17. MiCROCARP^A.] PS. SCROPHULARIAGEM. 



ciliate, mid-ribs strong, making the calyx angled. Corolla-tube 

 shorter than the calyx. Capsule •04-05". 



Found -with Eriocaulon and in damp places in general, probably quite common 

 but not often collected. Sikkim Tarai and Northern Bengal and probably 

 Purneah ! Parasnath, Kurz. If this is the same, as it apparently is, with Ammania 

 dentelloide^, the localities of that species iq.v.) should be added. " Fr. Oct. -Dec. 



I have not seen the corolla of either. It appears to be very e%'anescent. The 

 capsule in specimen examined by me had as manj- as 25 seeds. Clarke says 12-15- 

 subhemispheric but mine are oblong. The calj'x is sometimes sub-2-lipped with 

 the upper lip 2-toothed, the lower 3-'lobed. 



18. GLOSSOSTIGMA, Am. 



Very small creeping herbs with opposite or fascicled narrow entire 

 leaves and minute solitary axillary ebracteolate floAvers. Calyx 

 campanulate, obtusely 3-4-lobed. Corolla with short tube and 

 5 sub-equal lobes. Stamens 2 or 4, anther cells diverging, tips 

 confluent. Ovary perfectly or imperfectly 2-celled, stigma dilated 

 spathulate recurved. Capsule included loculicidal, valves separating- 

 from a columnar axis. Seeds small, ovoid. 



1. G. spathulatum, Am, 



A minute weak flaccid tufted herb. Leaves linear-spathulate,. 

 lower tapering into a long petiole and including the petiole "S-e", 

 upper linear-spathulate -i-S". Flowers 07" on long slender pedicels. 

 Calyx in fruit "OS" enclosing the globose capsule. 



Behar, very abundant on the margins of tanks, J.D.H, ! Fl. Jan. 



I have not'collected it. The corolla is said to be blue. Pedicels shorter than the 

 leaves. 



19. VERONICA, L. 



Herbs or shrubs with opposite, rarely upper alternate, leaves. 

 Flowers solitary or racemed, ebracteolate, Avhite, blue or purple,. 

 Calyx 4 -5 -partite. Corolla rotate, lobes 4-5, lateral outer in bud and 

 often broader. Stamens 2 exsert, anther-cells with confluent tips. 

 Ovules usvially many. Capsule 2-grooved, dehiscence vai^ious. Seeds 

 various. 



Leaves usually narrow. Flowers racemed 1. anagallii, 



L. broad. Flowers solitary axillaiy 2. agrestis. 



1. Y. anagallis, L. 



A glabrous perennial with erect or decumbent stems, 6-18" high 

 and sessile, or lowest j^etioled, oblong to linear-oblong leaves 2-5" 

 long, and pink or white small flowers in lax flowered slender bracteate 

 racemes on spreading pedicels. Capsule ■12-"17" diara. 



Swamps, frequent below Maldah, J.D.H. ! Extending into and more common in 

 Oudh and Upper India ! and therefore probably in all districts in our Northern 

 Area. Fl., Fr. h.s. 



Var. punctata, J.D.H. Syn. V. punctata, Ham.; var. tropicalis, 

 Clarke. 



A decumbent form with leaves all petioled, ovate, serrate, or the upper only 

 linear-oblong sessile aniplexicaul. Fls. white, only -12" diam. 



Maldah, Clarke ! Fl. Feb. This variety also e.xtends to Benares. 



The ordinary form is a common brookside and swamp herb extending as far as 

 the British Isles. 



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