302 cm. SCROPHDLARINE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Centranthera. 



Malacca, Chiffitli,. Ceylov; south end of the island. — I>isteib. Java, Borneo, 

 China. 



Branches slender, 3-6 in. Leaves J— | in. Flowers snbsessile. Corolla J-J in. 

 long. 



45. SOPUBXA, Samilt. 



Erect herbs. Leaves opposite, or tlie upper alternate, narrow, often 

 laciniate. Flowers braeteate, spicate or racemose, pedicels 2-bracteolate. 

 Calyx campannlate, 5-toothedor -lobed. CoroUa-tuhe sbort, throat broad; 

 lobes 5, broad, spreading, subequal, 2 upper the inner in bud. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, subincluded ; anthers 2 or all meeting in pairs, one cell of each 

 perfect, ovoid, the other small stipitate empty. Stigma thickened, sub- 

 linguiform, obtuse. Capsule OToid or oblong, tip rounded or compressed, 

 retuse or notched, loculicidal ; valves entire or 2-fid, sepai-ating from, the 

 placentiferous axis. Seeds numerous, testa lax. — Species 8 or 9, S. 

 African, Indian, Malayan and Australian. 



1. S. delphinifolia, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 560; much branched, 

 scaberulous, leaves pinnatisect, segments filiform, flowers subsessile, calyx- 

 teeth longer than the tube subulate, corolla subcampanulate, capsule roupded 

 at the top. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 522; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 182. 

 Gerardia delphinifolia, Linn. ; Soxh. Cor. PI. i. 62, t. 90, and Fl. Ind. m. 

 99; Wall. Cat. 3890; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 49. G. Heyneana, Benth. in 

 Wall. Cat. 3891. Euphrasia Coromandeliana, Roth; Spreng. Syst. ii. 

 775. 



Banda. SdgeiDorth. Behab; on Farusnath, Anderson. Deccan Peninsula, 

 from the Conean southwards. Cetlon, ascending to 4000 ft. 



Stem erect, 4-grooved, 3-4 ft., spotted with purple. Leaves 1 in., segments few, 

 almost as long, flexuons. Calyx-loT>es\\vi&a.T, erect. Corolla 1-lJin., rose coloured, limb 

 1 in. diam. Filaments, upper hooked lower horned at the tip. Capsule oblong, as 

 long as the calyx. 



2. S. trifida, Sam. in Don Prodr. 88 ; scaberulous, branched above, 

 leaves linear or filiform lower mostly 3-fid upper entire, flowers pedicelled, 

 calyx-teeth triangular, corolla subrotate, capsule retuse at the top. Benth. ■ 

 in DC. Prodr. x.. 522. Gerardia scabra, Wall. Cat. 3889, not of Linn. ; 

 Benth. Scroph. Ind. 49. G. Sopubia, Benth. in JSbok. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 

 210. 



Tempeeatb and Sueteopioal Himalaya; from Kunawur to Sikkim, alt. 

 3-7000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft. Dbcoan Peninsula ; Nilgherries and 

 Bababoodan Hills, eommon. Ceylon ; elevated parts of the Central province. 



Stem slender, 1-2 ft., branches suberect. Leaves j-1 in., often fascicled. Feiicels 

 J-| in. Calt/x J in., woolly within. Corolla J in. diam., varying from yellow to 

 purple (^Clarke). 



3. S. stricta, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 559 ; scaberulous, branched, leaves 

 linear entire or sparingly toothed or cut, flowers pedicelled, calyx-teeth Ian 

 ceolate acute, corolla subcampanulate, capsule compressed at the top. Benth 

 in DC. Prodr. x. 522. Gerardia stricta, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 49- Wall 

 Cat. 3887. 



Sikkim Himalaya, foot of the hills, J. D. B. Peoit, M'Lelland. Tenasseeim 

 at Moulipein, Wallicli. Bengal; at Sumbulpore, ffri^^A. — Distrib. Java. 



Stem 8-12 in., rigid, simple or fastigiately branched above. Leaves 1-1^ in. 

 scattered and fascicled. Fedicels ^ in. Calyx J in. Corolla ^ to J in. Ion' 

 limb as broad. 



