SCROPHULARINE.E. LVIII. ESTERHAZIA. LIX. GLOSSOSTYLIS. LX. PHTHEIROSPERMUM. LXI. ESCOBEDIA, &c. 561 



racemes compound, h . G. Native of the province of Minas 

 Geraes, Martius ; tropical Brazil, Sello. Virgularia montana, 

 Mart. 1. c. 3. p. 9. t. 204. Gerardia caesarea, Cham, et Schlecht, 

 in Linnsea, 3. p. 17. 



Mountain Esterhazia. Shrub. 



3 E. SPLE'NDIDA (Mikan, del. pi. et faun. bras. t. 5.) leaves 

 narrow-lanceolate, acute, narrowed into the petioles at the base ; 

 racemes nearly simple, few-flowered, leafy. lj . G. Native of 

 tropical Brazil, Mart, and Sello. Virguiaria splendida, Mart, 

 gen. bras. 3. p. 11. Gerardia gnidioides, Cham, et Schlecht, 

 in Linnaea, 3. p. 16. Segments of corolla ovate, very blunt, 

 ciliated. According to Cham, et Schlecht, 1. c. the 3 foregoing 

 species run so into each other, that they may only be varieties 

 of one. 



Splendid Esterhazia. Shrub. 



4 E. MACRODONTA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 8. p. 26.) 

 leaves lanceolate, narrowed at the base, acute and mucronate at 

 apex ; panicle terminal, pyramidal, comose, composed of 2- 

 flowered branches ; peduncles exceeding the leaves and branch- 

 lets ; teeth of calyx subulately acuminated. ^ . G. Native of 

 Brazil. Corolla villous outside ; segments ciliated, and gla- 

 brous on both surfaces. Filaments villous or bearded. 



Long-toothed Esterhazia. Shrub. 



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



LIX. GLO^SO'STYLIS (from yXucraa, glvssa, a tongue; and 

 <rrv\oe, stylos, column ; in allusion to the form of the stigma in 

 G. d^pera.) Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 3. p. 22. Benth. 

 ger. in Hook. comp. p. 211. Gerardia species, Vahl. Starbia, 

 Pet. Th. gen. mad. p. 7. ? 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 t to 5-toothed. Corolla obliquely campanulate, with a short 

 5-lubed limb; limb the largest below. Stamens didyna- 

 mous. Cells of anthers all equal and fertile, acute at the 

 base. Seeds small, with a thin, linear-cuneated membrane. 

 Rough erect herbs, with the habit of Melampyrum, natives of 

 America, South Africa, and South Asia. Leaves opposite, sinu- 

 ately toothed : floral ones or bracteas broadest at the base, and 

 more deeply toothed, acuminated at apex. Flowers nearly ses- 

 sile, solitary, alternate, spicate. 



1 G. AVE'KSIS (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 49. ger. 1. c. p. 211.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, cuneated at the base, on 

 very short petioles, and are, as well as the stem, rough from 

 tubercles ; teeth of calyx broad, acute, with short cilia. . S. 

 Native on T^ong Dong, a mountain near Ava. 



Aca Glossostylis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 G. A'SPERA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 3. p. 23.) 

 leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceola-.e, truncately cordate at 

 the base, and are, as well as the stem, hispid and very rough ; 

 teeth of calyx broad, acute, and are, as well as the bracteas, his- 

 pid. 0. S. Native of Brazil, at Bahia, Salzmann ; and Rio 

 Janeiro, in ditches, Chamisso. Corolla 5 lines long. Stigma 

 lanceolate, cochleare, uncinately recurved. Capsule size of a 

 pea. 



Rough Glossostylis. PI. 1 to S feet. 



3 G. CAPE'NSIS (Bentb. scroph. ind. p. 50. ger. 1. c. p. 212.) 

 leaves nearly sessile, ovate-cordate : lower ones obtuse : supe- 

 rior ones acuminated, and are, as well as the stem, scabrous from 

 minute tubercles, and smooth ; calycine teeth lanceolate, very 

 acute, and are, as well as the bracteas, nearly naked, glabrous. 

 0. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, and Madagascar. 

 Rhinanthus scaber, Thunb. prod. p. 98. ? Bartsia scabra, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 775. Gerardia sessiliflora, Vahl, symb. 2. 

 p. 79. According to Bentham, there is a specimen in Hooker's 

 Herbarium which appears to be a fourth species of this genus 

 with the leaves of G. Capensis, but hispid, like G. dspera, with 



VOL. IV. 



larger and more foliaceous calyxes than any of the other spe- 

 cies. 



Cape Glossostyles. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Sopubia, p. 560. 



LX. PHTHEIROSPE'RMUM (from tft.pu, phtkeiro, to 

 corrupt ; and tnrtpfia, tperma, a seed ; in reference to the seeds 

 being wrapped in a spongy reticulated membrane.) Bunge. 

 Fisch. et Meyer, ind. sem. hort. petrop. 1835. Benth. ger. in 

 Hook. comp. 1. p. 212. 



LIK. STST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-cleft. Corolla campanulately ringent ; upper lip flat, bifid ; 

 lobes replicate : lower lip a little longer and trifid ; throat 

 gaping. Stamens didynamous, almost straight ; anthers free ; 

 with mucronate parallel cells. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule beak- 

 ed, compressed, 2-valved, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ob- 

 long, angular, wrapped in a spongy reticulated membrane. 



1 P. CHINE'KSIS (Bunge, 1. c.) . H. Native of the 

 North of China. An annual or biennial herb, with the habit, 

 leaves, calyx, and capsule of Pedicularis palustris ; but the 

 corolla is almost that of Mimulus, of a dirty red colour ; throat 

 marked by 2 yellow lines. 



China Phtbeirospermum. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



Cull. For culture and propagation see Sopubia, p. 560. 



LXI. ESCOBE'DIA (named after George Escobedo, a 

 Spanish naturalist.) Ruiz, et Pav. syst. fl. per. et chil. p. 158. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 371. Benth. in Hook, 

 comp. 1. p. 202. 



LIN. STST. Didynamia, Angiotpermia. Calyx long, tubular, 

 pentagonal, 5-cleft at apex ; segments acute, spreading a little. 

 Corolla funnel- shaped ; with a long slender tube ; and an ample, 

 5-lobed, oblique, spreading limb. Stamens didynamous, in- 

 closed ; anthers all fertile, linear-sagittate ; cells awned at the 

 base. Capsule covered by the calyx, 2-celled, 2-valved. 

 American herbs, with generally opposite leaves. Peduncles ax- 

 illary, solitary, 1-flowered, bibracteate. Flowers large, showy, 

 white. 



1 E. SCABRIFOLIA (Ruiz, et Pav. 1. c. p. 159. H. B. et 

 Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 571. t. 174.) leaves ovate and 

 oblong, cordate at the base, toothed, scabrous on both surfaces. 

 7f. G. Native of New Granada, among stones between the 

 town of Mariquita and the mine of Santa Anna, at the altitude 

 of 530 hexapods, Humb. et Bonpl. ; Eastern declivities of the 

 Cordillera of Peru, Mathews ; Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, LangsdorfF. Branches furrowed, hairy. Leaves sessile, 

 4 inches long. Both species are called Atafran by the natives 

 of New Granada. 



Rough-leaned Escobedia. PL 2 to 4 feet. 



2 E. LINEA'RIS (Schlecht, in Linnaea, 8. p. 246.) leaves long- 

 linear, denticulated. Tf. G. Native of Mexico, in grassy 

 places at the Hacienda de la Laguna. C. las'vis, Cham, et 

 Schlecht, in Linnaea, 5. p. 108. Leaves 4-5 inches long, sca- 

 brous. Tube of corolla 4 inches long, and the limb 2 inches in 

 diameter. 



Ztncor-leaved Escobedia. PI. 2 feet. 



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



LXII. PHYSOCA'LYX (from yvaa, physa, a bladder ; and 

 caXi/, a calyx ; in reference to the inflated calyx.) Pohl, pi. 

 bras. 1. p. 65. t. 53. Mart. bras. 3. p. 2, 3. t. 201, 202. 



LIN. STST. Didynamia, Angiotpermia. Calyx inflated, 5- 



toothed, coloured. Corolla tubularly salver-shaped ; limb 



spreading, somewhat equally 5-lobed. Stamens didynamous, 



inclosed. Anthers all fertile : cells shortly awned at the base. 



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