2 1 8 The Flowering Plants of Western India \ 



V. sedbra (F. laxa, D.) prostrate, branched, leaves broad ovate, 

 toothed above, flowers larger than in the other species, white, some- 

 times with a yellow spot in the throat, capsule as long as the calyx. 

 Dapoli. Vingorla (D.). Tropical India (#.). * V. pedunculate, 

 smooth, procumbent, leaves ovate crenate, flowers long-stalked, 

 white or pale blue, capsule much longer than calyx. Qadagvel. 

 Vingorla (D.). Rice swamps throughout India (H.). 



10. BONNAYA. 



1. B. brachiata. Erect, branched, stem 4-sided, leaves ses- 

 sile, obovate or oblong, deeply serrated, flowers in terminal 

 racemes, pink, lower lip spotted with white, bracts lanceolate, 

 capsule linear, long. 



Common in pastures. Throughout India (17. ) 



2. B. veronicafoUa. From creeping to nearly erect, stems 

 square, leaves oblong lanceolate, entire or distantly and shal- 

 lowly serrated, flowers in racemes, long-stalked, violet or 

 light-blue, the throat much contracted, capsule long, erect. 

 Sheivdl. 



Common. Throughout India (#.) 



H. includes in this, as varieties, two others, which D. made 

 species, B. grandiflora, with short, stout branches, and flowers 

 chiefly axillary, and B. verbena/alia, with long, slender branches and 

 flowers often in long naked racemes. 



* B. rtptans, stems creeping and rooting, slender, leaves obovate, 

 sharply serrated, flowers in racemes, light purple, capsule long and 

 slender. S. Konkan (D.). * B. opposUifolia, much smaller than 

 any of the preceding, erect, much -branched, leaves sessile, oblong, 

 slightly serrated, flowers small, blue, capsule very small. Konkans 

 (D.). 



Note. " Several species of Bonnaya so closely resemble others of 

 Vandellia as to render the validity of this genus very doubtful " 

 (H.). 



11. VERONICA. 



V. anagallis. A smooth, succulent plant with hollow stems, 

 leaves sessile, linear oblong, cordate at base, flowers small in 

 long racemes, white or pink, pedicels and bracts short, capsule 

 ovate. 



Not in D. or G. I found it in watercourses at Khair (Deccan). 

 H. has for W India, " The Deccan peninsula, in the Konkan only ; " 

 but without any Bombay authority. It is remarkably like V. becca- 

 the common English brook-lime, and seems to be pretty 



