Hemimeris
(from hemi, half, and meris, a part; the upper lip of the corolla is nearly obsolete). ORD. Scrophularineae. A genus comprising about four species of annual herbs, natives of Southern Africa. Corolla yellow, expanded, sub-bilabiate, four-cleft, the upper segment very shortly emarginate, the lower segment very large, the lateral short and wide; calyx five-parted; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, deflexed after flowering. Leaves opposite. H. montana, perhaps the only species yet introduced, is a greenhouse plant, of easy culture in loam and peat. It may be increased by seeds. H. montana (mountain). fl. scarlet, terminal and axillary; corolla rotate, ringent. July. l. opposite, ovate, serrated. h. 6in. Cape of Good Hope, 1816.