Oelsia."] cm. scEOPHULAEiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 251 



3. CEZ.SXA, L. 



Characters of Verbascyum, but stamens 4 (see also V. ceUioides). 



1. C. coromandeliana, Vahl Symh. iii. 79 ; finely pubescent or 

 tomentose, glandular above, root-leaves petioled lyrate-pinnatifid, cauline sessile 

 oblong-ovate toothed, racemes simple or panicled, sepals entire or toothed. 

 Benth. in I)C. Prodr. x. 246 ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 100; Wall. Cat. 2631 ; Wight 

 III. t. 165, bis f. 1, right hand, and Ic. t. 1406 ; Balz. 8r Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 176; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 358. 0. viscoaa, Roth Catal. Bat. ii. 69, and iii. 60 ; 

 Wight in Hook. Joum. Bat. i. (1834) 228, t. 129; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soe. 

 xvii. 81, in part. 



Throughout India ; from the Punjab to Cej'lon and Pegu, ascending to 5000 ft. — 

 DiSTEiB. Afghanistan, Ava, China. 



Annual. Stem 2-3 ft, stout or slender. Leaves 2-4 in., the large terminal lobe 

 usually oblong, obtuse, toothed. Raceme 1-2 ft. ; pedicels \-^ in. ; bracts ovate, 

 shorter. Sepals oblong or ovate. Corolla ^ in. diam., yellow. Filaments all hairy. 

 Capsule subglobose, \-^ in. diam. 



^ 4. XiXNARXA, Juss. 



Herbs. Leaves usually opposite, or whorled below and alternate above. 

 Flowers axillary, racemose or spicate, ebracteolate. Sepcds 5, imbricate. CoroUor- 

 tube spurred in front ; upper lip erect, 2-lobed ; lower spreading, 8-lobed, throat 

 usually closed by the tumid palate. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, included ; 

 anther-cells distinct, parallel. Style filiform, stigma minute. Capsule ovoid or 

 globose, 2-celled, each cell or the anterior only opening by an apical pore. Seeds 

 numerous, polymorphous. — Species 130, almost exclusively natives of the 

 temperate regions of the old world. 



L. striata, DC, a Mediterranean species, has been found in the Khasia Mts. (near 

 Churra), by Clarke, no doubt an escape. L. triphylla, Mill., a plant of the same 

 region, also occurs in India according to Sentham (in DC. Prodr. x. 274), but I have 

 seen no specimen. 



' Sepals narrowly lanceolate. 



1. Xi. ramosissima, Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 43, t. 153, and Cat. 3911 ; 

 perennial, nearly glabrous, branches prostrate slender, leaves alternate petioled 

 ovate-cordate, or lower 6-7-lobed triangular-hastate and upper lanceolate 

 sagittate, pedicels capillary longer than the petiole, spur shorter than the coroUa- 

 tube, seeds scabrous. Benth. in LC. JVo«&-. x. 270 ; Wight III. t. 165; Dalz. 

 if Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 176; Boiss. Fl. Client, iv. 368. L. Roylei, Chavannes 

 Monogr. Antirrh. 112. 



Throughout India, on rocks and stony places, from the Punjab and Scinde to 

 Chittagong and Ceylon ; ascending the hills to flOOO ft. DisTam. Affghanistan, Ava. 



Branches numerous, filiform, spreading from the rootstock. Leaves membranous, 

 ^2 in., extremely variable. Flowers yellow ; pedicels 1-1^ in. Sepals lanceolate. 

 Corolla ^ in. long, spur short, tube hairy, upper lip short. Capsule with subequal 

 lobes. Seeds minute, ovoid. — The var. ovata, Benth., with all the leaves ovate-cordate, 

 passes so insensibly into the type that it cannot be retained. 



Vab. pubescens, Stocks ms. ; softly haiiy, corolla rather larger and spur rather 

 longer.^-This in hairiness resembles L. cabulica. 



2. Ii. cabulica, Benth. in DC. Pi-adr. x. 270; perennial, softly hirsute, 

 branches prostrate slender, leaves alternate petioled lower ovate subhastate 



