278 cm. SCBOPHDLAEINB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Torenia. 



that this is only a form of T. asiatica ; if so, they are united by var. paroifoUa of 

 the latter. 



8. T. bicolor, Dalz. in HooJc. Kew Journ. iii. 38 ; sparsely hairy or 

 glabrous, difiusely branched, leaves i-1 in. long-petioled broadly ovate- 

 cordate or rounded crenate-serrate, peduncles axillary fruiting thickened, 

 fruiting calyx J-| in. very narrow keeled not winged, corolla 1 in. dark 

 blue, longer filaments toothed at the base. BaU. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181. T. 

 asiatica, Herb. Wight n. 2206, 5986. — Torenia n. sp., Miquel in PI. Hohen- 

 ach. n. 61. 



The CoNCAN, near Vingorla; Dalzell, &c. Canaea, KohenacTcer. Malabae, 

 Wight (T. asiatica, Kew Distrib. 2379). 



This again, though difBeult to define by words, appears to be a very distinct 

 species with the small leaves and straggling habit of T. asiatica var. parvifolia, the 

 petiole being often as long as the blade. The fruiting pedicels are much thickened, 

 and the calyx is very narrow. — A drawing from Stock's collection represents the flowers 

 as red-purple, but they are described in the Bombay Flora as deep violet with a 

 white under lip. 



9. T. parviflora, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3958 ; glabrous, erect or diffuse, 

 branching from the base, leaves all petioled ^1 in. ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late acute serrate, pedicels axillary 2-4 at the nodes shorter than the leaves 

 fruiting thickened, fruiting calyx i in. narrowly oblong-lanceolate keeled 

 not winged, corolla |— J in. blue, longer filaments minutely toothed. Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind. 39, and in DC. Prodr. x. 410 ; Miquel Fl. Ind.Bat. ii. 689 ; 

 Schmidt in Mart. Fl. Bras. Fasc. xxx. 322, t. 56, f. 1. PPeristeira dicho- 

 toma. Griff. Notul. iv. 119. Nortenia Thomassii, Cham. 8f Schl. in Linncea, 

 iiL. 18. 



Assam, Masters, Khasia Mrs., ascending to 4000 ft., J. D. R. ^ T. T. 

 Tbnassebim; at Tavoy and Moulmein, Wallieh,li,c. — Distbib. Java, China, Tropical 

 Africa and America. 



Annual, three to eight inches high ; branches often decumbent below, and rooting 

 at the nodes. Leaves abruptly narrowed into a petiole ^J in. long. Pedicels some- 

 times very short, erect or spreading. — This has the short pediceb of T. ciliata and 

 fiava. 



** Flowers axillary and raeemed at the ends of the branches. 



10. T. flava, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3957 A. B. ; erect or decumbent, 

 sparsely patently hairy or glabrous, leaves sessile or petioled ovate or oblong- 

 ovate obtuse entire or crenate, pedicels usually shorter than the calyx 

 fruiting thickened, flowers axillary and in distant pairs, fruiting calyx ^~f 

 in. elliptic-lanceolate keeled not winged deeply channelled, coroUa i-li in. 

 yellow, longer filaments minutely toothed. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 38, and io. 

 DC. Prodr. x. 414 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 689 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6700. T. Bail- 

 loni, Godefr. in III. Hortic. xxv. t. 324 ; E. Morren in Belgique Hortic. xxix. 

 t. 1, f. 2. Peristeira racemosa. Griff. Notul. iv. 120. Mimulus hirsutus, 

 Blume Bijd. 756. 



Assam, Masters, &c. Khasia Mrs., ascending to 2000 ft., J. B. S. ^ T. T. Sil- 

 HET and Caohae, Wallich, &c. Tenasseeim, Lohb, PamJ.— Distbib. Sumatra, 

 Siaro, China. 



Stem usually robust and branched from the base, 6-1 in. high, and branches 

 strict. Leaves 1-1§ in., narrowed into the petiole. Corolla yellow, J-| in., with a 

 purple eye. — In cultivation the stem becomes decumbent and rooting, the' flowers 

 axillary and solitary, and the corolla large (see Bot. Mag. t. 6700). 



11. T. ciliata, Smith in Bees' Cyclop, v. 36; erect, patently hairy, 

 leaves sessile or petioled ovate or oblong-ovate obtuse entire or crenate. 



