Torenia.'] 
sceophulariace^:. 
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toothed leaves, with flowers on long pedicels from their arils. Distrib. 
Round the world in the tropics. Species 20. 
Corolla twice as long as the calyx 1. T. coRDi folia. 
Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx 2. T. parvIflora. 
1. T. cordifolia, Roxb. PI. Cor. ii. 52, t. 161. An annual, with 
slender stems, trailing and rooting at the base, afterwards erect, gla- 
brous or finely pilose. Leaves petioled, membranous, J-l in. long, ovate, 
acute, dentate, rounded or cordate at the base ; pedicels longer than 
the calyx, 3-4 from the uppermost node, two from the others. 
Calyx f in. long ; tube oblong, with 3 distinct ciliated wings ; teeth of 
lower lip lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla violet, twice 
as long as the calyx. Tooth of upper filaments minute. Pot. Mag. t. 
3715. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 409. 
Mauritius, in shaded places, Xeraud ! Also East Indian, not African. 
2. T. parviflora, Hamilt. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 410. A diffuse 
annual, with slender glabrous acutely quadrangular stems \-l foot long. 
Leaves petioled, J-f in. long, ovate, toothed, acute, membranous, cuneate 
at the base. Pedicels as long as or longer than the calyx, 2-6-nate, 
after flowering spreading or reflexed. Calyx-tube clavate, with three 
sliglit wdngs ; teeth minute. Corolla pale purple, scarcely longer than 
the calyx. Tooth of upper filaments subulate, conspicuous. Nortenia 
Thouarsii, Cham, and Schlecht. in Linncea , iii. 18. 
Mauritius, Du Petit Thouars, (Herh. Willdenow, No. 11536); roadsides on the 
Midlands estate, Horne ! Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
4. VANDELLIA, Linn. 
Calyx with a tube which exceeds the 5 subequal lanceolate teeth, the 
ribs not winged. Corolla with a funnel-shaped tube, a short round 
emarginate upper lip and a longer deeply 3-lobed lower one. Stamens 
4, didynamous, all fertile, included • the filaments of the upper pair 
appendiculate. Ovary oblong ; style filiform, arcuate ; stigma 2- 
lamellate. Capsule globose, membranous, many-seeded, included in 
the calyx. — Annual herbs, with exactly the habit of Torenia. Distrib. 
Cosmopolitan in tropics. Species 30. 
1. V. Crustacea, Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 413. A much-branched 
annual herb, with diffuse quadrangular stems 1 foot long. Leaves 
opposite, petioled, membranous, ovate, acute, £ in. ; base cuneate. 
Pedicels £-1 in. long, solitary, erecto-patent. Calyx l * * * 5 6 in. long ; teeth 
shorter than obovoid tube. Corolla 2-3 times as long as the calyx. 
Capsule subglobose, the size of a pea. Capraria Crustacea, Linn. 
Mant. 87. 
Mauritius, according to Bentham. Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
5. BONNAYA, Link and Otto. 
Calyx with a clavate tube and 5 subequal linear teeth. Corolla with 
a short round emarginate upper lip and deeply trifid larger lower one. 
