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GENUS XXIT. BUCHNERA. 

 Ditiynamia Aiisiospermia. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. Named after J. G. Bachner, a Grerman Naturalist. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tubular, obscurely nerved, shortly 5-tootib-i 

 ,ed : tube of the cup-shaped corolla thin, straight or a little in- 

 Curved, limb spreading, somewhat equally 5-cleft, segments ob^ 

 long or obovate : capsule straiglit, valves gubcoriaceous, elasti- 

 cally dehiscing when ripe. — Herbs, often scabrous and stiff : lower 

 leaves opposite, upper ones alternate, lower ones broader, often 

 toothed, upper often narrower, retnote, usually quite entirfe, floral 

 ones bract-shaped, very often shorter than the calyx : flowei^ 

 solitary in the axils of the bracts, bibracteolate, arranged in a 

 terminal thick or interrupted spike. 



(1) B. HiSEiDA. {Sam.) 



Ident. Ham. in Don. prod. flor. Nep. p. 91. — Dec. prod. X» 

 p. 469. "' ' 



Erigrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1413. 



Spec. Char. Small plant, 1 to 2 feet high, scarcely branched, 

 leafy at the base : leaves oblong or lanceolate, toothed, upper '0ne& 

 linear : spike tertninal, slender, 'interrupted; many-flowered : flowers 

 light-purple. 



Island of Caranjah. Coorg. Flowering in the rainy season. 



GENUS XXIII. STRIGA. 

 Dlflynainia Aiig;io*perniia. Sex: Systi 



Beriv. So called from the strigose nature of the plants. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tubular, ribbed, 5-toothed or cleft : tube of 

 the corolla thin, abruptly incuS-ved at the middle or above'the" 

 middle, limb 2-lipped, upper lip often shorter, entire, emarginate 

 or 2-clefl, lower 3-clefl : capsule straight, valves coriaceous, elaa- 

 tically bursting when ripe. — Scabrous herbs, sometimes parasitic"; 

 lowest leaves opposite, upper ones alternate, commonly linear, 

 quite entire, v^ty rarely toothed, sometimes all scale-shaped ; 

 floral ones agreeing with the cauline ones or gradually less': 

 flowers -solitary in the axils of the leaves or floral bracts, sessile, 

 arranged in terminal spikes, often minutely bibracteate. 



