. Peduncles opposite, spreading or 

 slightly reflexed. Flowers erect. Corolla an inch long, slightly 

 incurved at the top ; mouth oblique. Stamens downy. (Benth.) 

 Leaves like those of Gerardia quercifblia, ex Nutt. 



Fwchsia-Uke Macranthera. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Gerardia, p. 559. 



LVIII. ESTERHA'ZIA (probably named after some mem- 

 ber of the family of Prince Esterhazy.) Mikan, del. pi. et faun, 

 bras. t. 5. Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 203. Virgularia 

 species, Mart. Gerardia species, Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnsea, 

 vol. 3. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed. Corolla tubularly funnel-shaped ; lobes of the limb 

 ovate-roundish, nearly equal. Stamens didynamous, exserted, 

 villous : anthers all fertile ; cells very villous, acute at the base. 

 Much branched shrubs, natives of Brazil, naked at the base. 

 Leaves usually opposite, quite entire, rather fleshy. Flowers 

 disposed in short racemes, pedicellate towards the top of the 

 branches ; pedicels bracteate. 



1 E. CAMPE'STRIS (Spix et Mart, reise in bras. 1. p. 397.) 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, mucronulate, contracted 

 at the base, 1 -nerved: floral ones exceeding the peduncles; 

 racemes almost simple. f? . G. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes, in the Diamond district. Virgularia 

 campestris, Mart. gen. bras. 3. p. 7. t. 203. 



Field Esterhazia. Shrub. 



2 E. MONTA'NA (Spix, et Mart. 1. c.) leaves linear, acute at 

 both ends, 1 -nerved, fascicled ; flowers exceeding the calyxes ; 



