284 cm. SCROPHULABINB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ilysanihes. 



half the size. — This differs from VandelUa erecta in the reduction of the shorter 

 stamens, and in the longer acute capsule. 



3. X. minima, Senth. in DC. Prodr. x. 420; very small and slender, 

 erect, subsimple, leaves few minute ovate- or elliptic-oblong entire, pedicels 

 axillary capillary, corolla three times as long as the calyx, fruiting sepals 

 equalling the subglobose capsule. Bonnaya minima, Wight Ic. t. 858, not of 

 G. Bon. 



TheDECCAN; at Palamcotta, Wight. 



Stem 1-3 in., filiform, always simple below. Leaves 2-3 pairs, -^J in., obtuse, 

 quite entire. Mowers few, large for the size of the plant j pedicels J-J in. Corolla 

 J-^ in. Capsule ^ in. diam. — A very elegant minute plant. 



4. X. rotundifolia, BentJi. in DC. Prodr. x. 420; diffuse or creeping, 

 leaves sessile broadly ovate elliptic or rounded entire or toothed 3-5-nerved, 

 pedicels axillary shorter or longer than the leaves, corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx, fruiting sepals equalling the globose capsule. G-ratiola rotundi- 

 folia, Linn. Mant. 174; Roxb. Cor. PI. iii. 3,t. 204, and Fl. Ind. i. 137, and 

 Ed. Wall. 6f Carey, i. 138. 



CoEOMAUDEL, Soxiurffh. Canasa, SohenacTcer. Ceylon, Macrae, &c. — Distbib. 

 Mauritius and Madagascar. 



Stems or branches 6-10 in. , often rooting at the nodes. Leaves J-J in., obtuse 

 or subacute. Flowers few, white; pedicels f-J in. Corolla 5 in. long. Capsule 

 ^in. 



26. BONNAVA, Link et Otto. 



Annual, quite glabrous herbs. Leaves opposite, entire or serrate, penni- 

 nerved, nerves very obscure. Flowers solitary, axillary, or the upper opposite 

 and racemose, pedicels ebraoteolate. Sepals B, narrow. Corolla-tube oj]ia- 

 dric ; upper lip erect, broad, concave, 2-fid ; lower larger, spreading, 3-lobed. 

 Stamens, 2 lower only perfect, subincluded, filaments filiform; anthers 

 touching, cells divaricate ; staminodes 2, entire, glandular, obtuse. Stigma 

 2-lamellate. Capsule narrow, far exaerted, septicidal ; valves entire, sepa- 

 rating from the placentiferous septum. Seeds numerous, rugose. — Species 

 8, tropical African and Asiatic. 



Several species of this genus so closely resemble others of VandelUa as to render 

 its validity very doubtful. 



.1. B. brachiata; Link Sf Otto, Ic. PI. Sel. i. 25, t. 11 ; erect, diffusely 

 branched, leaves sessile oblong obtuse or acute sharply closely deeply 

 serrate, flowers racemed shortly pedicelled, corolla i in. long, capsules 

 spreading or erect twice as long as the calyx or more. BentJi. in Wall. Cat. 

 3855, and in DC. Prodr. x. 420 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 178; Miquel Fl. 

 Ind: Bat. ii. 695. B. serrata. Griff. Notul. iv. 108, and Bonnaya sp. I. c. 

 IO6. Gratiola serrata, Uowb. Fl. Ind. i. 139, and Ed. Wall. Sf Carey, i. 140. 

 B. braohiata & pusilla, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 32, 33. — Bheede Sort. Mai. 

 ix. t. 59. 



Throughout India, from the Punjab to Travancore and Malacca, ascending the 

 Himalaya to 5000 fl. Ceylon, common. — Distbib. Java, China, Philippine Islands. 



A rather rigid herb, 4-10 in. high ; branches divaricate, outer decumbent below. 

 Leaves J-li in., margins thickened, teeth mncronate. Racemes sometimes 4 in. 

 long,, with opposite bracteate flowers; pedicels about equalling the calyx, rigid. 

 Corolla red or white. Capsule J in., slender. 



2. B. reptans, Spreng. Syst. i. 41 ; prostrate, creeping, leaves 



