298 cm. scEOPHULARiNBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Buchnera. 



very numerous, obovoid or oblong, reticulated. — Species about 30, widely 

 dispersed in warm countries. 



1. B. tetrasticlia, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 41, and in DC. JProdr. x. 495 ; 



stout, soabrid, root-leaves evanescent, leaves sessile linear-oblong obtuse 

 quite entire, spikes 4-angled stout villous, bracts broadly ovate equalling tbe 

 calyx. Wall. Cat. 3878. 



Uppek Assam; Mishmi Hills, Qriffith. Tenasseeimj at Moulmein, Wallich, 

 Griffith, Selfer. 



Stem simple, 12-24 in., leafy. Leaves 1-2^ in., rigid. Spikes solitary or several, 

 amentiform, dense-fld., 1-2 by J-l in., bracts horizontal. Calyx depressed. Corolla- 

 tuife slender, twice as long as the calyx. 



2. B. cruciata, JIam. in Bon Prodr. 91 ; slender, nearly smooth, root- 

 leaves spreading oblong obtuse, cauline linear entire or toothed, spikes 

 4-angled pubescent, bracts ovate oiliate equalling or shorter than the calyx. 

 Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 495; Wall. Cat. 3879; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat.^.' 

 702. B. sumatrana, Miquel I. c. B. stricta, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. i. 867, and in DO. Prodr. I. c. B. densillora, Hook. Sf- Am. Bot. Beech. 

 Toy. 203. 



Nepal, Wallieh. Khasia Mts., alt. 3-5000 ft., Qriffith, &c. BuEMA, Wallich. 

 — DiSTBiB. Sumatra, Java, China. 



Stem 10-18 in., simple or branched upwards. Leaves, radical rosulate, l-lj in., 

 pubescent, base narrowed; cauline erect, 1-2 in., teeth few and irregular. Spikes 

 i-1 in. by J-J in. Calyx longer than in 5. tetrasticha, half as long as the corolla. 

 Capsule longer than the calyx. 



3. B. hispida, Ham. in Bon Prodr. 91 ; slender, hispid, root-leaves 

 obovate or oblong, cauline linear-oblong or -lanceolate toothed or entire 

 obtuse, spike slender, flowers distant, bracts narrow. Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 496; Wall. Cat. 3875; Wight Ic. t. 1413; Balz. Sf GHbs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 182. B. Schimperiana, Hochst. PI. Abyss. Fxsicc. n. 23. 



Westeen and Centbai Himalaya ; from Kashmir to E. Nepal, alt. 1-9000 ft. 

 Behas, on Parusnath, J. D. S. Cehteai India, at Hazarabagh, Clarke. Deooan 

 Peninsula, from the Concan southwards. — Disteib. Madagascar, Tropical Africa. 



Stem 6-18 in., often branched above. Soot-leaves 1-2 in., cauline usually longer 

 and narrower. Spikes 6-10 in., very slender ; flowers often distant. Calyx hispid, 

 ^ in. long, lobes very narrow. Corolla-tube not twice as long as the calyx, limb ^ in. 

 diam. Capsule shorter than the calyx. — Wight states that his specimens from Coorg 

 are not hairy, as described in the character of the plant ; these I have not found 

 in his Herbarium. 



42. Strigra, Lour. 



Usually scabrid herbs, discoloured or black when dry. Leaves, lower 

 opposite, upper alternate, linear, entire, rarely toothed, sometimes reduced 

 to scales. Flowers axillary or the upper inbraoteate spikes, often 2-bracteo- 

 late. Calyx tubular, strongly 5-15-ribbed, 5-toothed or -fid. Corolla-tube 

 slender, abruptly incurved at or about the middle or top ; limb spreading, 

 2-lipped, upper lip usually short notched or 2-fid ; lower the inner in bud, 

 3-fld. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; anthers 1-celled, vertical, dorsifixed, 

 bases obtuse, connective sometimes mucronate. Style thickened above, 

 stigma simple. Capsule subglobose or oblong, loculicidal; valves entire, 

 septiferous, separating from the placentas. Seeds very numerous, ovoid or 

 oblong, reticulated.— ^Species about 18, in the hotter regions of the Old 

 World. 



