11 OS 
LXXXVII. SCROPH ULARINEvE. 
[Herj/cstis. 
reticulate, the outer one broadly ovate, the 2 next narrow-ovate, the 2 innermost 
almost linear. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. Capsule ovoid-globular, 
shorter than the calyx, opening in 4 valves. — Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 400. 
Hab.: Shoal water Bay, R. Brown : Burclekin River, Bowman: Rockhampton. P. (VShanesy. 
The species extends over tropical Asia and Africa. 
2. H. "Monnieria (after William Le Monnier), 11 . B. and A'.; Benth. in 
_DC. Brad. x. 400, and FI. -histr. iv. 491. A low creeping or procumbent 
glabrous leafy annual (or perennial ?). Leaves obovate or oblong, rarely above 
Ain. long, rather thick, entire or crenate, without prominent veins or obscurely 
1 or 8-nerved. Flowers few, pale blue or almost white, on pedicels usually 
rather longer than the leaves, with 2 small bracteoles under the calyx. Calyx 
about 2 lines long or 3 lines when in fruit, the outer sepal oval, the others ovate- 
lanceolate or lanceolate. Corolla-tube scarcely so long as the calyx, the 5 lobes 
spreading, broad, as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones rather smaller and less 
deeply separated than the others. Capsule ovoid, shorter than the calyx, opening 
loculicidally in 2 valves, which at length separate from the dissepiment and 
-sometimes split into 2. -Bot. Mag. t. 2357 ; Rheede. Hort. Mai. x. t. If. 
Hab.: More ton Island. M'Gillivray : Burnett River. F. r. Mueller; N’erkool Creek, Bowman 
verv common in the swamps of the southern parts of the colony. In flower, October. 
The species is one of the commonest marsh plauts in the tropical and subtropical regions of 
both the New and the Old World, and has been described under a great variety of names, as 
detailed in the above-quoted “ Prodromns.” — Benth. 
12. GRATIOLA, Linn. 
(From : </ratia , grace; medicinal properties of one species.) 
Calyx divided to the base into 5 nearly equal segments or sepals. Corolla 
tubular at the base, the upper lip broad and entire or shortly 2-lobed, the lower 
3-lobed. Stamens 2 perfect, with the anthers comment, the cells parallel and 
distinct but contiguous ; the lower stamens reduced to slender staminodia or 
entirely wanting. Style dilated and deflected at the summit, entire or with 2 Hat 
lobes. Capsule 4-valved, leaving a single columnar placenta bordered by a 
portion of the dissepiment. Seeds small, striate and transversely reticulate. — 
Erect or procumbent herbs, glabrous or glandular-pubescent. Leaves opposite, 
undivided. Flowers axillary, sessile or pedicellate, with a pair of bracteoles 
close under the calyx. 
The species are not numerous, dispersed over the temperate and subtropical regions of both 
hemispheres. 
Flowers pedunculate Stems erect Heaves lanceolate Staminodia none 1. (1 . pedunciilata. 
Flowers sessile. Stems erect. Leaves ovate or lanceolate. Staminodia 
filiform (often exceedingly slender) ...... 2. G. peruviana. 
1. Cr- psiunculata (pedunculate), li. Br. Prod. 435; Benth. FI. Austp. 
iv. 192. Stems from a shortly decumbent or sometimes creeping base, erect or 
ascending, scarcely branched, A to 1ft. high, the whole plant minutely viscid- 
pubescent or rarely glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, bordered by a few 
teeth or nearly entire, the lower ones often contracted at the base but mostly 
stem-clasping, the larger ones sometimes above lin. long, but generally smaller. 
Pedicels shorter or sometimes longer than the leaves, rarely shorter than the 
calyx. Bracteoles linear, sometimes as long as the calyx. Calyx-segments 
linear-lanceolate, acute, rather unequal, 2 to 2A lines long. Corolla white, 
yellowish inside, at h ast twice as long as the calyx, the lips short and broad, the 
upper one very shortly 2-lobed. Anthers of the perfect stamens cohering, the 
cells parallel and transverse, the lower stamens entirely wanting. Capsule 
ovoid-globular, rather obtuse, often slightly exceeding the calyx. — Benth. in DC. 
Prod. x. 403. 
Hab.: A very c minion plant both in the southern and northern swamps. 
