398 XCII. SCROPHULARIACEA (HEMSLEY AND SKAN).  [Veronica. 
obscurely few-toothed. Racemes axillary, about #? in. long, few- 
flowered; bracts linear-oblong, 14—2 lin. long, scarcely acute; pedicels 
somewhat shorter than the bracts. Calyx 14-1} lin. long; segments 
oblong, obtuse. Corolla about 14 lin. long. Capsule suborbicular, 
slightly shorter than the calyx.—V. Beccabunga, var., A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 125, 
Wile Land, Abyssinia : Saumen; Mounts Deggen and Bachit, 13000-14000 ft., 
Schimper, 1271! 
The typical form is widely spread in Europe and Asia. 
&. V. javanica, Blume, Bijdr. 742. A slender diffusely branched 
decumbent or ascending herb usually about 6 in. high, more or less 
grey-pilose. Leaves petiolate or the upper subsessile, broadly ovate, 
5-12 lin. long, 5-10 lin. broad, obtuse, truncate-cuneate or sometimes 
slightly cordate at the base, coarsely crenate-serrate ; petiole }—4 lin. 
long. Racemes axillary, about 1 in. long in flower, up to 2 (rarely 3) 
in. long in fruit ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 2 lin. long, obtuse ; pedicels 
}—} lin. long. Calyx 1} lin. long in flower, up to 2} lin. long in fruit ; 
segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla scarcely 1 lin. long, pale blue. Cap- 
sule broadly obcordate, 2-3 as long as the calyx, ciliate-—Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. x. 489; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 296. V. wogerensis, Hochst. 
ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 126; Almagid in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 
viii. 141. V. chamedryoides, Engl. Ptl. Ost-Afr, C. 358; Engl. in Engl. 
Jahrb, xxiii. 505, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 26, not of Bory 
& Chaub. V. Maddeni, Edgew. ex Hook. f, Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 296. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Saganeiti, 7200 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1369! Amasen $ 
Belesa, 7200 ft., Terracciano x Pappi, 324ft. Abyssinia: Wogara, Schimper, 730! 
and without precise locality, Schimper, 218! Somaliland: near Coromma, Riva, 
613. Uganda: Kidung Ndogo (Kedong River), Scott-Elliot, 7045! British East 
Africa; Ukamba; Machakos, Scott-Elliot, 6678 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; near Marangu, 4900- 
5100 ft. Volkens, 585! 760. 
Also in India, Siam, Java, Tonquin and the Luchu Islands. 
4. V. abyssinica, /resen. in Bot. Zeit. 1844, 356. A prostrate 
herb diffusely branched from the base, sometimes rooting at the nodes, 
more or less pilose (often bifariously on the branches) ; branches usually 
9-12 in. long, herbaceous or sometimes becoming almost woody, hollow. 
Leaves petiolate, ovate, elliptic-ovate or rarely suborbicular, 4-1} in. long, 
3—} in. broad (rarely 14~2 in, long, 1-1} in. broad), obtuse or subacute, 
rounded, slightly cordate, truncate or somewhat cuneate at the base, 
crenate-serrate (often coarsely) or crenate, more or less pilose on both 
sides or sometimes almost glabrous ; petiole usually about 3 (rarely up 
to 6) lin. long. Racemes 1-25 in. long, often 2- (sometimes up to 5-) 
flowered ; bracts linear-oblong, 13-3 lin. long, obtuse ; pedicels 2-4 lin. 
long. Calyx 2-25 lin. long in flower, 3-34 lin. long in fruit ; segments 
oblong, elliptic-oblong or spathulate-elliptic, obtuse, ciliate and some 
times pilose inside and outside. Corolla 3-34 lin. long, cobalt-blue 
(pinky-white, Johnston). Style 1-14 lin. long. Capsule obovate, com 
