758 Lxxxix. scROPHULAEiACE^. [ifemia 



HuiLLA. — Corolla sordid orange in colour, the limb subringent. In 

 moist bushy places near a cataract ; fl. end of Oct. 1859. No. 5836. 

 An annual or biennial herb ; root rather thick or even more or less 

 turnip-shaped ; radical leaves rosnlate ; stem straight, ending in 

 paniculate racemes of flowers ; flower.s orange-dusky, very slender, 

 rather fleshy : corolla-tube long ; the limb 5-cleft, sub-bilabiate ; the 

 four upper lobes approximated, the fifth bent down ; stamens scarcely 

 reaching the throat of the corolla ; style simple ; stigma a little 

 thickened. In bushy pastures near Lopollo, plentiful ; fl. and fr. 

 9 Jan. 1860. No. 5835. 



This is nearly related to N. parviflora (J/, parviflora Benth.). 



6. MIMULUS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 946. 



1. M. gracilis Br. Prodr. p. 439 (1810). 



PuxGO Andongo. — An annual herb ; rhizome oblique, its fibres 

 fasciculate ; flowers from whitish tending somewhat to a violet colour. 

 In marshy meadows at the banks of the river Luxillo, sparingly ; fl. 

 and fr. March 1857. No. 5874. Stem erect or ascending, slightly 

 branched, IJ ft. high ; calyx tubular, alate-pentagonal, the limb sub- 

 equally 5-cleft, the lobes keeled and erect ; corolla whitish straw- 

 coloured, tubular, bilabiate, the upper lip emarginate, the lower lip 

 3-lobed, the middle lobe larger than the lateral ones and ornamented 

 on the disk with orange-yellow points ; stamens 4, didynamous, inserted 

 on the corolla-lobe, included or scarcely exserted ; anthers all fertile ; 

 ovary ovoid-ellipsoidal, 2-celled, the cells many-seeded; style somewhat 

 flattened, spathulate towards the apex and there stigmatose. By 

 marshes and in damp sandy places at the west Luxillo river, rather 

 rare ; fl. and fr. April 1857. No. 5855. 



MossAMBDES. — An erect herb with the habit of a Gratiola ; rhizome 

 with numerous fibres ; stems several ; flowers white-rosy. In sandy- 

 muddy places at the river Bero, rather rare ; fl. July 1859. No. 5807. 

 In like places at the banks of the river Bero near Cavalheiros, sporadic ; 

 not yet in full fl. July 1859. No. 5808. 



Htjilla. — ^Plowers white. In swamps close to the Lopollo stream ; 

 fl. and fr. Dec. 1859. No. 5796. 



7. STEMODIACRA P. Browne, Hist. Jam. 261, t. 22, f. 2 (1756). 



Stemodia L. Syst. Nat., edit. 10, ii. p. 1118 (1759); Benth. & 

 Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 950 ; Wettst. in Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 36, p. 74 (1891). Amhuli Adans. Fam. PI. ii. p. 208 (1763). 

 Matourea Aubl. PI. Guian. ii. p. 641, t. 259 (1775). Bickia Scop. 

 Introd. p. 199 (1777). AmhuKa Lam. Encycl. i. p. 128 (1783); 

 Wettst,, I.O., p. 73. Diceros Lour. Fl. Oochinch. p. 381 (1790). 

 Hydropityon Gsertn. f. Fruct. iii. p. 19, t. 183 (1805). Limnophila 

 P. Br. Prodr. p. 442 (1810) ; Benth. & Hook, f., I.e. 



I follow Ferd. v. Mueller in uniting the two genera cited from 

 Bentham & Hooker f., since I am unable to distinguish them by 

 valid characters : the following species belong to the section 

 Limnophila : — 



1. S. sessiliflora. 



Hottonia sessilijloj'a Vahl, Symb. Bot. ii. p. 36 (1791). 

 Limnophila sessiliflora Blume, Bijd. Fl. Ned. Ind. p. 749 (1826). 

 Stemodia sessiliflora Ferd. Muell. Syst. Cens. Austral. PI. p. 97 



