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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 



branches, calyx T ^ in. and in fruit £ in., shortly 

 •5-lobed, longer than the capsule, nearly bell-shaped, 

 not angled, corolla 2-lipped, upper lip erect notched, 

 lower broader, horizontal, 3-lobed, stamens 4, in 

 unequal pairs, 2 anterior longer with curved fila- 

 ments spurred near the base, 2 posterior, usually 

 included, anthers touching or joining in pairs under 

 the upper lip, style curved, stigma flat 2-lobed ; 

 capsule shorter than the calyx, oblong-ovate, blunt, 

 opening through the lines of junction, seeds 

 wrinkled. 



Vandellia erecta, 



ScROPHULARIACEiE. 



F. B.I. iv. 281. 

 The Plains. 



very like the last species, but smaller, and more 

 erect, quite smooth, leaves sessile oblong with 

 rounded ends, flower stalks twice as long as the 

 leaves, calyx lobes shorter than the rounded ovoid 

 capsule. 



llysanthes parviflora, 



SCROPHULARIACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 283. 

 The Plains. 



small, annual, usually much branched, found in 

 marshes ; leases |-1 in., ovate with ends rounded or 

 linear oblong, sessile, usually untoothed j flowers 

 in. long, • white or blue, on threadlike stalks 



6"4 

 1 1 



branches in racemes, calyx half the length of the 

 corolla, lobes narrowly lanceolate, corolla 2-lipped, 

 <t-J in. tube cylindric, upper lip erect, concave, 

 notched, lower larger, spreading, S lobed, stamens 

 4, two upper perfect, enclosed in the corolla, fila- 

 ments threadlike, anthers meeting, two lower, two 

 lobed, one lobe glandular, the other smooth, style 

 single, stigma round consisting of two plates ; cap- 

 sule ovate, oblong, short-pointed, {longer than the 

 calyx. 



