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Hob, in Gosaingsthan Nepalensiura, Wallieh. %, 

 Caules plures, erecti, palmares, pilosi. Racemi erecti. Ftojes 

 azurei. 



Obs. V, Teucrio aflinitate proxima. 



2, V, punctata^ glabra ; racemis tcnuiOoris, bracteis lanceola- 

 tis aculis pediccKis longioiibus, laciniis calycinis ovatis 

 aculis, foliis supcrioribus lanceolatis aculis amplcsicauli- 

 bus crenulatis, caulc repente, 



Veronica punctata. Hamiltmi MSS. 



Hub* ad Narainhelty Nepaliffi, in scaluriginosis. Hamilteti. 

 %, Floret Novembri. 



TotaplaiUa glabra, nitida. Caulis teres, carnosus. Folia sub- 

 nosa; inferiora petiolala o\*aIia; superiora sessilia, am- 

 plexicaulia, lanceolata, acuta, crenulata, sesqui v. bipolii- 

 caria* Racemi pcdunculali, 4-6-unciales, Captula gla- 

 bra, calj ce brevior, apice levitdr emarginata. 



Obs. Proxima V. Beccabungae, quae tamen differt: foliis 

 omnibus obtusis petiolalis, bracteis linearibus obtusis, 

 laciniis calycinis oblongis obtusis, capsuld integr&. 



PEDICULAREiE. 



PEDICULA RUM Minima Pars. Juts. 

 RHINANTHACEARUM Pars. Auct. * 



Calyx monopbjilus, ventricosus, 4-5-fidus. Coro//a tubulosa, 

 limbo bilabiata, 4-5-loba; labio superiore saepiiis com- 

 presso, galeato. Stamina 4, didynama, frrtilia. Antlve^'te 

 basi calcaratae. Stylus 4. Stigma simplex, indivisum. 

 Capnda bilocularis, bivalvis, saepius eomprcssa, mucro- 

 nata. Dissepimentum bipartibile, utrinque placeutifcnin), 

 plerumque contrarium. Semina numerosa, imbricata^ 

 albumen magnum, dens^ camosnm. Embryo inversus, 

 minutus, in apice albuminis \ocdA\\^ icotyledonet rotun- 

 datae: radicula crassa, supera, ccntrifuga, basi obtusis- 

 sima- 



lierb» hnmiles. Folia xapiii opponta, pinnatiJUfa. Flores 

 ipicatif ierminaleSj biacteati. Calyces scepe cristati, 



Obs. Pediculareae familiam parvani Scrophularinis proxi- 

 m'am constituuni, a quibus distinguendae praecipu^ em- 

 bryone inverso. Genera, praeter Pedicularem ac Rhitian- 

 thura, hue referenda Melampyrum, Lathraea, Euphrasia; 

 excludenda Orobanche, Bnthnera, Gcrardia, "Veronica cl 

 ilartsia, omnia qua? Scropbularinis perliiicuda. 



