300 cm. scROPHULARiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Striga. 



Throughout India, in the plains from the Punjab southwards to Cbxlon, and 

 eastwards to the Khasia Mts., Pegu and Burma ; ascending the Himalaya to 4000 ft. 

 (not seen from the Eastern Peninsula or lower Bengal). — Distbib. Java {Miquel). 



Very variable in habit, from a simple filiform stem 4-6 in., to a stout branched 

 herb 2 ft. Leaves ^-2 in., often 1-2-toothed. Spikes interrupted; flowers often 

 distant. Core Ha white, tube pubescent at the curve. Calyx heTl- or funnel-shaped 

 in fruit. 



5. S. masuria, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Sot. Mag. i. 364, and in DC. 

 Prodr. X. 503 ; scabrid, leaves linear, calyx ^ in. narrow 15-ribbed, lobes 

 ■equalling tbe tube, corolla-tube 1 in. limb |-1 in. diam. Buchnera Masuria, 

 Sam. in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 41. B. WalHcbii, Benth. in Wall. Oat. 

 3876. 



Nepai ; in the Morung, Samilton. Madbas ; at Guindy, Shuter. BuBUA ; at 

 Prome, Wallich. — Disteib. China, Philippine Islands. 



Stem very slender, 1-2 ft. Leaves 1-2 in. Flowers distant. Fruiting calyx 

 f -1 in., tube ventricose, ribs very strong and close. 



6. S> sulphurea, Dalz. S/' Q-ihs. Bomb. Fl. 182 ; very slender, scabrid, 

 leaves linear, flowers mostly axillai'y, calyx ^-f in., lobes fiHform equalling the 

 tube, corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx, limb very small. 



The CoTTOAN ; at Seconere hill-fort, Dalzell. 



Stem 6-12 in. Leaves l-lj in., extremely slender. Flowers few, distant, all 

 axillary or the upper subspicate, shorter than the floral leaves. Calyx very narrow, 

 fruiting | in., tube ventricose, ribs very strong. Corolla yellow, limb J in. diam. 



43. Rhamphicarpa, Benth. 



Erect glabrous herbs. Leaves, lower opposite, upper alternate, narrow, 

 entire or pinnatisect. Flowers axillary and pedicelled, or in bracteate racemes ; 

 bracteoles 1-2 or 0. Calyx campanulate, 5-fid, lobes acuminate. Corolla- 

 tube slender, long, straight or incurved; lobes 5, broad, spreading, subequal 

 or the upper connate. jSioOTens 4, didynamous, included; anthers 1- celled, 

 vertical, dorsifixed, bases obtuse. Style thickened above, stigma simple. 

 Capsule compressed at right angles to the septum, usually beaked, locu- 

 licidal ; valves septiferons. Seeds numerous, small, obovoii or oblong, 

 tube reticulate. — Species 6, tropical and S. African, Indian and Aus- 

 tralian. 



R. long'iflora, Benth. in KooTc. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 368, and in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 504; annual, leaves pinnatisect segments filiform, corolla- 

 tube very long straight, capsule with a slender curved beak. Dalz. S( Cribs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 182 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1415. Buchnera longiflora. Am. Pugill. 38. 



Deooan Peninsula, from the Concan southwards. 



Very variable in habit and stature, from 2 in. slender and simple, to 10 in. diffusely 

 branched, ieatieil-liin.j segments few, J-f in. .PZowers shortly pedicelled. Calyx 

 i-J in., tube short, lobes lanceolate 3 times as long as the tube. Corolla dull white, 

 tube l-l^in., limb |in. diam. Capsule i in., ovoid, ventricose, beak longer or rather 

 shorter than the cells.— Bentham (PI. Austral, iv. 518) unites with this the African 

 R.fistulosa, Benth., and an Australian species,' but the calyx is much longer in B. 

 longiflora, and I think the three are distinct, though very near. 



44. Centrantbera, Br. 



Annual, rigid, scabrid herbs. Leaves opposite or upper alternate, oblong 



