SYNOPSIS OF THE BUCHNERE.E, 
;  -Herpestis, and probably H. Mon- 
= 
In their geographical distribution, the 
—. Buchneree are all extra-europæan. e 
genus Striga extends over the southern 
- portion of Africa and Asia to North Aus- 
tralia on the one hand, and to South China 
on the other; Buchnera, within the same 
limits in the Old World, is found in the 
New World East of the Andes from the 
United States to the Rio Grande ; Rham- 
phicarpa is South and Tropical African 
with one species extending into East India, 
Cycnium and the whole of the Manulee 
are South African, and, as far as hitherto 
known, extra-tropical. 
CONSPECTUS OF THE GENERA. 
* Capsule valvule integra. 
l. STRIGA. Corolle tubus abrupte in- 
curvus, limbus bilabiatus. 
2. BucHNERA. Calyx breviter tubulo- 
sus 5-dentatus. Corolla hypocrateriformis. 
. Capsula recta. 
. 9. RHauPHICARPA. Calyx campanu- 
. latus 5-fidus. Corolla hypocrateriformis. 
Capsula oblique rostrata. 
4. Cycnium. Calyx longe tubulosus 
foliaceus. Corolla hypocrateriformis. Cap- 
sula recta, carnosa. 
. ** Capsule valvule bifide. 
_ €. Nycrerinia.  Calyz bilabiatus. 
_ Stamina 2 inclusa, antheris oblongo-line- 
à aribus, 2 subexserta, antheris brevibus vel 
va 
E 
6. POLYCARENA. Calyz bilabiatus. 
Anthere omnes exsertæ consimiles. 
7. PuyLLoronium. Calyz 5-fidus. 
i omnes exsertæ consimiles. Brac- 
. te pedicello adnate. 
..8. SpHEenanpra. Calyz 5-fidus. An- 
there consimiles exserte. Corolla rotata. 
9. CuxxosroMa. Calyz 5-fidus. An- 
| "T€ exserte consimiles. Bractee a pedi- 
ic Cello libere. Corolla campanulata vel in- 
. . fundibuliformis. 
ps 10. Lyrzni. Calyx 5-fidus. An- 
. Mere 2 incluse oblongo-lineares, 2 ad 
- facem vel incluse breves. Corolle tubus 
. Spice gibbus vel incurvus, limbo subbila- 
biato. Pedunculi axillares vel in racemis 
Spicis foliaceo-bracteatis dispositi. 
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11. MaNuLEa. Calyx 5-fidus. An- 
there 2 incluse longiores, 2 ad faucem 
vel incluse breves. Corolle tubus rectus, 
limbus subequalis. Racemus nudus sæ- 
pius compositus. 
I. SrRIGA. Lour. 
Buchnere sp., Linn. et Avct.—Campu- 
leia, Dup. Thou. Gen. nov. Mad. 
Calyx breviter tubulosus, costis 5—15 
apice 5-dentatus vel semi-5-fidus, dentibus 
sepius subulato-acuminatis ; rarius abortu 
4-dentatus. Corolle tubus tenuis, ad medi- 
um vel sepius supra medium abrupte incur- 
vus, limbus bilabiatus, labio superiore szpi- 
us breviore integro emarginato vel bifido, 
inferiore trifido. Stamina didynama tubo 
inclusa. Capsula recta, valvulis subcoria- 
ceis integris, maturitate elastice dehiscen- 
tibus, medio septiferis. Herbe Africane 
vel Asiatice scabre, siccitate sepius nigri- 
cantes, interdum more Orobanchidum pa- 
rasitice. Folia infima opposita, superiora 
alterna, nunc squamaformia, sepius line- 
aria, integerrima vel rarissime pauciden- 
tata, floralia conformia gradatim minora. 
Flores axillares solitarii sessiles, in spicas 
terminales dispositi, sepius minute bibrac- 
* Folia squamaformia. 
l. S. orobanchioides, glabra, ramosa, 
foliis minutis squameformibus, floralibus 
lanceolatis calyce brevioribus. Tab. XTX. 
Buchnera orobanchioides, Br. Endl. in 
Bot. Zeit. 1832. 2. 388. t. 2.—Benth. 
Scroph. Ind. 40. 
Buchnera hydrabadensis, Roth. Nov. Pl. 
Spec. 292. 
Buchnera gesnerioides, Willd, Spec. Pl. 
3. 338. 
Orobanche Indica, Spreng. Syst. 2. 817. 
non Roxb, 
Has. Senegambia, Endlicher, Abys- 
sinia, Brown, South-East Africa from 
Steenboksvlakte in the district of Uiten- 
hage, Ecklon, to Delagoa Bay, Forbes, 
East Indian Peninsula, Wight, &c., and 
plains as far as Saharunpur, Royle. (v. s.) 
I here copy Dr. Wight's description 
made from living specimens, observing 
only that I find the calyx as often unequally 
