274 cm. scROPHULAEiNBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) \popatrium. 



equal ; staminodes 2, minute. Style sliort, stigma 2-la,mellate. Capsule 

 small, globose or oblong, loculicidal, valves plaoentiferous. &e<fo numerous, 

 very minute, tubercled. — Species 5, African, Asiatic and Australian. 



1. I>. nudicaule, Ham. in Benth.^ Scroph. Ind. 31, and in. DC Prodr. 



X. 407; very slender, 2-4 in. high., bracts minute acuminate, calyx-lobes 

 acuminate, capsule linear-oblong, pedicel deflexed. Gratiola nudicaulis, 

 Willd. in Act. Berol. iv. 192. G. aphylla, Soth Nov. Sp. 7. G. cuneifolia, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind., and Hd. Wall. Sf Carey, i. 142. 



South Decoan ; Seyne, &c. Cbyion ; not uncommon. — Distbib. Java, Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



Stem simple or branched from the base. Leaves, radical 0, or very few, ^pj in. 

 long, oblong, obtuse ; cauline few, minute. Corolla | in. long. Capsule J in. 



2. D. junceum, Mam. in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 31, and in J5C. Prodr. z. 



407 ; stem 6-10 in., bracts minute obtuse, calyx-lobes oblong obtuse, corolla 

 ^ in., capsule globose. Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 178 ; Gh'iJ'. Notul. iv. 102, 

 and Ic. PI. Asiat.\t. 418, f. 6 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 686. Gratiola juncea, 

 Boxb. Got. PI. ii. 16, 1. 129, and Fl. Ind., and Fd. Wall. Sf Carey, i. 142; 

 Wall. Cat. 3892. Morgania juncea, Spreng. Syst. ii. 803. 



Throughout India from the Upper Gangetic plain southwards and eastwards to 

 Assam, Burma, and Cetlon. — Distbib. Malay Islands, China, Japan, Philippines, 

 Australia. 



Bather fleshy, branched from the base. Leaves, radical or few, oblong, obtnse, 

 sometimes 2 in. long, nerves parallel ; cauline smaller, in distant pairs. Flowers 

 in very distant pairs, rose coloured, sessile or on capillary pedicels |-J in. erect in 

 fruit. Capsule \ in. diam. 



3. D. lobelioides, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 31, and in DC. Prodr. x. 407 ; 



stem 6-18 in., bracts minute obscure, calyx-lobes very short obtuse, corolla 

 \ in., capsule globose. Wight Ic. t. 859. Gratiola lobeHoides, Betz Ohs. 

 iv. 7; Boxh. Fl. Ind. i. 142 ; Wall. Cat. 3893. G. hyssopioides, Boxb. Cor. 

 PI. ii. 1. 128, and Fl. Ind. i. 141, and Ed. Wall. Sf Carey, i. 142 {not of Cor. 

 PI. iii. t. 203). 



South Deooan, Seyne, &c. Cetion. 



Stem stout and fleshy below, sometimes as thick'as a goose-quill above and branches 

 very slender. Leaves, lower 2-4 pairs obovate-oblong, obtuse, J-2 in. long, upper 

 very few distant and small ; nerves parallel, very obscure. Flowers subracemose, in 

 distant pairs j pedicels capillary, J-1 in., spreading in fruit. Capsule ^ in. diam, 



21. ARTANEKA., Bon. 



Erect herbs, angles of stems and leaves above scabrid. Leaves opposite, 

 entire or serrate. Flowers large, blue, racemose, ebracteolate ; bracts 

 foliaceous. Sepals 6, acuminate, bare, much dilated. Corolla-tube long, 

 broad ; upper lip the outer, erect, broad, notched ; lower spreading, 3-fid. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, 2 posterior short, included ; 2 anterior with, long 

 arching filaments dilated at the base ; cells confluent at their tips. Stigma 

 2-lamellate. Capsule globose, septicidal ; valves entire, separatmg from the 

 plaoentiferous axis. Seeds rugose. — Species 4, tropical Asiatic, Australian 

 and African. 



1. A. sesamoides, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 39, and in DC. Prodr.x. 408; 

 leaves lanceolate more or less petioled, coroUa f in. long, tube broad. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1410 ; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 686. 

 Columnea longifoHa, Idnn. Mant. 90. Achimenes sesamoides, Vahl Symb. 



