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CAMPULEIA cocciNEA. 
Scarlet-flowered Campuleia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.— Nat. Ord. PEDICULARIS. 
Gen. Char. — Cal. cylindraceus, subventricosus, 5- (10- P. Th.) striatus, 
5-aristatus. Cor. tubulosa curvata, limbo patente, bilabiate, labio supe- 
riore emarginato, inferior e trilobate. Stigma capitatum. Capsula ovata, 
bivalvis, bilocularis, polysperma. 
Campuleia coccinea. 
Campuleia, corolla coccinea, P. Th. Gen. Madag. p. 7. 
Root parasitic on the roots of other plants, somewhat tuberous, horizontal, 
with many short fibres. Stem 6-8 inches high, striated, scabrous. 
Leaves remote, alternate, linear, somewhat rigid, rather acute, quite en- 
tire, single-nerved, scabrous with short, rigid, appressed bristles or 
aculei, both on the upper and under side, and at the margin. 
Flowers solitary, axillary in the upper leaves. Cali/x cylindrical, below 
somewhat inflated, membranous, with 5 elevated ribs, which terminate 
in as many awn-like teeth : the back of these ribs is scabrous. Corolla 
bright scarlet ; tube long, curved ; limb spreading out into 2 unequally- 
sized lips, of which the upper is simply emarginate, the lower into 
3 equal retuse lobes. The stamens I have not had an opportunity of 
seeing. Pistil: Germen oblong. Stt/le filiform, shorter than the tube 
of the corolla: Stigma capitate. Capsule terminated with the style, 
oval, opening with 2 valves ; dissepiments opposite to the valves. 
No figure has yet been published of this curious and beau- 
tiful plant, which is a parasite upon the roots of various plants 
in the Isle of France, and, like the Orohanche in this country, 
doing considerable mischief, by destroying the crops. 
Even the very genus seems to have been unknown to every 
author but Aubert du Petit- Thou ars, who accurately 
defined it in his account of the new Genera of Madagascar 
Plants, and mentions its affinity with Bartsia and Bhinan- 
thus, as well as with Buddleja and Piripcea. He, however, 
has named no species ; but says, that, besides that of Mada- 
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