254 SCROPHULARINE^. [Sirica. 



A genus of several species, natives of the tropical or subtropical regions of the Old "World- 

 Calyx 10-nerved. Corolla-tube 4 or 5 lines long ]. S. liirsuta. 



Calyx 15-nerved. Corolla-tube 8 or 9 lines long 2. 5. Masuria. 



1. S. hirsuta, Bentli. in BC. Prod. x. 502. An erect, scabrous or 

 pubescent, simple or loosely branched annual, usually about 6 in. high, and 

 not always drying so black as the other species. Leaves linear or the lower 

 ones lanceolate. Flowers yellow, red, or white, in terminal internipted spikes, 

 the lower ones distant. Calyx usually 10-nerved, one of the nerves very 

 rarely here and there divided. Corolla-tube glabrous, 4 to 5 lines long, bent 

 near the top ; upper lip much shorter than the lower one. 



Common with grass, on which it is believed to be parasitic. Champion and others. Fre- 

 quent in tropical Asia, extending westward into Africa, eastward to the Archipelago, and 

 northward to South China and the Philippines. 



2. S. Masuria, Benth. in BC. Prod. x. 503. An erect, nearly simple, 

 scabrous annual, often a foot high. Leaves linear, erect. Flowers (blue?) in 

 tenninal interrupted spikes. Calyx with 15 prominent nerves. Corolla-tube 

 pubescent, 8 or 9 lines long, bent above the middle ; lower lip about \ in. 

 long, the upper one shorter. 



Near Deepwater Bay, very rare, Hance, Harland. Also in the mountains of eastern India 

 in Burmah and the Philippines. 



15. CENTR ANTHER A, K. Br. 



Calyx compressed, obliquely acute, split down the lower edge, entire, or 

 2- to 5-toothed at the top. CoroUa with a curved tube dilated upwards ; 

 the limb with 5 broad lobes, nearly equal or obscurely 3 -lipped. Stamens 4, 

 in pairs, included in the tube. Anther-ceUs transverse, spurred, or with an 

 awn-like point, one cell usually smaller or empty. Style with a lanceolate 

 flattened end. Capsule obtuse, opening loculicidaUy in 2 entire valves. — 

 Scabrous herbs. Leaves opposite or the upper ones alternate. Flowers almost 

 sessile, axillary, or in interrupted terminal spikes. 



A small genus, limited to tropical Asia and Australia. 



1. C. hispida, R. Br. ; Wall. PL As. Par. t. 45 ; Bentli. in BC. Prod. 

 X. 525. A stitf erect annual, simple or mth spreading branches, 6 in. to 1 

 ft. high, or rarely more, very rough with minute haii's or tubercles. Leaves 

 mostly linear, the longer ones 1 to 1^ in. long, the upper ones much smaller. 

 Flowers nearly sessile in the upper axils, alternate and distant. Calyx 3 to 

 4 Hues long. Corolla puiple (or yeUow ?) 6 to 8 lines long. One ceU of 

 each anther much narrower than the other, with a long point. Capsule ovoid- 

 globose. 



Hongkong, Champion. ^Videly distributed over India from Ceylon and the Peninsula to 

 the Archipelago, extending to tropical Australia, and northward to the Himalaya, S. China 

 and the Philippines. 



Order LXXVIIl. LENTIBULACEiE. 



Calyx with 2 to 5 teeth or lobes. Corolla in-egiUar, the tube usually pro- 

 jecting into a spur or pouch at the base, the limb 2-lipped. Stamens 2, in- 



