Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 355 



throughout with sparse spreading hairs. Corolla -75 in. long, distinctly 

 exserted, bright yellow. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 38, and in DC. Prod. X. 

 414 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 689 ; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 278. 

 Pentsteira racemosa, Griff. Notul. IV. 120. Mimulus hirsutus, Bl. 

 Bijdr. 756. 



Peeak : Kunstler 904 ! — -Disteib. Indo-China, Malaya. 



7. Vandellia, Linn. 



Herbs, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves opposite, often toothed, 

 usually penninerved. Floivers small, axillary or racemose ; bracteoles 

 0. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, or oftener deeply 5-parbite, neither 

 keeled nor winged. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip outmost, erect, 

 concave, emarginate or 2-lid; lower wider, spreading, 3-lobed; tube 

 cylincMc. Stamens 4, didynamous ; the posterior pair inserted in 

 corolla-tube, usually included, the anterior pair inserted on corolla- 

 throat, with arched filaments appendaged near the base ; anthers 

 contiguous or connate in pairs under upper hp, cells divaricate. 

 Ovary 2-celled; ovules in each cell numerous; style slender; stigma 

 2-lamellate. Fruit a globose or ovoid, or long cylindric, septicidal 

 capsule ; valves separating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds 

 many, small, rugose. — Disteib. Species about 30, mostly S.E. Asiatic. 



Capsule about equalling or shorter than the calyx : — 



Calyx very shortly .5-lobed .. .. .. ..1. V. Crustacea. 



Calyx divided almost to the base in -5 sepals : — 

 Sepals longer than the capsule : — 



Stems erect ; all parts sparsely beset with spreading hairs ; 



leaves entire or sinuate . . .. .. ..2. V. hirauta. 



Stems procumbent ; all parts softly villous ; leaves crenate- 



serrate . . . . . . . . . . 3. V. viollis. 



Sepals not longer than the capsule : — 



Leaves sessile . . . . . . . . 4. V. scabra. 



Leaves petioled . . . . . . . . 5. V. elata. 



Capsule much longer than the calyx .. .. ..6. V. pedunculata. 



1. Vandellia ceustacea, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 35. A diffusely 

 trichotomously branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy herb ; branches 

 mostly from near the root ; stems 4 to 18 in. high. Leaves ovate or 

 lanceolate, entire or serrate ; lamina "5 to 1 in. long, -25 to '5 in. wide ; 

 petioles short. Flowers axillary or sub-racemose ; pedicels slender, 

 strict, "5 to 1*5 in. long. Calyx shortly 5-lobed, in flower "1 in., in 

 fruit -15 in. long. Corolla pale purple or white. Capsule ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, -12 in. long. DC. Prod. X. 413 ; Wight Ic. t. 863 ; Miq. Flor. 

 Ind. Bat. II. 690 ; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 279. V. alba, Benth. 



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