1413. Buchnera hispida (Hamilton), plant subsimple,
hispid with long hairs, foliaceous at the base:
leaves oblong or lanceolate, dentate, the upper ones
linear: spike interrupted, slender, many-flowered:
bracts narrow, lanceolate: tube of the corolla shortly
exserted: capsule shorter than the calyx.—Stems
1-2 feet long, sparingly branched, hispid, with few
long,. spreading hairs, especially towards the base.
The larger leaves about two inches long, 6 -8 lines
broad, coarsely toothed, sometimes nearly lanceolate
and scarcely 3 lines broad. Calyx hispid, floriferous
ones about 3 lines long, with very narrow teeth,
fructiferous ones 4 lines long, somewhat inflated.
Coorg. Jerdon. My specimens are not furnished
with the hairs mentioned in the character. The differences
between Buchnera and Siriga do not seem
important, the former has the calyx 5-toothed, not
ribbed, with the limb of the corolla nearly equally
5-lobed. The latter has the tube of the calyx ribbed,
and the limb of the corolla sub-bilabiate.
To my mind they are of scarcely more than sectional
value, but as my opportunities of becoming
acquainted with the two genera have been few, I
adopt Mr. Bentham’s view, and retain both as given
by him.
1414. Striga Orobanchoides (Benth.), glabrous,
or minutely puberculous, ramous: leaves minute,
squamiform; the floral ones lanceolate, scarcely
equalling the calyx.—Plant turns black in drying, but
when growing, varies from straw colour to reddish
yellow, flowers pale blue. Stems from half a foot
to a foot high, erect, ramous, many-flowered. Flowers
alternate or opposite with the attached bractea,
equalling the calyx. Tube of the corolla exserted,
suddenly bent near the apex. The colour appears
to be variable, brownish red, rosy, blue, or white.
The specimen figured was selected for the purpose
of showing its parasitical origin, for here it is
seen springing from the root of a plant of Lepidaga-
this cristata. It does not however confine itself to
that plant as its foster mother, but takes root on
many others. It is usually met with in red, arid,
gravelly soils, the result of decaying granite.
3415. Ramphicarpa longiflora (Benth.), a low
plant, with narrow, linear, pinnatifid leaves: tube of
the corolla straight, much longer than the limb:
capsule longer than the calyx, with the beak very
oblique, somewhat incurved.—A small, very ramous
herb, from 3 to 6 inches high: leaves smooth,
peduncles very short: segments of the calyx long,
linear, lanceolate: tube of the calyx from an inch
to an inch and half long; segments of the limb
short, broad, emarginate.
Tellicherry and Cannanore, in moist soil.
I am indebted to Mrs. Colonel Walker for the
specimens here represented.
1416. Campylanthus ramosissimus (R. W.),
leaves alternate, sub-spathulate, villous: inflorescence
glabrous: anthers not mucronate.—A low,
very ramous shrub. Leaves alternate, apparently
somewhat fleshy, obovato-spathulate, obtuse, villous.
Racemes sub-corymbose, few-flowered, on
the ends of the branches. Calyx short, lobes
lanceolate, acute. Corolla about half an inch long,
tube curved, lobes of the limb pointed. Lobes of
the anthers divaricated, not mucronate. Style
short; stigma capitate; ovary 2-celled with 2 rows
of ovules in each; the base embraced by a cupshaped
disk. The mature capsule I have not seen.
C. salsoloides, Stocks, not Roth, in D. C. Prod.
“Limestone Hill 'at Hyderabad (Scinde), in flower
February 10, 1847.” J. E. Stocks—to whom I am
indebted for the specimen.
To my mind, this species is very distinct from that
described by Roth.
1417. MrcRARGERrA W ightii (Bentham).
Herbaceous, rigid, rough, ramous plants. Leaves
linear,' entire or trifid. Floriferous ramuli slender.
Flowers subsessile, small: bracts, on the short pedicels,
oblong: floriferous calyx scarcely a line long.
Capsule longer than the calyx; seed minute.
Courtallum, flowering August and September.
1418. PedicuiiA ri s Perrottetii (Bentham),
small;’ sparingly pilose; branches simple; leaves
deeply pinnatifid, lobes ovate or oblong, crenate:
flowers axillary, pedicelled: calyx tubular with the
limb, crested: corolla many times longer than the
calyx, with a slender tube.—Tube of the corolla
from 3 to 34 inches long, the helmet 7-8 lines long,
the lip longer, nearly an inch broad, and deeply 3-
lobed. Capsules erostrate.
Koondahs. Jerdon. I have never, in any of my
excursions, been so fortunate as to meet with this
plant, and therefore only know it from specimens.
1419. Pedicularis Z eylanica (Benth.), furfur-
aceo-pubescent, or rarely nearly glabrous; loosely
ramous at the base; branches ascending or erect:
leaves petioled, oblong, obtuse, doubly crenate:
racemes capitate or elongated: calyx cleft along one
side, crestately 2-3-toothed behind: tube o f the
corolla shortly exserted; helmet incurved, obtuse,
erostrate.— Except in the helmet, this species is very
nearly allied to P. camosa, in that it is beaked in
front, in this obtuse, beakless. This species which
is very abundant on the Neilgherries is, when in
perfection, a truly beautiful flower. It varies considerably
in its habit, growing, as in the instance
selected for representation, quite erect, and having
very few branches, even at the base, or loosely diffuse
without any central stem, only a number of
loose, procumbent branches, springing on all sides
from the crown to the root, each ascending towards
the apex and terminating in a more or less elongated
raceme of beautiful pink flowers. It commences
flowering in June and July and continues until the
end of the rains.
Orobanchaceas.
While engaged in naming the following species I
found it necessary to examine, so far as my materials
permitted, the structure of the whole order. A summary
of the results arrived at, I introduce here, in
explanation of the modifications in the grouping, I
have felt it necessary to adopt as well as to indicate
what I conceive to be the limits of the' order.
As I understand the order, the parts of which it is
made up are held together more by habit than structure,
namely, “Herbaceous, leafless plants, growing
parasitically on the roots of other species; stems
covered with brown or colourless scales.” Characters
taken from the flowers are variable or common
to several other families, those taken from the stamens
and style are of a conflicting kind, and so also