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BONNAYA REPTANS, Spreng. Syst. i. 41. 
Camps III to VI 4, 1100 to 3900 ft. 
Distrib. Tropical Asia and Mauritius. 
VERONICA CARSTENSENSIS, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Suffrutex erectus, lignosus, 1—2-pedalis, simplex, caulis insuper brunneo-pubescens, 
desuper glabratus. olia opposita, sessilia, crassa, elliptica, 12-16 mm. longa, 
| 6-9 mm. lata, obtusa, ultra medium late crenata, glabra; ven:e, nisi centralis 
i vix manifesta, omnino occluse. Flores magni, in racemos paucifloros axillares 
| dispositi. Pedunculi rufo-pubescentes, 3-4 cm. longi. Bractee lineari-oblonge, 
obtuse, glabre, 5-7 mm. longs. Pedicelli graciles, veluti pedunculi induti, 
ad 9 mm. longi. Calycis lobi elliptico-oblongi, obtusi, sparsiuscule ciliati, aliter 
glabri, 4-5 mm. longi, 2-5 mm. lati. Corolle glabre lobi late obovati, apice 
rotundati, 1 cm. vel longiores, 7 mm. lati. Capsula glabra, 5 mm. longa, 6 mm. 
lata. 
Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 to 11,000 ft. 
Remarkable for the small thick leaves and the large flowers in few-flowered axillary 
inflorescences. 
VERONICA. VANDERWATERI, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Herba parva, tamen valida, sublignosa ; caulis foliosus, minute bi-lineatim puberulus, 
ceterum glaber. Folia coriacea, glabra, elliptica, 65 mm.x3:5 mm., obtusa, 
crenata; vens, nisi centralis basin versus in petiolum validum brevissimum 
decurrens, celate. Flores nutantes, terminales, solitarii (semper ?), extus omnino 
glabri. Pedicellus 4-6 mm. longus, minute pulverulentus; bracteole 2 coriacee, 
È oblonge, obtuse, infra pedicelli medium inserte, vix 3 mm. longs, glabre. Calyx 
| 42 mm. longus, infra medium in lobos oblongos obtusos divisus. Corolle 
| campanulat tubus 3:5 mm. longus; lobi elliptici, obtusissimi, 5 mm. longi. 
Camp XIV, 12,500 ft. “ Flowers magenta.” 
Allied to V. carstensensis (vide supra), but distinct in its almost perfect glabrousness, 
much smaller leaves, etc. 
EUPHRASIA CULMINICOLA, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Fruticulus parvus, sepius ramosissimus, insuper minute asperulo-pubescens ; ramuli 
juniores tenues, sparse foliosi. Folia subcrassa, integerrima, ob marginem insuper 
fortissime revolutum cucullata, spathulata vel obovata, 2-4'5 mm. longa, glabra, 
supra nitentia. Flores in racemos laxos paucifloros ex axillis superioribus ortos 
dispositi; pedicelli tenues, brevissimi. Ce/yz minute pubescens, + 4 mm. longus ; 
lobi breviter oblongi, obtusi vel oblongo-lineares, subacuti. Corolle tubus extus 
pubescens, + 7 mm. exsertus; labii inferi lobus intermedius laterales subequans, 
apice obtusissime bilobatus, obovatus, ca. 7 mm. X 5'3 mm., glaber; labium 
superum ad 3 bilobum, galeatum, 5-6 mm. longum. 
Camps XII, XIII, XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
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