262 cm. SCROPHULARINRS. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Litidenbergia. 



4. Ii. xnacrostacliya, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 22, and in DC. Prodr. x. 



376 ; glabrate or pubescent, stem strict erect stont or slender, leaves 

 elliptic-ovate serrate glabrous, flowers unilateral in rigid erect dense or 

 lax-fld. spikes, calyx longer than the bracts, lobes short acute, ovary pubes- 

 cent. Stemodia macrostachya, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3925; and 3852 

 Adenosma cuspidatum. L. siamensis, Miquel in Serb. 



Westeen Himalaya ; on the foot-hills and plains below them, from the Fnnjab to 

 Oudh, ascending to 4000 ft. MAETABAif, Wallich. — Disteib. Siam, China. 



Perhaps only a variety of L. phUippejtsis, but more glabrous, with shorterpetioles. 



5. Xi. abyssinica, ^oc^^. in Serb.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 377; 



glandular-pubescent or villous, leaves broadly ovate coarsely crenate-toothed, 

 flowers unilateral in lax terminal spikes, calyx shorter than the lower bracts, 

 lobes ovate acute, ovary glabrous. 



SoiNDE, amongst rocks, Dalzell. — Disteib. Arabia, Somali country, Abyssinia. 



Stem rather slender, 11-18 in., branched, leaves 1-1^ in., and nearly as broad, 

 hairy on both sm-faces ; petiole |-J in. Spikes 3—4 in. ; lower bracts leafy, coarsely 

 toothed. Calt/x J in. Corolla J in. Capsule hardly exserted. 



6. Zi. GriffithU, SooTc. f. ; silkily villous, subscandent, leaves short- 

 petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate, flowers unilateral in axillary and 

 terminal recurved simple or panicled racemes, calyx much longer than the 

 small bracts, lobes short triangular acute, ovary glabrous. 



Bhotau, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 3882). 



Stem apparently tall, slender, fiexnous, clothed, as are the leaves beneatii, petioles 

 and raehis of the racemes, with soft silky appressed hairs. Leaves 4-6 by IJ— 2in., 

 pubescent above ; petiole j-^ in. Macemes numerous, 2—4 in. ; raehis slender ; pedicels 

 very short. Calyx J in. long. Corolla tflrice as long, hairy. Capsule tnigidly ovoid, 

 tip exserted. — A very distinct species. 



7. Ii. polyantha, Soyle in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 22, and in DC. Prodr. 

 X. 377 ; villously pubescent, erect, leaves small ovate obtuse crenately serrate, 

 flowers unilateral in axillary and terminal leafy spikes, calyx shorter than 

 the ovate bracts, lobes obtuse, ovary pubescent. Dodartea indica, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 883. 



NoETHEEN India ; from the Punjab and If. Scinde to the Concan, Behar and Dacca, 

 common on walls and banks, &c., ascending the Himalaya to 6000 feet. 



Stem 12-18 in., often branched from the base ; branches erect or ascending, stout 

 or slender. Leaves very numerous and uniform up the stem and branches, | rarely 

 I in. long ; petiole usually very short. Spilces 2-6 in. ; flowers and bracts crowded. 

 Cdb/x J in. long. Corolla twice as long. Capsule glabrous below, hairy above. — The 

 ovary is certainly hairy. 



8. Ii. urticaefolla, Lehm. in LinJol et Otto Abbild. 95, t. 48; slender, 

 glandularly villous or glabrate, leaves ovate obtuse crenate-serrate, flowers 

 unilateral all axillary and solitary or 2-nate or in lax leafy slender spikes or 

 racemes, calyx shorter than the ovate leafy bracts, lobes obtuse, ovary 

 pubescent. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 22, and in DC. Prodr. x. 377 ; Sook. Ic. 

 PI. t. 875; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Ft. 176; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 425. 

 Stemodia ruderalis, Vahl Symb. ii. 69 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 94 ; Tfall. Cat. 

 3923. S. muralis, Boxb. in Don Prodr. 89. Brachycoris parviflora, Schrad. 

 Ind. Sem. Gott. 1830. 



Throughout India, on walls and banks, ascending to 6000 fb. in the Himalaya ; 



