Wulfenia.] CHI. SCROPHULARINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 291 
crenate. Flowers bracteate, blue, spicate on radical scapes, secund, ebracteo- 
late. Sepals narrow. Corolla-tube cylindric; lobes 4, erecto-patent, upper 
2-fid, lower entire or crenate. Stamens 2, inserted between the upper lobes, 
exserted ; anther-cells divergent, tips confluent. Stigma capitate. Capsule 
acute, septi- and loculi-cidal, margins of valves inflexed separating from the 
placentiferous axis. Seeds many, ovoid, concavo-convex ; testa lax, smooth. 
— Species 4, one Carinthian, the others W. Asiatic and Himalayan. 
W. Amherstiana, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 46, and in DC. Prodr. x. 
455; nearly glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong or -spathulate coarsely crenate 
or lobulate base narrowed subpinnatifid, racemes long slender very many- 
fd., sepals lanceolate or setaceous, corolla-lobes narrow. Paderota Amhers- 
tiana, Wall. Cat. 410. 
Westrrx Himataya; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 7-11,000 ft. —DrsTRIB. 
Affghanistan. 
Rootstock long, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 2-5 in., midrib puberulous or 
subhirsute beneath; petiole 4-1} in., sometimes hairy. Scapes 5-10 in., slender, 
glabrous or sparsely pubescent, naked or with setaceous deciduous bracts. Flowers 
horizontal ; pedicels shorter than the calyx; bracts setaceous, equalling the pedicels or 
longer. Calyx & in. glabrous. Corolla 4 in., lobes lanceolate, acute. Style filiform, 
far exserted. 
38. CALORHABDOS, Benth. 
Herbs with a perennial stock and tall stems. Leaves alternate, serrate. 
lowers in dense bracteate axillary and terminal spikes, ebracteolate. Sepals 
anceolate, acuminate. Coro//a-tube incurved ; lobes 4, erecto-patent, entire, 
3 lower smaller, one or both lateral exterior in bud. Stamens 2, exserted ; 
anther-cells parallel, at length diverging, obtuse, tips confluent. Style 
filiform, stigma slender. Capsule acute, septi- and loculi-cidal; valves 4, with 
inflexed margins, separating from a placentiferous column. Seeds numerous, 
pinute, testa appressed.—Species 3, a Chinese, a Japanese and a Hima- 
ayan, 
C. Brunoniana, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 44, and in DC. Prodr. x. 456 ; 
erect, leaves sessile lanceolate subserrulate, spike terminal elongate very 
slender and very dense-fld. Valeriana (Veronica, p. 23) Brunoniana, Wall. 
at. 405; V.P alternifolia, Wall. mss. 
NzpAv, Wallich. | ; 
Stem erect, subsimple, stout, nearly glabrous, 1-2 ft. (or more?) Leaves upper alone 
known, 3-4 by 1-11 in., long acuminate, base narrowed. Spikes subsessile, 6-10 in., 
erect, flexuous, glabrous or pubescent; flowers imbricate; bracts small, lanceolate. 
Sepals t, in. Corolla i-i in. tube rather broad, lobes short. Capsule as long as 
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the calyx, 
39. VERONICA, Linn. 
Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves opposite, rarely scattered or cauline 
alternate. Flowers solitary, axillary, or in terminal or axillary bracteate 
racemes, ebracteolate, never yellow. Calyx 4-5 partite, the lower segments 
connate, upper if present smaller. Corolla rotate, or tube cylindric; lo n 
1-5, sprea ing, lateral, the outer in bud, upper and lower usually narrowest. 
lamens 9, exserted; anther-cells parallel or not, obtuse, tips con owed. 
Stigma subeapitate; ovules many, rarely 2 in each cell. Capsule 2-grooved, 
compressed or turgid, dehiscence various. Seeds few or many, ovate or 
globose, plano-concave or boat-shaped, smooth or rugulose, sometimes 
Vinged.— Species about 160, rare in the tropics and in America. , 
