OBSERVATIONS ON SOME NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN GENERA, 
find. It is common in the highly irrigated 
country of Tanjore; and when seen in great 
luxuriance and in full blow, is truly a 
beautiful object. It flowers during the 
rainy and cool seasons. 
In decoction, it is used as a gargle, for 
aphthous affections of the mouth and fauces, 
but never as an esculent in this part of the 
country. 
Fig. 1. Flower, from which the corolla has been 
removed Column; the staminal crown being re- 
moved. 3. Pistil :— ified. 
(To be continued.) 
OBSERVATIONS ON SOME NEW, 
OR LITTLE KNOWN GENERA 
AND SPECIES OF SCROPHULA- 
RIACE/E 
By George Bentham, Esq., F.L.S. 
I. PuxczLIUs. E. Meyer. 
TRIBUS DIGITALEARUM. 
Calyz 5-sepalus. Corolla tubulosa, tubo 
declinato apice recurvo-adscendente dilata- 
to, limbo brevi 5-fido subbilabiato, laciniis 
planis rotundatis. Stamina 4, didynama, 
declinata, Anthere biloculares, loculis 
n muticisadnatis. Stylus simplex, 
incrassato. Capsula obliqua, 
a septicidé bivalvis. Semina ex- 
alata, albuminosa. 
nsis, E. Meyer, MSS.—Fru- 
lata, (fere Teedi@) ovata,subcordata,crenata, 
crassiuscula, levia. Panicula ultrapedalis, 
laxa, secunda, ramis laxe 3—5-floris. 
tee ad basin ramorum panicule et pedicel- 
lorum breves. Pedicelli apice recurvi. 
Calyces nutantes, glaberrimi. Corolla ses- 
quipollicaris, speciosa, glaberrima, tubo 
Supra ovarium contracto. Stamina exserta. 
Capsula ovata, semipollicaris, valde obliqua, 
submembranacea, bisulcata, glaberrima, 
glaucescens. 
Has. South Africa: on the Witbergen 
in Cafferland, Drége. (v. s.) 
This i is a very handsome shrub. The 
panicl early those of some 
of the usa Pentstemons. 
rac- y 
&c. 
II. E. Meyer. 
TRIBUS DIGITALEARUM. 
CorPiaAs. 
Calyx 5-sepalus. Corolla tubo brevi 
amplo, basi saccato-declinato, apice adscen- 
dente, limbo 5-fido subbilabiato, laciniis 
rotundatis planis. Stamina 4, didynama, 
eclinata. Anthere biloculares, loculis 
divaricatis demum confluentibus. Stylus 
brevissime emarginatus stigmatibus parvis. 
Capsula bilocularis, valvulis coriacels, 
septicidé dehiscentibus apice bifidis. 
l. C.mollis, E. Mey. MSS.—Fruticulus 
divaricato-ramosissimus, ramis fragillimis 
molliter pilosis. Folia petiolata, subrotundo- 
cordata semipollicaria, acuta, inciso-dentata 
vel palmatiloba, utrinque pilosa. Pedun- 
culi axillares uniflori folio longiores ebrac- 
teati. Calyx villosissimus. Corolla 8—10 
lin. longa glaberrima. Genitalia brevissima. 
Capsula glabra, calycem equans. 
Has. South Africa: On rocks near Zil- 
verfontein in Namaqualand, Drége. 
This plant has some resemblance to some 
of the yellow-flowered Scrophularie and 
forms perhaps the connection between that 
genus and the Digitalee. 
III. IxiANTHES. 
TRIBUS DiGITALEARUM. 
£ d 
Cal 
cem connata, 2 inferiora libera. Corolla 
+ ub 
iato ‘ido acinis planis. Stamina 41 
declinata. Anthere biloculares, loculis 
crassis divaricatis. Stylus brevissime 
€—Á deste Pioen val- 
A 
subbifidis 
E E retzioides. —Frutex ramis erectis 
hirsutis. Folia crebra, 4—5-natim verticil- 
lata, subsessilia, erecta, rigida, lanceolata, 
acuta, apice serrata, basi angustata, integer- 
rima, coriacea, glabra, vel juniora villosa. 
Pedunculi axillares, uniflori, bibracteati, 
folio breviores. Calyx 4—5-lin. longus, se- 
palis striatis glabriusculis. Corolla circiter 
10 lin. longa valde obliqua, extus viscoso- 
villosa. Genitalia corollabreviora. Capsula 
crassa, semipollicaris, ovoidea, acuta, pro- 
funde bisulcata, matura bipartibilis. 
