11. WULFENIA. Jacg.
Cal. 4-5-partitus. Cor. tubulosa subbilabiata, fauce hirsuta, labio superiore integro,
inferiore S-lobato. Stem. 2, labio superiorie adpressa. Stylus simplex; stigmate obtuso.
Capsula compressa, bivalvis, superne ad marginem utrinque dehiscens. Semina plurima.
__Herbse foliis plerisque radicalibus petiolatis. Flores racemosi, bracteati.
X, fF. reniformis (Dougl. M st.); foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis reniformibus crenatis,
scapo bracteato laxe racemoso, calycibus 4-partitis longe ciliatis. (Tab. CLXX.) Benth.
in Scroph. Ind. p. 46. (in not.)
Rhizoma perennis, repens, fibres oopiosas emittens. Folia radicalia longe peUolata, coriaceo-membranacca,
glabra vel pills deeiduis sparsis hirsuta, reniformia ». cordato-reniformia, erenata. Pctiolus digitalis, glabra
rel deciduo-pilosa. Scopus fiorifer lougitudine foUorum, demutn fructiferus elongatus, foliis subduplo longior,
erectus, nudus vel nudiosculus. Flores in racemum laxum disposiU, bracteati, braoteis ovatis pedicello brevi-
oribus. Calyx 4-partitus, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis acutis planis appressis longe ciliatis. Corolla calyce duplo
longior, subinfundibuliformi-tubulosa, carulea, Umbo subbilabiata, labio superiore integro, inf. 3-loBato, lobis
subsequalibus. Stamina 2, fauci hirsute inserts, filamentis subulaUs essertis. Anther* magute, dorso affirm,
biloculares. Ovarium subglobosum compressum. Stylos filiformis, tubo enroll» brevier. Stigma obtusum.
Capsula elliptica nigra membrauaoea obscure reticulata compressa, bilocularisj supeme ad marginem utnuque
debisceutes, ut in Veronicis plerisque. Dissepiments,,* e marginibus introflexis valvarum arete cohterentibus.
Hab. Common about the Grand Rapids of the Columbia, and in the vallies of the Blue Mountains. IXmglas.
Woods N.E. of Fort Vancouver. Dr Gctirdner— A genus differing in habit, but in fructification nearly allied
to Veronica.
T a b . CLXX. Wulfenia reniformis.—Fig. 1, Flower ; ƒ. 2, the same laid open ; ƒ. 3, Capsule ; ƒ 4-,.
Transverse section of do. below the middle: magnified.
12. GYMNANDRA. Pall.
Calyx bipartitus, spathaceus v. 0. Cor. labium superius integrum : inferius 2-3-par-
titum. Siam. 2 ad basin labii superioris, exserta. Capsula bilocularis, ‘‘Jpculis monospermis.”__
Herbae siccitate nigricantes. Folia radicalia petiolata, caulina superior a bracteiformia.
Flores spicati densi, bracteati.
1. G. Gmelini (Cham, et Schl.); foliis radicalibus subrotundo-aut elongato-ovatis basi
parum attenuatis obtusiuculis grosse inaequaliter crenatis, staminibus labio superiore doplo
brevioribus, stylo illo brevlore. Limuea, 2. p. 561— G. oyata, WiUd. Mag. Ges.'Nat.
t. 10. f . 8.— G. reniformis. Willd. I c__ G. borealis, var. Pall— Lagotis glauca. Gqrtn—
Bartsia Gymnandra. WiUd.—Ph. Am. 2. p. 430.
Hab. Unalaschka. Chamisso.— Whole plant very glabrous, succulent, and thick. If this ia really the
plant of Lewis, mentioned by Pursh, it is also found in the Columbia.
• 2. G. Stelleri (Cham, et Scblecht ); foliis radicalibus oblongls utrinque infra vero
magis attenuatis acutis inaequaliter obtuse serratis, staminibus fere lougitudine labn superioris
stylo illo longiore— Limuea, 2. p. 563. Book, et Am. in Bot. o f Beech. Very . p. 128.
__G. minor, G. dentata et G. gracilis. WiUd. 1. c. p. 393, et seq. t. 9 .-G . borealis. PaU.
H ab . Bay of St Lawrence. Chamisso.. Coast of the Attic Sea. Dr Richardson. Immarook, Kotze-
hue’s Sound. Lay and Collie.—Glabrous like the last.
3. G. rubra (Dougl. mst.); foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis late ovatis subcordatis
obtusis profunde duplicato-erenatis, caulinis minoribus superioribus sessilibus sensim in
bracteis ovatis abeuntibus, spica gracili densa tota lanato-hirsuta, calycibus nullis, corollis
parvis, staminibus styloque longe exsertis. (T ab. CLXXI.)
Radix e fibris crassiusculis, simplicibus, descendentibus. Caulis erectus, pedalis, foliosus, simplex, superne
praecipue tomentosus. Spica elongata, bracteata.' Bracteaz flore longiores, inferiores majores, lanatm. Calyx
omnino nullus. Corolla parva, subcoriaceo-camosa, rubra ? extus intusque hirsuto-lanata; tubo brevi, limbo
profude quadripartite), lacinia superiore majore; 3 inforioribus minoribus insequalibus omnibus erectiusculis.
Stamina 2, longe exserta. Filamenta glabra. Anthem magnas. Ovarium ovatum lanatum. Stylus gracilis
stamina superans. Stigma obtusum.
H ab. Banks of M'Gillivray’s and Flathead Rivers, near the Kettle Falls of the Columbia, and in the
valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Douglas.— The absence of a calyx, the succulent nature of the corolla, together
with its small size and very short tube, might perhaps justify the making a new Genus of this plant;
but its habit is entirely that of the other Gymnandrce, and till we are acquainted with the fruit, I prefer
leaving it where its discoverer had placed it. The petioles, and even the leaves themselves, are partially
- clothed with deciduous hairs.
Tab. CLXXI.—Gymnandra rubra—Fig. 1, Bractea; fig. 2, Corolla;,^. 3, Pistil '.—magnified. ,
13.? ROMANZOFFIA. Cham.
Cal. 5-fidus, inferus persistens. Cor. hypocrateriformis, decidua. Filamenta imo tubo
inserta. Stigma simplex. Caps, ovata, obtusa, bivalvis, bilocularis, dissepimento val-
vulis contrario, polysperma. Cham.
1. It. Unalaschkensis (Cham.),* hirsuto-lanata, foliis longe petiolatis reniformi-cor-
datis profunde 5-rarius 7-lobis, floribus subcapitatis, pedicellis flore brevioribus post
anthesin erectis, calycibus capsulam superantibus.—Hor. Phys. Ber. p. 71. t. 14. De
Cand. Prodr. y. 1. p. 319. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea. 2. p. 608.
H a b . Unalaschka and islands in Behring’s Straits. Chamisso. Langsdorff.—I am not aware that any of
our British Naturalists have gathered this species.
2. R . Sitchensis (Bong.); parce pilosa, foliis longe petiolatis reniformibus sub-9-lobatis,
floribus laxe racemosis, pedicellis flore longioribus demum subpatentibus, calycibus capsulam
duplo brevioribus— Bong. Veg. de Sitcha. p. 40. t. 4.-/3. gracilis; triplo minor.
H a b . Stitcba. Bongard. Fort Vancouver {Mr Garry) and Observatory Inlet. D r Scouler.—p. Trinidad,
N.W. America. Mr Menzies.—A larger and very different species from the preceding, having smaller flowers,
very slender pedicels much elongated in fruit, and a calyx only half the length of the capsule. .,Mr Menzies
was certainly the first to discover and distinguish this curious genus, and his original specimens and very
accurate description are in my possession. I am aware that Mr Bentham does not consider this genus to
belong to Scrophularinece, and that Choisy is disposed to refer it to Hydroleaceas, whilst M r Don makes of
it, and Sibthorpia, a separate Order, Sibthorpiacece: but in habit it so much resembles the Verorcicece group
of the present Order, and the capsule and whole aspect have so striking an affinity with our Wulfenia reniformis,
that I prefer for the present to place it here, notwithstanding the regular corolla and five stamens.