Centranthera.\ cm. sckophulaeikb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 301 



or linear, obtuse, entire or toothed. Flowers axillary or in braoteate spikes 

 or racemes, 2-bracteolate. Calyx compressed, ' spathaoeous, BpUt on one 

 side ; lobes acute or acuminate, cohering or free. Corolla-tuhe long, 

 incurved, dilated above ; Umb oblique ; lobes 5, broad, subequal, spreading, 

 2 upper inner in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; anthers meeting 

 in pairs, cells transverse, bases spurred or mucronate, one smaller often 

 empty. Stigma dilated, acute. Capsule ovoid or subglobose, loculicidal ; 

 valves entire, placentiferous in the middle. Seeds very numerous, oblong- 

 cuneate, testa lax, reticulate. — Species 4, Indian, Malayan and Australian. 



1. C. grandiflora, Senth. Scro'ph. Ind. 50, and in DC. Prodr. x. 52o ; 

 erect, stout, scabrid, leaves oblong elliptic or narrowly linear, calyx 1 in. 

 oblong inflated acuminate, corolla yellow. Wall. Cat. 3880. 



SiKEiM HiMAiAYA, alt. 1-5000 ft., J. D. S.; and Khasia Mts., alt. 3-5000 ft. 



Stem 1-2 ft., branched. Leaves sessile, 1-2 by ;^1 in., rigid. Flowers shortly 

 pedicelled. Calyx-segments subulate, cohering. Corolla li-2 in. long, limb 1 in. 

 diam. Filaments hairy. Capsule globose. 



2. C. Brunoniana, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 60, and in DC. Prodr. x. 

 526 ; , erect, scabridly hispid, leaves linear-oblong, calyx \ in. oblong-acumi- 

 nate, corolla yellow. Wall. Cat. 3882. 0. Mspida, JBenth. Fl. Songh. 254, 

 the yellow-fld. plant. 



Maetaban and Tenassebim ; at Moulmein, JFaffioA, &c.—Disteib. China. 

 Stem 12-18 in. Leaves |-2 in. Flowers shortly pedicelled. Corolla 1 in. long, 

 limb fin. diam. 



3. C. hlspida, Br. Prodr. 438 ; erect, hispid, hoary, leaves oblong or 

 linear-oblong, calyx J in. ovoid acute, corolla purplish. Wall. PI. As. Bar. 

 i. 39, t. 46, and Cat. 3881 ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 625 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 182 ; Miguel FT,. Ind. Bat. ii. 707. 0. nepalensis, Don Prodr. 

 88. Digitahs striata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 99. Capraria rigida, Hb. Rant. 



Throughout India; from the Punjab, and Kumaon, ascending to 4000ft., to 

 Canara, Bengal, Tenasserim and Burma. Cbtlon, ascending to 3000 ft. — Disteib. 

 Java, China, Philippine Islands, Australia. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves very variable, usually ^1 in., and narrowly linear. Flowers 

 subsessile. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Filaments woolly. 



4. C. procuxnbens, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 626; diffusely branched 

 from the base, rarely erect, hispid, leaves oblong or linear-oblong, calyx J in. 

 ovoid-oblong acute, corolla purplish. C. Brunoniana, Thwaites Fnum. 220, 

 not of Benth. 



Decoait Peninstji/A; from the Concan southwards. Cetion, ascending to 

 3000 ft. 



Root apparently more than annual. Stems rarely simple, erect, 6-10 in., usually 

 with straggling branches 4-8 in. long from the root. Leaves \-\ by J-J in. 

 Flowers sessile. Corolla |-1 in. — Possibly a variety of C. hispida, but the calyx is 

 much larger. 



6. C. humifusa, Wall. Cat. 3888 j dwarf, diffusely branched from the 

 base, glabrous or hispidulous, leaves linear, calyx ^in. ovoid subacute, 

 corolla yellow. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 626. Razumovia tranquebarica, 

 Spreng. Syst. ii. 812. Torenia lepidota. Both Nov. Sp. 281. 



Bengal and B EH AE; at Parusnath, CTarfo. Decoan Peninsula ; at Tranquebar. 



