Scrophularinece.] 



CHINA. 



203 



1. Buchnera hirsuta. Wall. — Benth. Scroph. Ind. p 41. — B. Asiatica. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 3. p. 32. ? 



2. Buchnera? densijlora; annua simplex scabra, foliis integerrimis radicalisms ovalibus 

 caulinis inferioribus lineari-oblongis obtusis superioribus linearibus acuminatis sursum de- 

 crescentibus, spica oblonga pedunculata (a foliis remota) tetragona densa bracteata imbricata, 

 bracteis ternis duabus lateralibus subulatis tertia late ovata acuminata concava ciliata calycem 

 5-dentatum estriatum ! esquante, corollas (parva?) tubo subrecto, limbo subasqualiter 5-lobo 

 lobis oblongis undulatis, capsulis inclusis. 



Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett. 



This agrees in many respects with B.cruciuta, Ham. (Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 41,) but it appears from Mr. 

 Bentham's specific character of the latter, to be quite distinct. The whole plant, as is usual in the genus, 

 becomes black by drying. 



SIPHONOSTEGIA. (Benth.)— Piusmatanthus. Hook, et Am. MS. 



Calyx tubulosus, subcoloratus, decemstriatus, versus faucem paullum angustatus; limbo 

 subsequaliter quinquepartito, laciniis oblongo-linearibus, duabus superioribus rectis, tribus 

 inferioribus deflexis. Corolla ringens, tubo angusto calycem jequante : labium superius 

 rectum, indivisum, concavum; inferius trilobum, subdeflexum. Stamina quatuor, didy- 

 nama, ascendentia, sub labio superiore posita. Antherm incumbentes, loculis discretis 

 parallelis basi acutis muticis. Stylus rectiusculus simplex. Stigma capitatum, subbilobum. 

 " Capsula oblonga recta, valvulis integris." Benth. — Herba erecta, ramosa, cano-pubescens. 

 Folia svbopposita, circumscriptione triangularia, basi in petiolum attenuata, 3-partita, seg- 

 mentis lateralibus divaricatis, omnibus inciso-pinnatifidis. Rami jiorigeri simplices. Folia 

 floralia minus dissecta quam caulina, inferiora alterna, superior a opposita. Flores axillares, 

 solitarii, breve pedicellati, bracteolis duabus sub calyce parvulis, linearibus. Calyx fere 

 Lythri seu Cupheae at elongato-ampidlaceus. Corolla purpurea. 



1. S. Chinensis. (Benth.) (Tab. XLIV.) — Prismatanthus bartsioides. Hook, et Am. 

 olim, in Herb. Henslow. 



Hab. Macao and the adjacent islands; Rev. G. H. Vuchell, n. 184. 



This approaches very much in character to Bartsia, from which it is distinguished by the calyx, and to 

 Pedicularis, from which it is separated by the corolla and calyx. In habit it is not allied to any genus with 

 which we are acquainted. 



Tab. XLIV. Siphonostegia Chinensis. Fig. 1. Flower; Jig. '2. Stamens; jig. 3. Anther; fig. 4. Pistil: — magn. 



PTEROSTIGMA. (Benth.)— Spathestigma. Hook, et Am. MS. 



Calyx viscide pilosus, 5-partitus, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis, supremo longiori, basi 

 bibracteolatus, bracteolis anguste linearibus. Corolla cajrulescens, pollicaris, intus glabra, 

 bilabiata; labium superius majus, subintegrum ; inferius trilobum, lobis subasqualibus, 

 obtusis; faux aperta. Stamina quatuor, basi barbata; duo longiora fertilia, antheris didy- 

 mis, ecalcaratis, lobis subglobosis ; duo inferiora gracilia, sterilia, antheris glanduliformibus 



