320 xcn. scrophulariace^ (hemsley and skan). [Moniera. 



in other very similar species quite obsolete. — Herpestis, Gsertn. Fruct. 

 iii. 180, t. 214, tig. 6 ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 951. 



Species about 50, widely dispersed in all tropical regions ; most numerous in 

 America. 



Plant creeping : leaves broad at the apex . . . 1. M. cuneifolia. 



Plant not creeping; leaves narow at the apex. 

 Flowers distinctly pedunculate. 



Leaves much narrowed at the base ; peduncles 

 glabrous. 

 Plant 6-12 in. high ; leaves up to 1| in. long 2. M. calycina. 



Plant 1-2 ft. high ; leaves li-2i in. long . 3. M. clecumbens. 



Leaves broad or not much narrowed at the base ; 

 peduncles pubescent. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate . . . . . 4. M. imbescens. 



Leaves linear to narrowly oblong . . .5. M.Jloribiincla. 



Flowers subsessile. 



Leaves ovate-laneeolate . . . . .6. M. occultans. 



Leaves lanceolate . . . . . . *1. M. hamiltoniana. 



Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate . . .8. M. punctata. 



1. M. cuneifolia, Michaux, Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 22 {Monniera). A 

 creeping herb often bearing roots at the nodes, glandular-punctate, 

 glabrous or sometimes sparingly pubescent on the younger parts. 

 Leaves sessile, obovate-cuneate or spathulate-oblong, 2-9 lin. long, 1^- 

 3J lin. broad, entire or sometimes crenulate, obtuse, sometimes minutely 

 emarginate. Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles 2-6 lin. long, often 

 much longer in the fruiting stage ; bracts oblong, obtuse, 1-1^ lin. 

 long. Calyx about 3 lin. long ; posticous segment ovate, obtuse, 2-3 

 lin. long, li-2 lin. broad; anticous segments slightly narrower ; lateral 

 oblong-lanceolate, minutely ciliate, acute. Corolla blue, 3-3f lin. long, 

 subequally 5-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 2 lin. long, glabrous. — Hiern in 

 Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 355. Grcdiola Monnieria, Linn. Cent. PI. ii. n. 120. 

 Monniera africana, Pers. Syn. ii. 166. Herpestis Monnieria, Humb. 

 Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. PI. ii. 366 ; Benth. in Hook. Comp. 

 Bot. Mag. ii. 58, and in DC. Proclr. x. 400 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 

 272 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2557 (/3 portulacea) ; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. 

 Congo, i. 209 ; Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 223. H. crenata, 

 Beauv. Fl. Oware, ii. 83, t. 112. H. africana, Steud. ISTomencl. Bot. 

 ed. i. 402. Bacopa. Monniera, Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 3 B, 77. B. Monnieria, Engl. Pd. Ost-Afr. C. 357. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos : Koto, Beaiivois. 



Mozamb. ISist. Mozambique, Kirk ! Mozambique Isle, Peters. 



Also found in almost all warm countries. 



2. M. calycina, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 760. A sub- 

 glabrous gland-clotted branched herb, 6-12 in. high; stems and 

 branches stout, ascending or decumbent. Leaves up to 1^ in. long and 

 i| in. bi-oad, lanceolate to ovate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed at the 

 base into a short broad petiole or sometimes sessile and semiamplexicaul, 

 crenate -serrate. Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles l|-2^ lin. long, 



