LXXXVII. SCROPHULARINEiE. 
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20. LIMOSELLA, Linn. 
(From limus, a marsh, place of growth.) 
Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed or lobed. Corolla broadly campanulate or 
almost rotate, with 5 nearly equal lobes. Stamens 4. Anthers 1-celled (by the 
confluence of 2 divaricate cells). Ovary 2-celled at the base only. Style short, 
thickened at the end. Capsule globular, membranous, scarcely dehiscent or 
opening in 2 valves parallel to the very incomplete dissepiment.— Small herbs, 
tufted creeping or floating. Leaves clustered or alternate on short barren shoots. 
Peduncles usually very short, clustered with the leaves, without bracteoles. 
Flowers in the common species very small, larger in some S. African ones. 
Besides the Queensland species, which is endemic, there is another Australian species which 
appears to be the same as the one which spreads over the northern hemisphere and the whole of 
Western America, there are one or two from S. Africa with much larger flowers and broader 
leaves. — Bentli. (in part). 
1. X>. Curdieana (after Dr. Daniel Curdie), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 166. 
Perennial, root-stock somewhat thickened, stoloniferous, petioles nearly terete, 
attaining 6 or more inches in length, about 1 line in thickness. Leaves ovate, 
floating, about lin. long. Flowers in clusters, nearly sessile at the base of the 
petioles. Calyxes attaining 2 or 8 lines, with 5 somewhat acute teeth, fleshy, 
almost valvate in the bud. Corolla included in the calyx, scarcely 1 line long ; 
lobes whitish-green, pilose on the upper side, slightly imbricate or almost valvate. 
Stamens 4, didymous, inserted in the throat of the corolla ; filaments short ; 
anthers oval-reniform ; 1-celled dorsifixed. Style slender, filiform, scarcely £ line 
long. Stigma finely papillose. Capsule 2 lines long, ovate-globose, 1-celled, 
with numerous finely netted ellipsoid seeds. 
Hab.: Recorded for Queensland by F. v. Mueller. 
21. SCOPARI A, Linn. 
(Broom-like.) 
Calyx divided to the base into 4 or 5 segments. Corolla rotate, 4-lobed, 
hairy at the throat, the lobes imbricate in the bud. Stamens 4 ; anthers 
sagittate. Style slightly club-shaped at the top, truncate or emarginate. 
Capsule opening septicidally in 2 entire valves, leaving the placental column 
free. — Much-branched herbs or low undershrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled. 
Pedicels axillary, usually 2 together, without bracteoles. 
The genus consists of but few species, all South American, including the Australian one, 
which is now a common weed in almost all tropical regions. 
1. S. dulcis (sweet), Linn.; Bentli. in DC. Prod. x. 431, and FI. Auatr. iv. 
504. A much-branched glabrous annual (or sometimes perennial ?), erect or 
decumbent at the base, 1 to 3ft. high. Leaves usually in whorls of 3, oblong- 
lanceolate or the upper ones linear in the Australian specimens, the lower ones 
broader, in some American ones dentate, narrowed into a petiole often rather 
long, the lamina varying from \ to l^in. Flowers numerous, small, white, on 
filiform pedicels of 2 to 4 lines. Calyx-segments 4, ovate-oblong, about 1 line 
long. Corolla about 3 lines diameter. Capsule rather longer than the calyx. — 
R. Br. Prod. 443 ; Gaertn. Fruct. i. 251. t. 53. fig. 10. 
Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller; Cairns, E. Cowley; Broadsound, R. Brown, 
Bowman; Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown ; Lizard Island, M'Gillivray ; Nerkool Creek, Bowman; 
Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Rockhampton, Dallacliy, O’Slianesy; Bundaberg, Rev. B. 
Scortechini. 
The species is supposed to be of American origin, now a common tropical weed. 
