224 DIDYNAMIA — ANGIOSPEUMIA. [Lathrtsa. 



tlio German, hraiim, the quinsi/, whence comes Brunella of Ray, 

 softened into Pnmella. 



21. Scutellaria. Cal. broadly ovate, having a conspicuous 

 concave tooth or scale on the upper side ; its 2 nearly equal 

 entire lips closed after flowering. Cor. with the tube much 

 exserted : upper lip straight, arched ; lower one trifid. — Named 

 from scutella, a little dish or ciip, which the calyx with its 

 appendage or ear somewhat resembles. 



ORD. II. ANGIOSPERMIA.i (^Seeds enclosed in a distinct 



cajjsule^. 



* Cal. 4>-cl<ft. 



22. Bartsia. Cal. tubular, mostly coloured. Cor. ringent 

 with a contracted orifice : upper lip arched, entire ; lower one 

 in 3 equal, reflexed lobes. Anthers mostly hairy. Cups, ovate, 

 compressed, with 2 cells and many angular seeds. — Nut. OrJ. 

 ScROPHULARiNE^, Jitss. — Named in honour of John Bartsch, 

 a Prussian Botanist,and friend of Linnseus, who died at Surinam. 



23. Euphrasia. Cal. tubular. Upper lip of the Cor. di- 

 vided ; lower one of 3 nearly equal lobes. Cells of the anthers 

 spurred at the base. Caps, ovato-oblong, 2-celled. Seeds striated. 

 — Nat. Ord. ScROPHULARiNE.'E, Juss. — Name from Euphrosyney 

 expressive of joy and pleasure, in allusion to its properties. 



24-. Rhinanthus. Cw/. inflated. Upper ///> of the Cor. com- 

 pressed laterally ; lower one plane, 3-lobed. Caps, of 2 cells, 

 obtuse, compressed, with many imbricated, flat and margined 



seeds. — Nat. Ord. Scrophulahine^e, Juss Name, — f;i/, a 7iosef 



and avt)fjc, v. flower : in allusion to the beaked upper lip of the 

 corolla, which is very remarkable in the R. Elephas. 



25. Melampvrum. Cal. tubular. Upper lip of the Cor. 

 laterally compressed, turned back at the margin ; lower lip trifid. 

 Caps, oblong, 2-celled, oblique, opening on one side. Cells I- 

 seeded. Seeds gibbous at the base. — Nat. Ord. Scrophula- 

 RlNEiE, Juss. — Named from iii}.uz., black, and "y^oj, xolieat. Its 

 seeds resemble grains of wheat, and they are said, when mix- 

 ed with flour, to make the bread black. 



26. Lathr^^a. Cal. campanulate. Cor. tubular, 2-lipped : 

 the upper lip concave. A depressed gland is at the base of the 

 germen. Capsule 2-valved, one-celled, having two spongy recep- 



tachs in the middle of each valve Plants leajicss, coloured. — 



Nut. Ord. Orobaxciie/E, Rich. — Name, — /.ailiuio:, hid or cofi- 

 cealed; the plant growing much concealed by the earth or dead 

 leaves. 



' Ay,iio)i, a vessd or capsule, that which surrounds or encloses m^fix, the 

 seed. 



