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Veronica beccabunga, L. var. attenuata, var. nov. — The plant is robust, up 

 to 20cra. high, with thickened nodes, the lower of which are rooting. The 

 leaves are large, from broadly ovate (7x3-5cm. ) to ovate-elliptic 

 (7x2-5cm,), very coarsely dentate or serrate, 3-nerved, attenuate at the 

 base into a petiole about 1 cm. long. Loc. Uria (Mt. Abu), May 1916 

 (Nos. 1636, 1637). The specimens were not in flower. 



Veronica diltiyera, Wall. — We have specimens from Ohamba (Nos. 1638, 

 1639). The latter specimen has the leaves distinctly petioled ; petiole 

 about 1mm. long ; in the former the leaves are sessile, agreeing with 

 Hooker's description (Fl. Brit, Ind. IV, i'9i^). 



SO PUB I A, Buch.-Ham. 



Sopubia delphinifolia, G. Don. — This plant is very variable. We shall give 

 an account of some of the forms observed. They pass into each other and 

 it is not possible to make distinct varieties. 



(1) Height i6cm. ; stem with two branches, 3cm. from the root, itself 

 continuing only two cm. from the node, flowerless. Leaves simple 

 or nearly so, liuear, up to 25 x 1mm., margins strougly puberulous. Plant 

 not hairy. Pedicels omm., bracteoles 3-4 mm. Calyx up to 1cm., lobes 

 narrowly subulate as loug as or longer than the tube. Corolla 22mm. long, 

 rose-purple. Loc. Mahim, Bombay Island (No. 1767). Similar specimens, 

 but with slightly more divided leaves and larger calyx were found in 

 Khandesh (^JNos. 1768, 1769). 



(2) Plant reaching Im. in length. Stem stout, woody below. 

 Branches erect, slender. Leaves very numerous, profusely divided ; lobes 

 very long and narrow ; margins slightly puberulous, as are also the brac- 

 teoles and calyx, which otherwise are similar to those of (1). Pedicels 

 3mm., stout. Corolla rose, with large pink-purple spot in throat (1732). 



Loc. Bassein (No. 1732), Salsette (No. 1770), Bombay Island (Nos. 1771, 

 1772), Trombay (No. 1773). The last specimen less luxuriant. 



(3) Stem stout, woody, below, nearly 1 m. high. Leaves compara- 

 tively few, almost absent below for about 25cm., and also on the inflorescence, 

 which gives the plant a habit different from that of {2), much divided, mar- 

 gins slightly puberulous. Pedicels 6mm., bracteoles up to 5mm. Calyx 

 8mm., lobes broad at base, generally shorter than the tube. Fruiting 

 calyx much enlarged, distinctly ribbed ; tube 7mm. long, lobes deciduous. 

 Corolla 20mm., long, rose-purple. 



Loc. Bhandup, Salsette, (No. 1774). 



(4) Stem about ^ui high, slender, leafless only at the base. Branches 

 arising from about the middle of the stem, ascending. Leaves like those 

 of (2), but smaller, and fewer, not so much divided. Pedicels reaching 

 8mm., slender. ; bracteoles 7mm ; corolla 15mm. long, 



Loc. Khandala (No. 1775). 



(5) Stem reaching 20cm. slender, slightlj' hairy, simple, or with a few 

 short branches. Leaves numerous, much smaller than in (4), much divided, 

 crowded ; margins of leaves and lobes of calyx puberulous ; pedicels and 

 bracteoles 3mm. Calyx di\ided half-way down, 5-6mm. long. Corolla 

 12mm, long. 



Loc. Panchgaui on Table Land (No. 1776). 



(6) Stem very slender, 20cm. high, simple or sparsely branched. Leaves 

 hardly exceeding 1cm., generally trifid and like the calyx-lobes much 

 puberulous. Pedicels 3mm. ; bracteoles 2-3 mm. Calyx in flower 4mm., in 

 fruit 7mm. Lobes hardly as long as the tube, narrow. 



Loc. Igatpuri (No. 1777). 



