SCROPHULABIACEjE. 



235 



MANULEA. 



Gen. Char. (Didynamia Angiospermia.) Calyx five-parted ; co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped ; limb five-parted, with awl-shaped segments, 

 the four upper large and connected ; capsule two-celled, and 

 many-seeded. 



The name is derived from ?nanus } the hand, from the 

 form of the divisions of the flower. Shrubs from the Cape, 

 of which M. qppo-sitifolia, with yellow flowers, ccerulea, with 

 blue, rubra, with red, and viscosa, with pink, are the most 

 worthy of a place in the greenhouse. Soil, sandy peat and 

 loam. 



BROWALLIA. 



Gen. Char. {Didynamia Angiospermia.) Calyx five-toothed ; 

 corolla closed by the prominent orifice ; two of the anthers 

 longer than the others ; capsule one-celled. 



Named after Browallius, a Bishop of Abo. A genus of 

 annuals from Peru, of a tender nature, and therefore requir- 

 ing the greenhouse. B. demissa and elata have bluish- white 

 flowers ; grandiflora has large light yellow T flowers ; cor data 

 and elongata have blue ; Jamesonii is a pretty shrub, with 

 orange-coloured flowers. 



