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American i>l!int has spreiid over l!irj:;o iiroas of British Tiulia. Hookor (Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. IV, 188.">, I'^i)) says : "Though now a superabundant Bengal plant 

 according to Mr. Clarke, it was unknown in Roxburgh's time, and occurs 

 in no Indian Herbarium except Clarke's. Voigt mentions it (184/3) as 

 found about Serampore, whence probably it has spread quite recently." 

 Dalzell and Cibson in their Uombay Flora (18(51) do not mention the plant. 

 Woodrow (Journal Bombay Natural History Society, XII, 175) obtained it 

 in a salt swamp, Bombay, Nov. -Cooke (Fl. B. Pres. II, 1908, 310) mentions 

 this, but adds that he has not seen Woodrow's specimens. At present the 

 plant is to be found all over Bombay Island, as the following list of loca- 

 lities shows. 



Mazagon, Aug. (No. looo), Mahim, Nov. (No. Ioo6), Matunga, September 

 (No. 1557), Sion, November (No. 1558), Fort, November (1559), August (No. 

 1560). Of other localities we mention Manantoddy, Malabar, November 

 (No. 1561), Kambam, Madura Distr., May (No. 498). The specimen from 

 Kambam is quite shrubby. 



fJEltOXICA, L. 



Veronica anaijallU, L. — Hooker (Fl. Brit. Ind. IV, 293) and Cooke (Fl. B. 

 Pres, II, 301) describe the seeds of this plant as bi-convex. In all our speci- 

 mens which without doubt, nmst be referred to this species, the seeds are 

 plano-convex. "NVe have specimens from Mt. Abu, taken in May and October 

 1916, (Nos. 1623-1629) and from Khandesh, Tapti river, taken in Dec. 1916 

 (Nos. 1620, 1621, 1622). In both localities the plant is common. 



In addition to the typical plant we found two of the varieties given in 

 Hooker of which we wish to complete the descriptions, and two other 

 varieties which have not been described as yet. 



Var. punctata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. IV, 293. — The specimens collected 

 by us attain 7cm., the leaves are all petioled, up to 13 x6mm. elliptic, 

 oblong or sub-spathulate, lower sometimes obscurely serrate, the upper 

 entire. Pedicels 5-lOmm., bracts 2mm., linear, lowest pair often larger, 

 leaf-like. Locality Mt. Abu, Oct. 1916 (No. 1631). 



Var. montioidea, Boiss. — Very small (3cm.), stem with a few branches, 

 leaves and bracts uniform, 2mm. long, eUiptic-oblong ; pedicels about 

 twice as long ; flowers few. Locality : Mt. Abu (Uria), May 1916(No. 1632). 



Var. bracteosa, var. nov. — Stem about 6cm. high, rather stout, with a few 

 spreading short branches at the base. Internodes few. Leaves longer 

 than the internodes, oblong, sessile, 3*5 x l'5om. subserrate, obtuse. 

 Racemes axillary, many flowered, shorter than the leaver; peduncles 17 

 cm. ; bracts twice as long as the pedicles, elliptic, or oblong, subacute 

 attenuate at the base, reaching 5 x l'5mm. Locality : Mt. Abu (Uria), 

 Oct. 1916 (No. 1633). 



Var. calycina, var. nov. — Stem about 6cm. high, rather stout, with a few 

 slender branches, below. Leaves attaining 3xlcm., elliptic or obovate 

 attenuate at the base, irregularly toothed, tip rounded. Racemes from nearly 

 all the axils, very much elongated, lax, the lowest reaching 11cm. and thus 

 by far overtopping the stem, many-flowered. Bracts generally a little 

 longer than the pedicels, linear-oblong, attenuate at the base, acute, entire. 

 Calyx-lobes much enlarged in fruit, attaining a length of 4mm., one pair 

 2mm. broad ovate, generally enclosing the capsule, the other pair 1mm, 

 broad, spreading, shaped like the bracts ; all lopes are obtuse or subacute. 

 Locality : Khandesh, Tapti river, Dec. 1916 (No. 1634), One specimen only. 



Veronica beccabunya, L. — The specimen has been sent from Chamba (No. 

 1635), 



