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C. SCROPHULARIACEiE. 
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13. STRIGA, Lour. 
Slender herbs parasitic on grass roots. Leaves narrow linear 
opposite below, alternate above. Flowers axillary or above 
spicate. Calyx 5-lobed, tubular. Corolla 2-lipped upper lip bifid 
or emarginate, lower 3-lobed, tube slender incurved about the middle. 
Stamens 4, didynamous; anthers i-celled. Style thickened up¬ 
wards. Capsule oblong (or globose) loculicidal. Species 20, 
Eastern tropics. _ . , T t?j 
( 1 ) S. hirsuta Benth. DC. Prodr. x. 502. S. lutea Lour. In. 
Cochinchine, 22; Prain, l.c. 363- , , ^ . 
Slender erect little or not branched pubescent herb 3 to 6 in. 
tah. Leaves -5 in. long, spikes 2 to 4 in. long. Bracts longer than 
calyx. Calyx 10-ribbed, -25 in. long. Corolla usually light rose- 
pink, less commonly yellow or deep pink, *5 in. long. Capsule 
oblong. Hah. In grass plots common. Singapore, Gardens; Chan 
Chu Kang (pink); Kranji (yellow). Pahang Pekan (yellow). 
Malacca, Gajah Berang (Hervey). Negri Sembilan, Seremban; 
Bukit Tangga Pass (yeUow). Perak, Kwala Kenermg Kelantan 
Kamposa. Penang (Curtis). Perlis, Kanga. Distnb. India, Siam, 
Java. Native name : Rumput Siku Siku. 
14. CENTRANTHERA, R. Br. 
Herbs, semiparasitical, stiff. Leaves opposite at least below, 
linear or oblong blunt. Flowers in terminal spikes (or axillary). 
Calyx spathaceous split on one side acuminate entire. Corol a- 
tube long curved, lobes 5- sub-equal. Stamens 4 didynamous; 
anthers contiguous in pairs. Capsule ovoid or sub-globose, valves 
entire. Seed reticulate. Species 4 or 5, Asiatic and Australia. 
(1) C. humifusa Wall. Cat. 3883; Prain, l.c. 364. 
Dwarf herb branched 3 to 6 in. tall, glabrous or pubescent 
Leaves linear, -5 to 75 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile in a terminal 
spike. Calyx ovoid, -15 in. long. Corolla *3 to -5 m. long upper 
half of tube brown, lobes at base yellow. Capsule sub-globose, 
•is in. through. Hah. Grassy banks and roadsides Singapore, 
Bukit Timah Road. Malacca (Griffith^ Chabau; A J er ^ as n 
Setul, Heath. Lankawi, Tasek Enak (Hamff). Distnb. India to 
China, Malay islands. 
15. SCOP ARIA, Linn. 
Shrubby herbs with twiggy branches. Leaves opposite (or 
whorled). Flowers small, white (pink or yellow axillary solitary 
or binate Calyx 4- to 5-lobed. Corolla small rotate, 4-lobed, 
lobes sub-equal, blunt, throat bearded, tube very short. Steens 4, 
sub-equal; anthers sagittate Ovary 2-celled Stigma• truncate. 
Capsule globose septicidal. Seeds many, small. Species 6 7, 
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