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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 ; May-September. — Throughout 
India, ascending to 6000 ft. — Tropical Asia and Africa. 
19. CENTRANTHERA. From the Greek centron, a spur, 
referring to the anthers. — Asia, Australia. 
Centranthera hispida, JR. Br. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 301. An erect, 
rigid, roughly bristly herb, 1-2 ft. Leaves sessile, narrowly oblong, 
f-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-October. — Throughout 
India, ascending to 3000 ft. — Tropical Asia, Australia. 
20. SOPUBIA. Adapted from Sopubi Swa, the Goorkha 
name of S. trifida. — Asia, Africa, Australia. 
Sopubia trifida, Buck. -II am. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 302. A slender, 
roughly pubescent herb ; stems erect, 1-2 ft. ; branches ascending. 
Leaves sessile, linear, |-1| 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. LEPTORHABDOS. From the Greek leptos , slender, and 
rhabdos, a rod, referring to the stems. — -Central Asia, N. India. 
