298 xc. scbophulahiacea'. 



linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla exceeding | in. long, light-purple. 

 Capsules 4-1 in. long, very slender. Seeds about -^^ in. long, yellow. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 284 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 179 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Kat. V. 12 (1898) p. 175. 



XoNKAN : S. Xonkan : Dalzell 4' Gib.«on, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (E. Bengal, 

 Sikkim, Assam, Cacbar, Madras, W. Peninsula) ; Java, Philippines. 



3. Bonnaya veronicaefolia, Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 1 (182-5) p. 41. 

 Stems decumbent or creeping at the base, often rooting at the nodes ; 

 branches ascending, more or less quadrangular. Leaves g-l^by i-l in., 

 subsessile, or the lower sometimes narrowed into a short petiole, oblong, 

 acute, shallowly and distantly serrate, the lower leaves sometimes sub- 

 entire. Flowers in terminal and axillary racemes ; pedicels \-^ in. long, 

 divaricate, elongating in fruit ; bracts beneath the pedicels linear- 

 lanceolate. Calyx 4- in. long, deeply divided ; segments \ in. long, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla g in. long, violet, the upper lip streaked 

 vi'ith darker violet lines. Stamens : the 2 perfect ones with white 

 anthers ; staminodes long, exserted, clavate, yellow. Capsules g-| in. 

 long, narrowlv oblong, acute, glabrous. Seeds -^ in. long, usually 

 truncate at both ends. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 285; Grab. Cat. p. 143 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 178 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1411 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 253; 

 AV'oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 175. — Vern. Sheiudl. 



Common, JDalzell 4' Crimson. Koxkan : Sfocksl Deccan: moist places, Woodrow I; 

 bed of tbe Yenna, Mabablesbwar, Graham ; Mabablesbwar, H. M. Birdwood. — Distrib. 

 Ibroiigbout India ; Ceylon, Java, Siara, China, Philippine Islands. 



Yab. 1. grandijlora, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1884) p. 285. Branches 

 short, stout. Leaves narrowly obovate. Flowers chiefly axillary ; 

 corolla \ in. long, light-blue {Roxh.). Capsules scarcely twice as long as 

 the calyx. Bonnaya grandiflora (sp.)? Spreng. Syst. Yeg. v. 1 (1825) 

 p. 41 ; Grab, Cat. p. 143 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 179. Gratiola grandiflora, 

 Eoxb. Cor. PI. V. 2, p. 42, t. 179. 



S. KoNKAN •. Dalzell ^ Gibson. 



Yae. 2. verbeno'folia, Hook. f. in Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1884) p. 285. Branches 

 usually long and slender. Leaves narrower, subsessile, entire or dis- 

 tantly serrate. Flowers larger, in often elongate naked racemes. 

 Bonnaya verheno'foUa (sp.\ Spreng. Syst. Yeg. v. 1 (182.5) p. 42; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 143 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 178; AVight, Icon. t. 1412. 



S. KoKKAN : Dalzell cj- Gibson. 



4. Bonnaya oppositifolia, Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 1 (1825) p. 41. 

 A small, erect, usually branched annual 1^-5 (rarely G)in. high ; branches 

 quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves sessile, .(-11 by-j\p-^ in., linear-oblong, 

 obtuse or subacute, slighlly serrate. Flowers axillary or the upper iu 

 racemes ; bracts beneath the pedicels ^-4 in. long, linear-subulate ; 

 pedicels ^— J- in. long. Calyx ^; in. long; segments 1 in. long, linear- 

 lanceolate. Corolla \ in. long, blue (7^o.(7>.). Capsules i in. long. Seeds 

 minute. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 280 ; Grab. Cat. p. 1-13 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 179; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 175. Gratiola ojyj^ositifoUa, 

 Eoxb. Cor. PI. V. 2 (1798) p. 30, t. 155.— Flowers : Sept. 



Koxkan : Dalzell 4' Gibson ; Kulvan, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



