.. Masuria and in the var. 8, nearly as large'as 
in Rhamphicarpa tubiflora. 
|. **** Corolla ad medium abrupte in- 
a. 
17. S. hermonthica, pilosiuscula, sca- 
bra, foliis linearibus, floralibus lanceolatis 
[4 ciliatis, calycibus 5-striatis, corolle tubo 
glabriusculo ad medium incurvo, limbo 
lo 
amplo. 
Buchnera hermonthica, Del. Fl. ZEgypt. 
Han. Western Africa, Upper Egypt, 
near Silsileh, Jordan. Mozambique, For- 
bes, (v. s.) 
A handsome species above a foot high 
with a long spike of large red flowers. 
Linn. 
— iai — 
II. BucHNERA. 
. Piripea. 
Y E 1 
y pocrateriformis tubus iiis: ae 
Tectus vel parum incurvus, limbus pa- 
tens subequalis 5-fidus, laciniis semis 
vel obovatis. Stamina didynama, tubo 
usa. Capsula recta valvulis subcoria- 
ceis integris, maturitate elastice dehiscen- 
tibus, medio septiferis. Herbe Africane, 
Asiatice, vel Americane, sepius scabre, 
`~ siccitate nigricantes. Folia inferiora op- 
i Ee suprema alterna, infima latiora 
* ,$up angustiora remota 
plerumque integerrima ; ; floralia bractee- 
forma, sepissime calyce breviora. Flores 
solitarii, sessiles, bibracteati, in spicam 8 
terminalem dispositi. 
* Spica rara vel densa, non imbricata. 
Oss. The — of this division, with 
the excepti ea distinguished 
by its peculiar habit: B. hispida by its 
long hairs, and B. macrantha by its flowers, 
~ are all so much alike, and run into one an- 
Other by a series of characters so minute o 
Vague, that, had I been better cane 
with the American species and possessed 
tata e1mem. Ora 
^. 990) caule simplici junceo foliis 
is adpressis vestito, panicula bre- 
terminali. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE BUCHNEREJ;E, A TRIBE OF SCROPHULARIACES. 
365 
Has. Tropical Brazil. Sello. 
2. B. palustris (Spreng. Syst. 2. 805), 
scabra, subglabra, caule tenui subramoso, 
foliis anguste linearibus integerrimis vel 
infimis parvis obovatis, spica laxa pauci- 
flora, bracteis lanceolato-linearibus, corol- 
le tubo calyce subduplo longiore, calyce 
fructifero recto 
Piripea pelustris. Aubl. Pl. Guian. 2. 
628. t. 253. 
Has. Guiana. Aublet, Leprieur, (v. s.) 
B. elongata (Sw. Ind. Occ. 
2. 1061), strigoso-scabra, caule sabaia 
basi folioso, foliis oblongis integerrimis, 
superioribus.. lipeagino, Spica laxa pauci- 
flora 
? 
calyce fructifero rootó. : es 
B. pilosa. Schlecht. Linnea, 8. 245. 
Has. Central and South America: 
amaica, Masson; Carolina, Beyrich ; 
4, B. tenella (Br. Prod. 293), scabra, 
subglabra, caule tenui subramoso, foliis 
anguste linearibus integerrimis, spicis laxi- 
usculis, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis ciliatis, 
corolle parve tubo gracili calyce subduplo 
longiore, calyce fructifero vix incurvo. 
Has. Australia: North coast, Brown, 
A. Cunningham. (v. s.) 
In Mr. Brown's specimens the calyx is 
ai pubescent, in Mr.Cunningham’sit is 
5. B. linearis (Br. Prod. 293), ss, i 
foliis oblongis, superioribus linearibus 
obtusis integerrimis, spica rara, bracteis 
inferioribus linearibus superioribus ovato- 
lanceolatis, calycibus pubescentibus vix 
incurvis, corolle tubo breviter exserto. 
Australia: Carpentaria, Br. (v. s.) 
6. JB. pubescens, scabra, foliis inferior- 
ibus oblongis superiorivus linearibus om- 
nibus integerrimis obtusis, spicismultifloris 
bracteis ovato-lanceolatis subciliatis, "ir 
cibus pubescentibus subincurvis fructiferis 
ore obliquis, oe tubo breviter exserto. 
Has. Australia: Marshy lands on the 
Endeavour = “North coast, A. Cun- 
ningham. (v. $ 
y B. ma (Br. Prod. 295.) 
