Avtiehans.] cm. scrophulaeine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 249 



SuBlElBE in. ETOBRAEDiBa;. Colyx various. Corolla-tube short or 

 broad, rarely slender ; limb spreading, upper lobes interior in bud. Anther-cells 

 equal, or one smaller and imperfect. — Herbs or shrubs. Leaves all, or the 

 lower, opposite. 



Calyx spathaceouB, compressed 44. Centbantheba. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Anthers with one cell 



stipitate and empty 45. Sopubia. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Anther-cells subequal. 



Ovary many-ovnled 46. Miceabgeeia. 



Calyx tubnlajvcampanulate. Anther-cells equaL Ovary 



4-ovuled 47. Leptoehabdos. 



Tribe IX. Eupbrasieae. Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip erect, concave or 

 hooded, interior in bud ; lower usually spreading. Anther-cells distinct, bases 

 usually mucronate. — Herbs, often parasitic, black when dry. Leaves opposite or 

 alternate. InfloresceTice centripetal. 



* Cells of ovary more than 2-omiled, Margins of tippei- lip of corolla 

 reflexed. 



Seeds numerous, ovoid, reticulate. Blowers axiUary ... 48. Phtheieosphemttm. 

 Seeds numerous, oblong, striate. Plowers spicate . . . 49. Eupheasia. 



" i numerous, ellipsoid 50. EMMENOSPEEMton. 



** Cells of ovary more than 2-ovuled. Margins of hood of corolla straight. 



Calyx 4-toothed or 4-fid. Leaves opposite 51. Baetsia. 



Calyx split in front, 2-5-toothed. Leaves alternate or 



whorled 52. PEDicnxABis, 



Leaves 53. Lathejea. 



*** CeUs of ovary 2-omiled. 

 Upper tip of eoroUa compressed. Leaves opposite . . . 54. Melampyeum. 



GENUS OF DouBTFCTL POSITION (neae Wtdfefiia ?). 



jSepals 5. Corollas-tube long. Stamens 4, didynamous, in- 

 cluded ; anthers peltate, cells confluent 55. Obeosolen, 



TbxbeL APTOSIMSa:. 



1. ANTXCKARXS, Endl. 



Erect, small, annual, viscid herbs. Leaves alternate, quite entire. Flowei-s 

 axillary, solitary. Sepals narrow, subvalvate. Corolla-tube long, dilating into 

 the throat ; lobes 5, flat, subequal. Stamens 2 lower perfect ; anthers transverse, 

 curved ; staminodes 0. Style filifoi-m, stigma obtuse or notched. Capsule ovoid 

 or oblong, acuminate, loculicidal and septicidal ; valves with inflexed margins 

 separating from the axis. Seeds numerous, minute, ellipsoid, striate ; embryo 

 straight. — Specie^ 4, Tropical and S. African, Oriental, and Indian. 



1. A. g'landulosa, Ascha-s. in Bericht. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1866, 880; 

 densely glandular-hispid, leaves oblong or ovate obtuse, pedicels equaUing the 

 calyx or shorter, corolla glabrous, sepals three-fourths as long as the capsule. 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 423. Distemon glandulosus, Fhrb. Sr Sempr. mss. 



SciNDE, Stocks, Vioary. — ^Distbib. Upper Egypt. 



A foot high, or less, leafy. Leaves J-1 in., narrowed into a short petiole. Flowers 



