292 CHI. SCROPHULARINEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Veronica. 
* Capsule ovoid or oblong, turgid, slightly laterally compressed. Seeds 
flattened, plano-convex or biconvex. 
1. V. himalensis, Don Prodr. 92; erect, glabrate, leaves sessile ovate 
acute coarsely irregularly serrate base rounded, racemes terminal and axillary 
lax-fld., sepals 4 oblong obtuse, corolla very large, capsules ovoid acute. 
Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 467. V. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 403 (and p. 23). 
NEPAL; Wallich. SIKKIM; at Yakla, alt. 11,500 ft., Clarke. 
Perennial? Stem 1-2 ft., stout for the genus, simple or nearly so. Leaves in distant 
pairs, 1-2 in., nerves beneath pubescent. Racemes erect, 3-5 in.; pedicels about 
equalling the calyx ; bracts 4-1 in., linear-oblong. Sepals fin. Corolla 3-1 in. diam., 
oblong. Capsule À in. long. Seeds minute, irregularly suborbicular, plano-convex, 
much flattened. 
2. NV. deltigera, Wall. in Benth. Scroph. Ind. A5, and Cat. 402 ; stems 
many from the root erect or ascending pubescent often bifariously, leaves 
sessile ovate ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate serrate, racemes terminal and 
axillary lax-fld. pubescent, sepals 4 linear-oblong subacute, capsule oblong- 
ovoid obtuse. Benth. in DC. Prodr.x. 475. V.lanosa, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 
l. c., and in DC. l. c. 481. V. rupestris, Aiteh. § Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xix. 180, t. 25. 
WESTERN ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Nepal, alt. 8-12,000 ft.— 
DISTRIB. Affghanistan. 
Perennial rootstock short, woody. Stems 6-18 in., rigid, slender, subsimple, ascend- 
ing, leafy. Leaves 3-14 by 3-9 in., very variable in breadth, sometimes inciso-serrate, 
base rounded or acute. Racemes 3-6 in., slender, erect, very many-fld. ; lower bracts 
often leaf-like or lower flowers axillary, upper oblong; pedicels of the lower flowers 
often 3-2 in., of the upper shorter. Sepals 1-3 in. Corolla 3 in. diam. or less, lobes 
broad. Capsule 3 in. long, equalling or shorter than the sepals. Seeds smaller than in 
4 himalensis.— The description of the fruit in DC. Prodr. is taken from some other 
plant. 
3. V. ciliata, Fisch. mss.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 467; hoary-pubescent 
all over, stems subsimple erect, leaves sessile ovate or oblong obtuse entire 
serrate or crenulate, flowers subcapitate, sepals 4 oblong obtuse, corolla 
small, stamens included, capsule ovoid-oblong obtuse, tip notched. Ledeb. Fl. 
Ross. iii. 240. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 11-16,000 ft.— DISTRIP. 
Central Asia, Siberia. : 
, Annual Stem 4-12 in., stiff, usually quite simple. Leaves 2-14 in., very variable in 
size and toothing, pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers sessile in sessile or peduncle 
terminal hirsute heads ; bracts as long as the calyx. Sepals lin. Corolla } in. diam» 
lobes broad. Capsule very variable in size, as long as the calyx or longer. Seeds 
orbicular, compressed, plano-convex. 
4. V.? macrostemon, Bunge in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. 35; hoary-pubescent, 
stems flexuous diffuse, leaves sessile elliptic or ovate obtuse entire OT 
obscurely crenate, racemes terminal dense-fld. villous, sepals 4 oblong obtuse, 
stamens long far exserted, anthers large. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 479. 
WESTERN TIBET; Zanskar, alt. 16,000 ft., Thomson, Lance.—DIstTRIB. Affghan- 
istan, Central Asia. , 
Perennial. Rootstock slender, creeping, with distant scales. Stems few, 3-6 in., 
branched. Leaves j-l in., pubescent on both surfaces. Racemes 1-2 in., flowers 
crowded, subsessile, or lower axillary and longer pedicelled ; bracts oblong obtuse. 
Sepals $ in., villous. Corolla 1-3 in. diam. Capsule not seen, — Without the fruit 
it is not possible to identify the Indian plant absolutely with the V. macrostemon 
