SCEOPHULARIACEAE. 389 



twigs spatulate, 1.5 cm. long or less; calyx about 4 mm. long; corolla bright 

 red, about 2.5 cm. long, its lobes ovate, 4-6 mm. long; capsule ovoid. 



Roadsides. New Providence, St. George's Cay, Cat Island. Native of Mexico. 

 Naturalized in Florida, Bermuda, Jamaica and from Porto Rico to Tortola ; Barbadoes. 



RUSSELLIA. FOUKTAIN-PLANT. 



3. STEMODIA L. Syst. ed. 10, 1118. 1759. 



Herbs or low shrubs, mostly glandular-pubescent and odorous, with oppo- 

 site or verticillate leaves, the flowers solitary in the axils or in terminal, often 

 leafy-bracted spikes or racemes. Calyx 5-parted, the segments imbricated, 

 nearly distinct and equal. Corolla with a nearly cylindric tube and a 2- 

 lipped limb, the upper lip notched or entire, erect, external in the bud, the 

 lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; filaments filiform; anther- 

 sacs distinct, stipitate. Ovules many; style usually 2-lobed. Capsule 2- 

 valved, the valves 2-cleft. Seeds striate or reticulated, small. [Greek, double 

 stamens.] About 30 species, of tropical and subtropical regions, the follow- 

 ing typical. 



1. Stemodia maritima L. Syst. ed. 10, 1118. 1759. 



Perennial (?), pubescent or puberulent and somewhat viscid, usually 

 much branched, 6 dm. high or less, the branches decumbent or ascending, leafy. 

 Leaves opposite, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm. long, serrate, sessile, 

 acutish at the apex, cordate at the base; flowers nearly sessile in the axils, 

 solitary, shorter than the leaves; calyx about 2 mm. long; corolla purplish, 

 longer than the calyx, its upper lip nearly entire. 



Moist ground and marshes. Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island, 

 Watling's Island, Fortune Island, Acklin's Island, Mariguana, Great Exuma : — Cuba 

 to Porto Rico ; Jamaica ; Curasao ; South America. Recorded by Hitchcock from Cat 

 Island as 8. durantifoHa (L.) Sw. Coast Stemodia. 



4. BRAMIA Lam. Encycl. 1: 439. 1785. 



Diffuse or prostrate herbs, with opposite, mostly entire, obtuse, palmately 

 veined leaves, and small peduncled flowers, mostly solitary in the axils. Calyx 

 subtended by 2 bracts, 5-parted, the upper segment the broadest. Corolla 

 nearly regular, the tube cylindric, the limb nearly equally 5-lobed. Stamens 

 4, didynamous, included. Style slender; stigma capitate, or 2-lobed. Seeds 

 numerous. [From Brami, a Malabar name.] About 20 species of warm and 

 tropical regions. Type species: Bramia indica Lam. 



1. Bramia Monnieri (L.) Drake, PI. Polyn. Franc. 142. 1892. 



Lysimacliia Monnieri L. 'Cent. PI. 2: 9. 1756. 



Gratiola Monnieri L. Syst. ed. 10, 851. 1759. 



Herpestis Monnieria H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 2: 366s 1818. 



Monniera Brownei Pers. Syn. 2: 166. 1806. 



Monniera Monniera Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 292. 1894. 



Bacopa Monniera Wettst. in E. & P. Nat. Pflanz. 4^^: 77. 1891. 



Perennial, glabrous, fleshy; stem creeping, rooting at the nodes, 1.5-5 dm. 

 long. Leaves spatulate or cuneate-obcordate, sessile, rounded at the apex, 

 entire, or sparingly denticulate, 6-20 mm. long; peduncles mainly in alternate 

 axils, 2-bracteolate at the summit, in fruit longer than the leaves; flowers 

 pale blue, about 1 cm. long; upper calyx-segment ovate, acute; corolla ob- 



