508 SCROrHl'LAUIACK* SOLAN ACE.V. 



cal N. Holland. Ram Ghaut. Cororaandel. Prome. Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Hindoosthan. Nepal. Kemaon. Fl. middle-sized, deep purplish 

 red, R. and C. ; fr. C. S. 

 2. hiimifiisa, Wall. {Benth. scroph. ind. p. 50 ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 563. 

 — Razumovia tranqueharica, Spreng.) © Peninsula of India. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Fl. smaller, but of the same colour with No. 1, R. and 

 C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



Gerardia grandiflora, Benth. %. Mexico. — G. densifiora, Benth. %. 

 Mexico. — G.fasciculata, Ell. %. S. Carolina. — G. longifolia, Nutt. 

 N. America. — Esterhazia splendida, Mikan. B Tropical Brazil. — Cen. 

 tranthera grandiflora, Benth. © Khassya Mountains. — C. Brunoniana, 

 Wall. Moulmein. 



L. Rhinanthe^, Benth. 



* Rhinanthus Crista galli, L. ; E. B. 10, t. 657. © Europe. America. — R. 

 orientalis, L. Levant. — Pedicularis Chamissonis, Stev. © Siberia. — 

 P. palustris, L. ; E. B. 6, t. 399. © Europe.— P. sylvatica, L. ; E. B. 6, 

 t. 400. © Europe. Siberia. — Melampyrum cristatum, L. ; E. B. 1, t. 41. 

 © North and Middle Europe. — M. arvense, L. ; E. B. 1, t. 53. © 

 England. S. Europe. — M. pratense, L. ; E. B. 2, t. 113. © N. Europe. 

 — M. sylvaticum, L. ; E. B. 12, t. 804. — Triphysaria versicolor, Fisch. 

 and Mey. © California. — Euphrasia officinalis, L. ; E. B. 20, t. 1416. ® 

 Europe. Siberia. Himalaya. Cashmere. — E. tricuspidata, L. © Italy. — 

 E. aspera, Brot. © Portugal. — Odontites rubra, Pers. (Euphrasia 

 Odontites, L. ; E. B. 20, t. 1415.) © Meadows of Europe and Siberia. 

 — Bartsia purpurea, Duby. © S. France. — B. viscosa, L. (Rhinacan- 

 thus viscosus, Sm. ; E. B. 15, t. 1045.) © England. France. Italy. — 

 B. versicolor, Pers. © Italy. N. Africa. — B. maxima, Pers. © Candia. 



ORDER CCIX.— SOLANACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 293. 



THE NIGHTSHADE TRIBE. 



Herbs or shrubs, by Lindl. (excluding Brugmansia,) referred to 42 gene- 

 ra. Of these, Spreng. syst. enumerates about 280 for S. America, Mexi- 

 co and the W. Indies ; 25 for New Holland and Van Diemen's Land; 15 for 

 North America; 15 for Europe ; 10 for N. Africa ; 4 for the Mascarenhas 

 Islands ; 4 for China ; 4 for Madeira and the Canaries ; 4 for Guinea ; 3 for 

 Madagascar ; 2 for Arabia ; 2 for Japan ; 2 for Siberia ; 1 for Caucasus, and 

 1 for Persia. Several of the European species are also natives of Tauria, 

 Caucasus, the Orient and N. Africa. In S. Africa Harvey enumerates 50 spe- 

 cies. According to Nece Von Esenbeck's synopsis of Indian Sohinea!, and 



