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axillary flowers. Calyx 4"'-5"' diam. ; corolla scarcely expanding.— Hab. S. Vincent !, 

 GuiU. ; Trinidad !, LoeM., Cr., in moist savannahs and canefields ; [New Granada ! and 

 Guiana ! to South Brazil !]. 



9. BEYRICHIA, Cham. ^ Schl. 



Calyx 5 -partite* upper segment broader. Corolla 2-lipped : tube longer than the lips : 

 upper lip exterior in the bud. Stamens 2 (-4) : the two anthers connate by the connective, 

 dimidiate, 1-celled. Stiffma flattened. Capsule-valves 2, seceding from the central placenta. 

 — Pubescent herbs; leaves opposile; flowers shortly pedicellate, axillary, or in leafy ra- 

 cemes. 



11. B. scutellarioides, £«%^A. / Difluse; leaves elliptical, serrulate above the cuneate 

 base ; flowers axillary : four anterior calyx-segments lanceolate, posterior ovate ; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx ; posterior stamens abortive ; capsule septicide : valves at length 

 2-fid (or entire). — B. villosa, Benth. : a pilose form. — Decumbent, softly pubescent ; leaves 

 4"'-i2"', corolla 2'" long, pale-blue. — Hab. Trinidad !, Loc/ch., Cr., very common; [Vene- 

 zuela ! to Brazil I]. 



10. STBMODIA, i. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla 2-lipped : upper lip exterior in the bud. Stamens didyriamous : 

 anther-cells 2, distinct, diverging. Capsule 2-4-valved. — Branched herbs, usually glan- 

 dular; leaves opposite or whorled ; flowers axillary or spicate. 



12. S. maritima, L. Snffrutescent-decumbeut, viscous-pubescent; leaves oppcsife, 

 shortly oblong-lanceolate, cordate, sessile, serrulate ; flowers subsessile, axillary ; calyx ex- 

 ceeding half the corolla : segments lanceolate-linear, subequal ; corolla divided to the middle : 

 upper lip subentire ; filaments %-fid at the top : branches spreading, as long as or longer 

 than the anther-cells ; stigma capitate ; capsule 4-valved : valves seceding from the central 

 placenta.— S/. t. 110./. 2. Br.Jam. t. 22./. 2: analyt. Jacq.Amer.Pict. ^.261./.48: 

 a leaf. — 1'-3' high, leafy, aromatic ; stem-leaves often appressed, 10"'-4"' long ; corolla 2'" 

 long, pale-purple or blue. — Hab. Jamaica !, Fd,, Wils., March, common in wet places along 

 the southern coast ; [Cuba ! to Brazil I]. 



13. S. durantifolia, ^io. Herbaceous, erect, glandular ; ^eawes usually ternary (4-2), 

 lanceolate-oblong or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, contracted or tapering aiove the cordate < 

 sessile base, serrate above ; flowers pedicellate, axillary or in an interrupted raceme ; calyx ' 

 about half as long as the corolla : segments lanceolate-linear, subequal i corolla-tube longer 

 than the Ups : upper lip emargiuate ; anther-cells very shortly stipitate : stigma obliquely 

 dilated; capsule 4-valved : valves seceding iirom the central placenta. — SI. t. 124./. 2. — 

 Gapraria, Z.-^l'-3' high, less branched than the preceding ; leaves spreading, 2"-8'" long ; 

 corolla 3"'-4"' long, pale-blue. 



a. Glandular and pilose with septate hairs ; leaves laneeolate-oblong or lanceolate, con- 

 tracted above the broader base; often dentate at the dilated base.^ — S. Bertei-oana, Benth. .- 

 a racemose form. 



p. angustifolia. Densely glandular, but devoid of eglandnlar hairs ; leaves lanceolate or 

 lanceolate-linear, gradually tapering above the slightly dilated entire base. 



Hab. Jamaica !, ajl coll., common in canefields and moist places (o, $) ; Antigua I, Lane, 

 WullscM. (a) ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to South Brazil !]. 



14. S. parviflora; Ait. Low, annual, diffiise, glandular-pubescent ; leaves opposite 

 (-4), ovate, Hunt, crenate-serrate above the cuneate long-petioled base; flowers shortly ( 

 pedicellate, axillary ; calyx about half- as long as the corolla : segments linear-acuminate, 

 equal ; corolla-tube longer than the lips : upper lip emarginate ; anther-cells subsessile ; 

 stigma obliquely dilated ; capsule 4-valved : valves seceding from the central placenta. — 

 Kth. N. Gen. 2. t. 175.— S. areuaria, Kth.—3"-6" high ; leaves 4"'-8"' long, the smaller 

 ones as long as the petiole ; corolla' 2'" lon|;, pale-bine. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trini- 

 dad !, Loc&h. ■ [Haiti ; Mexico ! to South Brazil ! and Peru !]. 



11. CONOBEA, Aubl. 

 Calyx B-partite, equal. Corolla 2-lipped : upper lip exterior in the bud. Stamens didy- 



