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SCROPHULARINEjE. LXIX. P^DEROTA. LXX. CALORHABDOS. LXXI. WULFENIA. 



FIG. 55. 



Meyer's Leptandra. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. The species grow well in common garden soil, but 

 prefer peat or vegetable mould. They are readily increased by 

 division. 



LXIX. P^EDEROTA (a name applied by the ancients to 

 a species of Acanthus.) Lin. gen. no. 26. Schreb. gen. no. 33. 

 Juss. gen. p. 120. ed. Usteri. p. 135. Bonarota, Michel, gen. 

 15. Veronica, Spec. Lin. spec. ed. 1st. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted : seg- 

 ments linear. Corolla tubular, sub-ringent ; limb bilabiate : 

 upper lip entire, or emarginate : lower one trifid. Genitals 

 exserted ; filaments filiform. Capsule ovate, 4-valved, 2- 

 celled, opening at top. Seeds roundish. Dwarf alpine herbs 

 with opposite leaves, and axillary, or terminal spicate flowers. 



1 P. AGE'RIA (Lin. syst. p. 

 61. mant. 171.) stem leafy ; 

 leaves nearly sessile, unequally 

 and sharply serrated : superior 

 leaves long - acuminated ; ca- 

 lyxes length of corolla ; capsule 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated. 1. 

 H. Native of Carinthia, Car- 

 niola, and Italy, among rocks. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 77. P. lutea, 

 Lin. suppl. p. 84. P. Bona- 

 rota, Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 

 121. P. urticaefblia, Brign. fasc. 

 pi. forog. p. 8. Wulfenia Ageria, 

 Smith, in Lin. trans. 6. p. 96. 

 Bonarota chamaedrifblia, Scop, 

 earn. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 22. 

 Lower leaves the smallest, 

 roundish : the upper ones lance- 

 olate, acuminated : the middle ones longer than the others, ovate- 

 lanceolate. Raceme spicate, terminal. Bracteas twice as long 

 as the pedicels. Corolla sulphur coloured ; throat tomentose ; 

 superior lip bifid, or emarginate (fig. 55). 



Ageria Paederota. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 to 

 \\ foot. 



2 P. ZANICHE'LLI (Brign. fasc. pi. forog. p. 9.) stem leafy ; 

 leaves nearly sessile, subcordate, serrated : lower ones round- 

 ish obtuse : superior ones ovate, acuminated ; calyx glabrous, 

 one half shorter than the corolla ; capsule ovate, obtuse. If. . 

 H. Native of Carnia, on the Alps near the limits of perpetual 

 snow. Bonarota montana Italica chamse'drys folio, minus cre- 

 nato, spica lutea, ex Monte Cavallo, Michel, gen. p. 19. no. 3. 

 Leaves less deeply and irregularly serrated than P. Ageria, 

 pilose. Raceme J to 1 inch long, dense. Bracteas hardly 

 longer than the pedicels. Corolla yellow ; throat glabrous ; 

 upper lip entire. 



Zanichell's Psederota. PI. 1 to 8 inches. 



3 P. BONARO V TA (Lin. spec. p. 20. syst. p. 61.) stem 

 leafy ; leaves petiolate, roundish-ovate, serrated ; calyx short- 

 er than the corolla ; capsule acuminated. If.. H. Native 

 of Austria and Carniola, on the alps. Jacq. austr. 5. p. 49. t. 39. 

 Brign. fasc. pi. forog. p. 6. Wulfenia Bonarota, Smith, in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 96. P. caerulea, Lin. suppl. p. 84. Pasderota, 

 no. 1, Michel, gen. p. 19. t. 15. f. 1. Veronica Bonarota, Lin. 

 spec. ed. 1st. p. 11. Bonarota chainsedrifolia, Scop. earn. ed. 2. 

 vol. 1. p. 22. Racemes 1 to \\ inch long. Calyx hairy. Corolla 

 violaceous ; throat glabrous ; upper lip undivided. 



Bonarota's Psederota. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PL 

 foot. 



4 P. CHAMSDRIFO'LIA (Brign. fasc. pi. forog. p. 9.) stem 

 leafy ; leaves nearly sessile, roundish, obtuse, serrated ; calyx 



tomentose, two of the segments shorter than the rest. If. . H. 

 Native of Carnia. P. Bonarota, Vittm. summ. 1. p. 36. Bo- 

 narota, no. 2. Michel, gen. p. 19. t. 15. f. 2. Leaves downy. 

 Bracteas length of pedicels. Corolla violaceous ; upper lip 

 undivided, and sometimes emarginate. 



Germander-leaved Paederota. PI. 2 to 3 inches. 



Cult. The species of Pcederbta are pretty little alpine or 

 rock plants. They should be grown in pots, and placed among 

 other alpine plants. They are increased by division and seeds. 



LXX. CALORHA'BDOS (from caXo e , kalos, beautiful ; and 

 pafiSoe, rhabdos, a twig, in reference to the beauty of the plant.) 

 Benth. scroph. ind. p. 44. 



LIN. SYST. Ditindria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 

 tubular, incurved ; limb erect, obliquely 2-3-cleft : lower seg- 

 ment the smallest. Stamens 2, inserted at the sides of the 

 upper corolline segment, without any vestiges of lower ones ; 

 anthers 2-celled ; cells parallel, confluent at top. Stigma 

 hardly thickened. Valves of capsule bipartite. Seeds nume- 

 rous, girded by a curled membrane. 



1 C. BRUNONIA'NA (Benth. 1. c.) Native of Nipaul. Ve- 

 ronica ? Brunoniana, Wall. cat. no. 405. An erect, glabrous, 

 nearly simple herb, 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 deeply and acutely serrated, narrowed into the short petioles at 

 the base. Spikes half a foot long. Flowers sessile, glomerate. 



Brown's Calorhabdos. P. 1| to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Leptandra. 



LXXI. WULFE'NIA (so named in honour of the Rev. Fran- 

 cis Xavier Wulfen, author of " Plantae Rariores Carinthiacae" 

 in Jacquin's Miscellanea.) Jacq. misc. 2. p. 62. t. 8. Schreb. 

 gen. no 34. Smith, in Lin. trans. 6. p. 96, Benth. in scroph. 

 ind. p. 46, but not of Wall. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. Co- 

 rolla tubular, declinate ; limb 4-5-cleft ; segments straight, or 

 hardly spreading : upper one emarginate, or bifid : lateral ones 

 entire : lower one entire, or broadly crenated. Stamens two, 

 placed at the sides of the upper corolline segment, destitute of 

 any vestiges of lower ones. Anthers 2-celled ; cells at length 

 confluent at apex. Style simple ; stigma truncate, or thickened 

 and 2-lobed. Valves of capsule septiferous in the middle, bifid 

 at apex. Almost stemless herbs. Radical leaves petiolate. 

 Scapes naked, many-flowered, erect. Flowers unilateral, pen- 

 dulous, on short pedicels, solitary in the axils of the bracteas. 



1 W. AMHERSTIA'NA (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 46.) leaves ob- 

 long, narrowed at the base, doubly and deeply crenated ; tube 

 of corolla straight ; segments of the limb all acute. 1. H. 

 Native of Kamaon, Wall. ; Kanaour, Royle. Paederota Am- 

 herstiana, Wall. cat. no. 410. Habit of W. Carinthiata. Flow- 

 ers blue. 



Lady Amherst's Wulfenia. PL 1 J foot. 



2 W. CARINTHI'ACA (Jacq. misc. 2. p. 62. t. 8. f. 1. icon. rar. 

 1. t. 2.) leaves oblong, narrowed at the base, doubly crenated ; 

 tube of corolla gibbous above the base ; segments of the limb 

 roundish: lower one crenated. !(,. H. Native of Carinthia, 

 on the alps. Lin. syst. p. 865. Reiner, et Hohejiw. itin. bot. 

 1. p. 73. t. 1. Sweet, fl. gard. vol. 3. icone. Paaderota Wulfenia, 

 Lam. ill. t. 13. f. 2. Flowers blue. 



Corinthian Wulfenia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 1J 

 foot. 



3 W. RENIFORMIS (Dougl. mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 46.) 

 leaves reniform, doubly crenated : tube of corolla straight ; 

 segments of the limb roundish : lower one crenated. 1{. . H. 

 Native of North-west America, on mountains near the river 

 Columbia. Flowers blue. ? 



Reniform-leaved Wulfenia. PL 1 foot. 



