352 S€ROPHULARINE.*;. [IlffSatlthc'S- 



A small genus, dispersed over America, Asia, and Africa, only differing from Vandellia 

 and Lindema in the barren lower stamens,' from Bonnaya in the short capsule. 



1. I. hyssopioides, Benlh. in DC. Prod. x. 419. Stem diffuse, as- 

 cending or erect, usually about 6 in. high. Leaves not numerous, oblong or 

 lanceolate, narrowed at the base, seldom above ^ in. long, and usually half 

 that size. Pedicels filiform, numerous. Calyx 1 to Ij lines long. CoroUa 

 from 4 to 6 lines long.' Lower sterile stamens glandular, with a minute 

 glabrous tooth or lobe below the top. Capsule ovoid, longer than the calyx. 

 — Bonnaya hyssopioides, Benth. ; Wight, Ic. t. 857. 



Hongkong, Hance, Wright, in a marsh in the Happy Valley, Wilford. Frequent in India, 

 from Ceylon and the Peninsula to the Archipelago. 



10. BONlfAYA, Link and Otto. 



Sepals 5, distinct, narrow. Corolla with the upper Up erect, shortly 2- 

 lobed, the lower larger, spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens, 3 upper ones fertile, 

 with 3-ceIled anthers, the lower pair rudimentary, entire, linear, obtuse, and 

 glandular. Style filiform, with the stigma dilated, and usually 2-lobed. 

 Capsule linear, longer than the calyx, opening in 3 entire valves, parallel to 

 the thin flat dissepiment. — Annuals, usually glabrous. Leaves opposite. 

 Flowers axillary or in terminal ragemes. 



A small genus, limited to tropical or subtropical Asia. 



1. B. veronicsefolia, Spreng.; Benlh. in DC. Prod. x. 431; TFigU, 

 /c. ^. 1411. A glabrous annual, much-branched, diffuse, and rooting at the 

 base, the flowering branches often ascending to 6 in. or more. Leaves sessile 

 or narrowed into a short stem-clasping petiole, oblong-lanceolate or almost 

 linear, the lower ones 1 to 1|- ia. long, entire or serrate and rather thick. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes, on spreading stiff pedicels, 3 to 6 lines long, 

 angular and thickened upwards. Calyx naiTow, 1 to 1| lines long. CoroUa 

 about twice as long. Capsule near \ in. long. — B. verbemefolia, Spreng. ; 

 Benth. in DC. 1. c. Gratiola veronicesfolia, Koxb. PI. Corom. t. 154. 



Hongkong, Hinds and others. A common weed throughout India, from Ceylon and the 

 Peninsula to the Archipelago, extending northwards to Loochoo. 



11. SCOPABIA, Linn. 



Sepals 4 or 5. Corolla rotate, 4-lobed, hairy at the throat; the lobes im- 

 bricate in the bud. Stamens 4. Anthers sagittate. Style slightly club- 

 shaped at the top, truncate or emarginate. Capsule opening septicidally in 2 

 entire valves, leaving the central column free. — Much-branched herbs or low 

 undershrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled. Pedicels axillary, usually 3 

 together, 1-flowered, without bracteoles. 



A small genus, aU the species except the following limited to South America. 



1. S. AalciSf Linn. ; Benth. in BG. Prod. x. 431. A much-branched 

 glabrous annual (or sometimes perennial?), erect or decumbent at the base 

 1 to 3 ft. high. Leaves usually in whorls of 3, ovate-lanceolate or oblono-' 

 i to li m. long, toothed, nan-owed at the base, the upper ones small and 

 naiTow. Flowers numerous, smaU, white, on filiform pedicels 2 to 4 lines 

 long. Sepals 4, ovate-oWong, about 1 Hne long. CoroUa about 3 lines 

 diameter. Capsule rather longer than the calyx. 



