258 cm. scROPHULAEiNB^. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Sutera. 



A large tree, often half epiphytic, appressed to and grasping the boles of forest 

 trees by roots given o£F from the trunk, which is sometimes a foot or more in 

 diameter. Leaves 6-12 by 3-6 in., ovate lanceolate rounded or elliptic, acute or 

 obtuse, glabrous above and finally beneath ; base acute or rounded ; nerves 4-6 pair, 

 oblique; petiole 1-1 J in., stout. Thyrsi 4-8 in., erect, narrow; peduncle and rachis 

 very stout ; pedicels !-§ in., 2.bracteolate in the middle, hoary-pubescent. Calyx 

 short, ^ in. long and broad, lobes rounded. Corolla 1 in. long, mealy. Stamens far 

 exserted. Capsule ovoid, thinly coriaceous, 1 J in. long by J in. broad j columnar 

 axis entire. — The Javan species alluded to in the " Genera Plantarum" differs in the 

 :nuch longer and woody capsules with the columnar axis 2-partite. 



TsxBE Y. IWANVIiES. 



10. SUTERA, Both. 



A low diffuse viscid-pubescent terb. Leaves pinnatifid, lower opposite, 

 upper alternate. Flowers small, axillary and in terminal racemes ; pedicels 

 bracteate, ebracteolate. Sepals 6, narrow. Corolla-tube slender, throat not 

 dilated ; lobes 5, small, 2 upper outer in bud and rather smaller. Stamens 

 4, didynamous, included, filaments filiform. Style short, stigma obtuse or 

 notched. Capsule ovoid-oblong, septicidal, valves bifid. Seeds numerous, 

 testa pitted. 



S. grlaradulosa, Both Bot. Semerk. 172, and Nov. '8p. 291 ; Benth. in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 362 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 422 ; Wight Ic. t. 866 ; MiquelM. 

 Ind. Bat. ii. 676 ; S. disseota, Walp. Bep. iii. 271. Capraria disseota, Del. 

 Fl. Fg. i. 95, t. 32, f. 2. 



From Makwae, Dalzell, Bakda, Bdgeworth, Behae, J". D. S., and Bensai, 

 Griffith, to the South Deocan, Segne, but not common. — DiSTBlB. Arabia, Egypt, 

 Nubia. 



Annual, branched from the base, branches 6-10 in. long. Leaves \-i in., ovate in 

 outline, shortly petioled, segments toothed and cut. Flowers axillary all along the 

 branches, sessile or pedicelled, uppermost racemose. Calyx \ in. long. Corolla 

 nearly white, about twice as long, glabrous. Capsule exceeding the calyx. 



Tbibe YI. CXlATZOIiES:. 



11. nzxnxviiUS, z. 



Erect prostrate or creeping herbs. Leaves opposite. Flowers solitary, 

 axillary. Calyx tubular or campanulate, 5-angled, 5-toothed. Corolla 2- 

 lipped, upper lip erect or reflexed, 2-lobed ; lower spreading, 3-lobed ; throat 

 with usually a swollen 2-lobed palate. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anther-cells 

 divergent, subconfluent. Style slender, stigma 2-lamellate. Capside com- 

 pressed, looulicidal, valves separating from the plaoentiferous column. Seeds 

 numerous, minute, oblong. — Species 40, temperate and tropical. 



1. nx. nepalensis, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 29, and in BC. Prodr. x. 873 ; 



prostrate, glabrous, leaves petioled ovate coarsely serrate, calyx truncate 

 5-toothed, corolla yellow, capsule included. Wall. Cat. 3917; Maxim. 

 Diagn. PI. Nov. Dec. xix. 401. M. assamicus, Oriff. in. Madr.Journ. Nat. 

 So. IV. 3, and Notul. iv. 92, and Ic. PI. Ind. Asiat. t. 458, f . 8, 9. 



Tbmpbeate Himalaya ; from Nepal, WalUch, to Bhotan, Ctriffith. Assam, on the 

 banks of the Burrampootra, Q-riffith. — Disteib. Japan. 

 Stems straggling, 6-10 in. long, stout or slender, sometimes faintly hairy, Cah/x 



