Scoparia. | Scrophulanacez. 215 
(1891); Gamble Fl. Madr., p. 963 (1924). Hedyotis maritima Linn. f, 
Suppl. Pl., p. 119 (1781). Peplidium humifusum Del. Fl. A®%gypt. 
p. 148 (1813). 
1za. SCOPARIA Linn, 
Herbs or shrubs; leaves opposite or whorled; fis. axillary, 
usually in pairs; calyx 4-5-lobed, lobes imbricate; corolla 
lobes 4, subequal, spreading, densely bearded at base; stam. 
4, subequal; anth.-cells 2; style clavate; capsule septicidal.— 
Sp. 6; Tropical America. 
Ss, oucis Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 116 (1753). 
An erect, annual herb; stem up to 14 ft. high, ridged, 
glabrous; leaves whorled, ovate to lanceolate, lamina decur- 
rent into the petiole,-deeply crenate-serrate; fls. in axillary 
fascicles; pedicels slender, about }+ in. long; sep. ovate; 
pet. broadly obovate, rounded at apex; cap. subglobose. 
A common weed in the low moist region. Fls. Feb. 
A native of Tropical America. 
12b. VERONICA Linn. 
Erect or prostrate herbs or shrubs; 1. opposite or alter- 
nate; fls. in terminal or axillary racemes or solitary and 
axillary, with bracts but no bracteoles; cal. with 4 segments, 
the adaxial segment wanting; cor-tube very short; corolla 
salver-shaped, lobes 4, the adaxial lobe consisting morpho- 
logically of two lobes united; stam. 2, exserted, epipetalous; 
stigma simple; capsule compressed.—Sp. 160; 18 in FI. 
Brit. Ind, 
Erect kerb; fis. in axillary racemes; leaves crenate- 
serrate : : J ; ; : ; . V. JAVANICA. 
Prostrate herbs: 
Fls. in terminal racemes : . V.. serpyllifolia. 
Fis. axillary . : ; . V. didyma. 
V. javanica Blume Bijdr. Dp: 742 eee Hk. f,.in Fl. Beit, Ind, 
IV, p- 296 (1885). 
An erect herb; roots fibrous; stem about 6 in., spe 
branched (in the Ceylon specimen), pubescent; 1. about 4 1 
long, ovate, coarsely crenate-serrate, subsessile ; Ben 
flowers shortly stalked in axillary racemes; cal. -segments 
linear-oblong, exceeding the capsule; capsule obcordate, 
flattened. 
Upper montane zone; in the jungle; rather rare. Single Tree Hill, 
Nuvara Eliya; Hakgala. FI. Dec. 
Also in E. Africa, India, Siam, Tonkin, Java, and Luchu Is. 
V, SERPYLLIFOLIA Linn. Sp. Pl., p. 12 (1753); Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 
IV, p. 296 (1885); Petch in meee Perae VI, p. 71 (1915). 
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