254 cm. SCROPHULAEINE^I. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Scropliularia. 



sepals lanceolate acuminate, equalling or longer than the capsules. Stamens 

 included, staminode ovate acute. Veronica ? thyrsiflora, Wall. Cat. 6393. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir, Eoylc, to Kumaon, BlinJcworth, alt. 

 6-12,000 ft. 



Stem 1-2 ft., stout, sparingly branched. Leaves 1-4 in., sometimes oblong, 

 primary and secondary nerves distinct; petiole ^-f in. Inflorescence 2-4 in., stiff; 

 cymes very shortly peduncled ; pedicels ^-^ in. Capsule ^-^ in. ovoid, acuminate. 

 Seeds oblong. 



* Cymes more or less effuse. Two upper corolla-lobes longer than the others. 

 Stamens included or exserted. Leaves broad, entire, ovate or ovate-cordate, petiole 

 not appendaged (except in S. polyantha), nerves distinct. 



3. S. urticaefolia, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 18, and in DC. Prodr. x. 306 ; 

 glabrous or sparsely hairy, leaves petioled ovate or cordate-ovate acute coarsely 

 toothed, cymes open lax-fld. long slender, lower peduncles axillary, upper chiefly 

 opposite panicled spreading, calyx-lobes rounded, stamens included. Wall. Cat. 

 3922. 



CENTRAL AND EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7-9000 ft., 

 J. D. H., &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft., rather slender. Leaves 2-4 in., primary and secondary nerves 

 distinct; petiole \-1 in. Cymes very slender and lax, lower peduncles 1-3 in. ; 

 pedicels divaricate, filiform, bracts very small. Calyx hemispheric, cleft half-way 

 down. Corolla in. long, greenish-white, 2 posterior lobes longest. Staminode 

 obovate. Calyx-lobes shorter than the small broadly ovoid acuminate capsule. Seeds 

 very minute, broadly oblong, apiculate, broadly furrowed and pitted in the furrows. 



4. S. obtusa, Edgew. ms. ; hoary, leaves shortly petioled ovate or ovate- 

 cordate obtuse crenate, cymes open lax-fld. long-peduncled, lower axillary upper 

 chiefly opposite panicled spreading, calyx-lobes rounded, stamens included. 

 Herb. Strach. $ Winterb., Scroph. n. 3. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kumaon at Almora, alt. 6-6,500 ft., Edgcworth, &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft., branched, and as well as the leaves beneath and inflorescence clothed 

 with a fine hoary pubescence. Leaves 2-3 in., dull-green, primary nerves only 

 distinct ; petiole ^-1^ in. Cymes longer or shorter than the leaves ; peduncles stout, 

 strict ; pedicels also stout, divaricate, sometimes 1 in. long. Calyx cleft more than 

 halfway down ; lobes nearly equalling the small subglobose capsule. Corolla 

 yellowish, tube twice as long as the calyx ; two upper lobes longest. Staminode 

 orbicular. Seeds very minute, as in S. urticcefolia. 



5. S. Scopolii, Hoppe ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 308 ; glabrous or sparsely 

 pubescent, leaves petioled ovate oblong or cordate-ovate coarsely irregularly 

 toothed or sublaciniate, cymes lax-fld. all erect lower axillary, upper alternate 

 in long-strict narrow leafless panicles, peduncles and pedicels short very stout 

 erect, sepals orbicular margins scarious, stamens included. Reichb. Ic. PL 

 Germ. xx. t. 1675, f. 3. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 395. S. glandulosa, Waldst. fy 

 Kit. iii. t. 214. S. auriculata, Scop. FL Carniol. i. 446, t. 32, not of Linn. S. 

 decumbens, Fisch. fy Mey. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 3, v. 380. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, Murree and Hazara, alt. 6000 ft.; Fleming, 

 Clarke. DISTRIB. Affghanistan and westwards to Spain. 



Stem stout, 2-3 ft., branched, glabrous in Indian specimens. Leaves 1-3 in., com- 

 poundly toothed or subserrate ; petiole ^-1 in. Cymes in stiff stout contracted 

 panicles a foot long and upwards. Corolla greenish. Stamens included; staminode 

 orbicular. Capsule ovoid-globose, beaked. Seeds rugulose. A very variable and 

 widely diffused plant. Affghanistan specimens have lobules on the petiole. 



