SCROPHULARINE.E. XCVII. BUNGEA. XCVIII. SIPHONOSTEGIA. XCIX. LAMODROUXIA. 



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62. Pedicularis verslcolor spicata, Tourn. inst. p. 1 72. Barrel, 

 icon. C66. Flowers white, and purple. Calyx woolly, with 

 obtuse teeth. Stamens shorter than the galea, which is hairy 

 outside. This plant differs from B. maxima in the stem being 

 simple, in the leaves being narrow-lanceolate, and in the upper 

 ones being alternate, &c. 



Party-coloured Bartsia. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



9 B. MA'XIMA (Pers. 1. c.) stem branched ; lower leaves 

 opposite : superior ones alternate, oblong, bluntly and coarsely 

 toothed ; lower lip of corolla longer than the upper one ; seg- 

 ments of the lower lip obtuse, equal in size. Q. H. Native 

 of Candia. Rbinanthus maximus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 189. Rhi- 

 nanthus versicolor, Lam. diet. 2. p. 62. Pedicularis Cretica 

 maxima amplioribus foliis et floribus, Tourn. cor. p. 9. Plant 

 pubescent. Flowers yellow, ? disposed in spikes at the tops of 

 the branches and stem. Calyx, stamens, and anthers as in pre- 

 ceding. 



Largest Bartsia. PI. 1| to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Euphrasia, p. 611. 



XCVII. BU'NGEA (named after Al. a Bunge, one of the 

 editors of "Ledebour's Flora Altaica." 1829-1832.) Meyer, 

 in verz. pflanz. p. 108. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx bracteate, 

 tubular, 4-cleft. Corolla personate : upper lip tridentate : lower 

 one trifid. Anthers all bicalcarate at the base. Stigma some- 

 what capitate. Capsule sub-indehiscent, ovate, acuminated, 2- 

 valved, 4-celled, many-seeded. Seeds compressed, wrinkled. 

 A plant with a simple, rather tomentose stem, trifid, linear, 

 pubescent leaves, and axillary, sessile flowers. 



1 B. TRI'FIDA (Meyer, 1. c.) Q. ? H. Native of Asia 

 Minor ; and Caucasus, in stony places on Mount Talusch, near 

 Swant, at the altitude of 670 to 800 feet. Bartsia trifida, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 773. Rhinanthus trifidus, Vahl. symb. l.p. 

 44. Pedicularis orientalis supina, folio trifido, flore magno 

 flavescente, Tourn. cor. p. 9. Buxb. cent. 1. p. 5. t. 8. Co- 

 rolla yellow, rather villous outside. Calyx pubescent, inflated. 



7Vj/?<Meaved Bungea. PI. J to i foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Euphrasia, p. 611. 



XCVIII. SIPHONOSTFGIA (from vifav, siphon, a tube ; 

 and oTtyos, stegos, a covering.) Benth. scroph. ind. p. 51. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; tube elongated ; limb 4-5 parted. Upper lip of corolla 

 incurved : lower one shorter, with entire segments. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous ; cells of anthers parallel, acute at the base, mutic. 

 Stigma capitately thickened. Capsule oblong, straight ; valves 

 entire. An erect herb, with twiggy, downy branches. Lower 

 leaves opposite : superior ones alternate, pinnatifid, with acute, 

 cut, lanceolate segments. Flowers scattered, rather distant, 

 nearly sessile, disposed in terminal, interrupted spikes or ra- 

 cemes. 



1 S. CHINE'NSIS (Benth. 1. c.) Native of China, at Macao. 



China Siphonostegia. PI. ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Euphrasia, p. 611. 



XCIX. LAMOUROU'XIA (named by Kunth, after J. V. 

 F. Lamouroux, who has written some works on zoophytes and 

 seaweeds.) H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 336. t. 167. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 nearly equal, bilabiate, 4-cleft. Corolla with a short tube, a 

 long, ventricosely compressed throat, and bilabiate limb ; upper 

 lip somewhat galeate, entire : lower one narrower and 3-lobed, 

 plicate ; lobes nearly equal, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous, the 2 upper ones very short, and generally sterile, 

 wanting in L. viscosa. Anthers of the fertile stamens reniform. 

 pilose ; cells usually mucronate at the base. Stigma clavate, 



undivided. Capsule ovate, compressed, 2-celled, 2-valved ; 

 placentas adnate to the dissepiment. Seeds covered by a reti- 

 culately cellular membrane. Erect, branched herbs. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, serrated, or pinnatifid. Flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, opposite, subspicate, scarlet. 



^ 1. Stamens 4 : 2 upper ones short and sterile. 



1 L. VIRGA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 356. t. 167.) 

 branches nearly terete ; calyxes and leaves glabrous ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, obsoletely crenulated ; calycine segments lance- 

 olate, quite entire. ^ . ? S. Native near the town of Quito, 

 at the altitude of 1500 hexapods. Herb suffruticose, branched. 

 Leaves about an inch long, and 2 lines broad. Corolla flesh- 

 coloured. 



Twiggy Lamourouxia. Shrub 1| foot. 



2 L. SERRATIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 168.) branches 

 tetragonal, bifariously pilose ; leaves linear-lanceolate, deeply 

 serrated, and are, as well as the calyxes, glabrous ; calycine 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, quite entire. TJ.. S. Native of 

 New Granada, near Santa Fe de Bogota, and at the Cataract of 

 Tequendama. Leaves nearly sessile, 14-15 lines long, and 2-J- 

 lines broad. Corollas like those of the preceding. 



Serrate-leaved Lamourouxia. PL 1 to 1-J- foot. 



3 L. RHINANTHIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 337. t. 169.) 

 stem and branches sub-tetragonal, pubescently pilose ; leaves 

 oblong, acute, rounded at the base, half stem-clasping, crenately 

 serrated, finely hairy ; calyx pilose, with ovate-lanceolate, ser- 

 rated segments. ^ . S. Native of New Spain, in temperate 

 places near Magdalena, Actopan, and Santa Rosa de La Sierra, 

 at the altitude of from 1040 to 1300 hexapods. Leaves about 

 an inch long. Corolla as in the two preceding. In the Magda- 

 lena plant the stem is said to be nearly terete. 



Yellom-rattle-leaved Lamourouxia. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



4 L. SYLVA'TICA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) plant twining a little ; 

 branches terete, rather pilose ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, 

 narrowed at the base, somewhat doubly serrated, and are, as 

 well as the calyxes, hairy ; segments of calyx oblong, acute, 

 serrulated. I/ . S. Native of Peru, near Ayavaca, in woods, 

 at the altitude of 1400 hexapods. Leaves nearly sessile, one 

 inch and more long. Corolla rose-coloured, hairy. 



Wood Lamourouxia. PL twining. 



5 L. CORDA'TA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnsea, 5. p. 103.) 

 this is an intermediate plant between L. viscosa and L. rhinan- 

 thoides, it differs from the first in the broader leaves, and from 

 the second in the inflorescence being clammy ; calvcine seg- 

 ments quite entire. If. . S. Native of Mexico. Habit of the 

 plant peculiar. Stem strict, twiggy, densely leafy. Leaves 

 decreasing in size from the top of the stem ; largest only 1 1 

 inch long. Corolla scarlet. 



Cordage-leaved Lamourouxia. PL 1 to 2 feet. ? 



6 L. VISCOSA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 338.) stem sub-tetra- 

 gonal, and is, as well as the calyxes and leaves, pilosely tomen- 

 tose, clammy ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, serrated ; calycine 

 segments lanceolate, quite entire. 1. S. Native of Mexico, 

 on the sea-shore near Acapulco. Habit of Lobelia. Leaves 

 hoary, about 2 inches long, and 6-7 lines broad : floral leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, an inch long, beset with glandular hairs. Co- 

 rolla flesh-coloured, tomentose outside. 



Clammy Lamourouxia. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



2. Stamens 4, all fertile. 



7 L. XALAPE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, L c.) stem and branches 

 nearly terete, hairy ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, sharply ser- 

 rated, and are, as well as the calyxes, glabrous ; stamens all 

 fertile; calycine segments oblong -linear, quite entire. I/. S. 

 Native of Mexico, on the eastern declivities of mountains near 

 the town of Xalapa, at the altitude of 680 hexapods. Leaves 



