180 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Orvo LXVII. SCROPHULARINES. 
Only four species of this Order are known from tropical Polynesia; the two enumerated below, 
Scoparia dulcis, Linn., which has been found in the Sandwich (Macrae 1), and the Society Islands (Lay and 
Collie!) and Herpestis Moniera, H. B. K. (@ratiola Moniera, Linn. et Forst. Prodr. n. 16), which was col- 
lected in the Marquesas (Forster! Barclay!) and the Hawaiian Islands (Nelson! Macrae). Serophula- 
vivides arborea, Forst. Prodr. n. 528, is a Verbenacea,—Premna Tuitensis, Schauer. 
I. Limnophila, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 442; Benth. in DC. Prodr, vol. x. p. 886. Calyx pro- 
funde 5-fidus v. 5-partitus, subeequalis v. lacinidé posticé majore. Corolle labium superius emargina- 
tum v, 2-lobum, inferius 3-lobum, fauce non plicati. Stamina 4, inclusa, antherarum loculis dis- 
junctis oblongis spissime stipitatis. Stylus apice defiexus, spathulato-dilatatus, integer v. breviter 
2-lamellatus, ad flexuram seepius auriculato-bialatus. Capsula ovata, globosa v. compressa, loculicide 
2-valvis, valvulis demum 2-partitis, carpellorum marginibus leviter inflexis dissepimentum latum pla- 
centiferum nudantibus.—Herbe uliginosze v. aquatics, seepe glandulis pellucidis punctate; foliis op- 
positis vy. 3—-4-natim verticillatis, infimis in specicbus aquaticis in aqu‘ submersa sepius capillaceo- 
multisectis; floribus solitariis, axillaribus y. superioribus in racemum foliatum dispositis, in calyce 
ipso sepius 2-bracteolatis—Amdbu/ia, Lam. Dict. vol. i. p. 128. Cydbanthera, Ham. in Don, Prodr: 
Fl. Nepal. p. 87. 
1. L. fragrans, Seem.; procumbens, glabra; foliis sessilibus oblongis lanceolatisve serratis 
basi rotundatis subamplexicaulibusve, floralibus conformibus; floribus axillaribus solitariis subsessili- 
bus; calycis glabri 5-partiti segmentis lanceolato-subulatis strictis; corolla calyce vix longiore.— 
Ruellia fragrans, Forst. Prodr. n. 243, et Icon. (ined.) t. 182; Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants 
(ined.) t. 59, Limnophila serrata, Gaud. in Freye. Voy. p. 448. t. 57, fig. 2; Benth. in DC. Prodr, 
Le. Stemodia tenuifolia, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 23.—In swamps, common in Viti Leyu (Seemann ! 
n. 350). Also collected in Tahiti (Forster! Barclay !). 
Il. Vandellia, Linn. Mant. p. 89; Benth. in DC, Prodr. vol. x, p. 432. Calycis sezgmenta 
subeequalia, estivatione vix imbricata, fere a basi soluta v. in calycem 5-dentatum non plicatum plus 
minus coalita. Corolle labinm superius erectum, breviter 2-fidum, inferius majus, patens, 3-fidum. 
Stamina 4 fertila, anticoram filamenta basi appendicula dentiformi v. filiformi aucta, arcuata, an- 
theris sub labio superiore inter se cohzerentibus. Stylus apice dilatatus, seepins 2-lamellatus. Cap- 
sula globosa, oblonga, v. linearis.—Herbe ; foliis oppositis dentatis; floribus oppositis v. abortu soli- 
tarlis, axillaribus y. ad apices ramorum racemosis, racemis szepe in falsas umbellas contractis,— 
Tittmannia, Reichb. leon, Exot. vel. i. p. 226. Iliogeton, Endl. Gen. p. 684. Vriesia, Hassk. in 
Flora, 1842, Beiblatt. 
1, V.crustacea, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p, 35; DC. Prodr. l.c.; diffusa, glabra v. pilis raris hir- 
tella; foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis; pedunculis axillaribus subracemosisve rarius subfasciculatis 
- calyce 2-5-plo longioribus ; capsulis ovato-oblongis calyce brevioribus. Wight, Icon, t. 863.—Capra- 
ria crustacea, Linn, Mant. p. 87. Torenia crustacea, Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea, vol. ii. p. 570. 
Gratiola lucida, Vahl, Enum. vol. i. p. 95; Roxb. Plant. Corom. vol. ii. p- 2. t. 202. Morgania 
lucida, Spreng. Syst. vol. i. p. 802. Torenia lucida, Ham. in Wall. Cat. n. 3962. Torenia flac- 
cida, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 440. Torenia varians, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p- 96? Vandellia varians, 
Don, Gen. Syst. vol. iv. p. 549, Gratiola aspera, Roth, Nov. Plant. sp. p. 11. Morgania aspera, 
Spreng, Syst. vol, 11. p. 808. Hornemannia ovata, Lk. et Otto, Abbild. vol. i. p. 9. t.3. Tittman- 
nia ovata, Rehb. Icon. Exot. vol. i. p. 27. Torenia alba, Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. n. 3961. Vandellia 
