254 CHI. SCROPHULARINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Scrophularia. 
sepals lanceolate acuminate, equalling or longer than the capsules. Stamens 
included, staminode ovate acute. Veronica? thyrsiflora, Wall. Cat, 6393. 
Western Hiwataya; from Kashmir, Royle, to Kumaon, Blinkworth, alt. 
6-12,000 ft. 
Stem 1-2 ft, stout, sparingly branched. Leaves 1-4 in., sometimes oblong, 
primary and secondary nerves distinct; petiole 3-2 in. Inflorescence 2-4 m., stiff ; 
cymes very shortly peduncled ; pedicels 4-1 in. Capsule }-3 in. ovoid, acuminate, 
Seeds oblong. 
** Cymes more or less effuse. Two upper corolla-lobes longer than the others. 
Stamens included or exserted.— Leaves broad, entire, ovate or ovate-cordate, petiole 
not appendaged (except in S. polyantha), nerves distinct. 
3. S. urticsefolia, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 18, and in DC. Prodr. x. 306; 
glabrous or sparsely hairy, leaves petioled ovate or cordate-ovate acute coarsely 
toothed, cymes open lax-fld. long slender, lower peduncles axillary, upper chiefly 
opposite panicled spreading, calyx-lobes rounded, stamens included. Wall. Cat. 
3922. 
Centra AND Eastern HiwArayA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7-9000 ft, 
J. D. H., &c. 
Stem 2-3 ft., rather slender. Leaves 2-4 in., primary and secondary nerves 
distinct; petiole 1-2 in. Cymes very slender and lax, lower peduncles 1-3 10. ; 
pedicels divaricate, filiform, bracts very small. Calyx hemispheric, cleft half-way 
down. Corolla + in. long, greenish-white, 2 posterior lobes longest. Staminode 
obovate. Calyx-lobes shorter than the small broadly ovoid acuminate capsule. Seeds 
very minute, broadly oblong, apiculate, broadly furrowed and pitted in the furrows. 
4. S. obtusa, Edgew. ms. ; hoary, leaves shortly petioled ovate or ovate- 
cordate obtuse crenate, cymes open lax-fld. long-peduncled, lower axillary upper 
chiefly opposite panicled spreading, calyx-lobes rounded, stamens inclu 
Herb. Strach. & Winterb., Scroph. n. 3. 
Western Himataya; Kumaon at Almora, alt. 6-6,500 ft., Edgeworth, &c. 
Stem 2-3 ft., branched, and as well as the leaves beneath and inflorescence clothed 
with a fine hoary pubescence. Leaves 2-3 in., dull-green, primary nerves only 
distinct ; petiole 3-11 in. Cymes longer or shorter than the leaves; peduncles stout, 
Strict; pedicels also stout, divaricate, sometimes 1 in. long. Calyx cleft more than 
halfway down; lobes nearly equalling the small subglobose capsule. Corolla 
yellowish, tube twice as long as the calyx; two upper lobes longest. Staminode 
orbieular. Seeds very minute, as in S. urticefolia. 
5. S. Scopolii, Hoppe ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 308; glabrous or sparsely 
pubescent, leaves petioled ovate oblong or cordate-ovate coarsely irregularly 
toothed or sublaciniate, cymes lax-fld. all erect lower axillary, upper alternate 
in long strict narrow leafless panicles, peduncles and pedicels short very stout 
erect, sepals orbicular margins scarious, stamens included. Reichb. lc. 
Germ. xx. t. 1675, f. 3. Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 395. S. glandulosa, Waldst. $ 
Kit. iii. t. 214. S. auriculata, Scop. Fl. Carniol. i. 440, t. 32, not of Linn. 9 
decumbens, Fisch. § Mey. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 3, v. 380. 
Western Haraya ; Kashmir, Murree and Hazara, alt. 6000 ft.; Fleming, 
Clarke.—Disrris. Affghanistan and westwards to Spain. 
Stem stout, 2-3 ft., branched, glabrous in Indian specimens. Leaves 1-3 in., com 
poundly toothed or subserrate; petiole 1-1 in. Cymes in stiff stout contract 
panicles a foot long and upwards. Corolla greenish. Stamens included; staminode 
orbieular. Capsule ovoid-globose, beaked. Seeds rugulose.—A very variable and 
widely diffused plant. Affghanistan specimens have lobules on the petiole. 
