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lower opposite, passing into smaller, alternate, floral bracts. 
Flowers yellow, \ in. long, solitary, axillary, sessile, forming 
terminal spikes. Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, 5-toothed. Corolla 
2-lipped ; tube cylindric, slender, curved, much longer than the 
calyx ; upper lip reflexed, notched ; lower much larger, 3-lobed, 
spreading. Stamens 4, in unequal pairs, included ; anthers 1-celled. 
Style shorter than the corolla-tube ; stigma capitate. Capsule 
oblong, grooved, shorter than the calyx. 
Valleys below Simla, in grassy places ; ATay-September. — Throughout 
India, ascending to 6000 ft. — Tropical Asia and Africa. 
19, CENTRAL? THERA. From the Greek centron, a spur, 
referring to the anthers. — Asia, Australia. 
Centranthera hispida, B. Br . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 301. An erect, 
rigid, roughly bristly herb, 1-2 ft. Leaves sessile, narrowly oblong, 
-§-1 x| in. ; lower opposite, passing into smaller, alternate, floral 
bracts. Flowers pale purple or white, \ in. long, solitary, axillary, 
nearly sessile, forming terminal spikes. Calyx ovate, inflated, 
narrowed to the mouth, ultimately splitting nearly to the base in 
2 segments. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube curved, much longer 
than the calyx; limb spreading, \ in. diam., lobes 5, nearly equal, 
rounded, minutely crenate. Stamens 4,. in unequal pairs, in- 
cluded ; filaments hairy ; anthers coherent in pairs, cells spurred, 
one imperfect. Style shorter than the corolla-tube ; stigma flat, 
dilated, acute. Capsule ovoid, grooved, as long as the calyx. 
Valleys below Simla, in damp, grassy places ; July-Qctober. — Throughout 
India, ascending to 3000 ft Tropical Asia, Australia. 
20. S0PTJBIA. Adapted from Sopubi Swa, the Goorkha name 
of S. trifida. — Asia, Africa, Australia. 
Sopubia trifida, Buck. -Ham. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 302. A slender, 
roughly pubescent herb ; stems erect, 1-2 ft. ; branches ascending. 
Leaves sessile, linear, : ^-l| in., toothed or entire, mostly 3-fid ; lower 
opposite or clustered ; upper alternate, undivided. Flowers yellow, 
in. diam., in numerous, terminal, bracteate racemes. Calyx 
bell-shaped, woolly inside,. 5-toothed. Corolla-tube short ; limb 
5-lobed, spreading, lobes nearly equal. Stamens 4, in unequal 
pairs ; anthers cohering, one cell of each imperfect. Style long, 
thickened upwards into a broad, flat stigma. Capsule ovoid, 
longer than the calyx. (Fig. 113.) 
Simla, Jako, common on grassy slopes ; June-October.-- Simla to Sikkim, 
3000-7000 ft. — Hilly districts throughout India. — Ceylon. 
21. LEPTORHABDQS, From the Greek leptos, slender, and 
rimbdos, a rod, referring to the. stems. — Central Asia, N. India. 
