Scrophularia.'] cm. SCROPHULARINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 255 



6. S. elatior, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 18, and in DC. Prodr. x. 304; tall, 

 glabrous or glandular above, stem 4-winged, leaves petioled ovate or lanceolate 

 coarsely toothed, cymes spreading peduncled many-lid, in long panicles, pedun- 

 cles and pedicels spreading, sepals ovate subacute, stamens far exserted. Wall 

 Cat. 3928. 



CENTRAL AND EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 6-10,000 ft., 

 J. D. H., &c. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-5000 ft., common. 



Tall, very stout, 3-5 ft. high, branched, stem below as thick as the middle finger, 

 wings slender. Leaves 5-10 by 1-5 in., rarely subcordate, primary and secondary 

 nerves distinct ; petiole stout, 1-3^ in. Panicle sometimes much branched from the 

 base, bracts linear ; peduncles 1-2 in. ; branches and pedicles spreading. /Sepals not 

 margined, not half the length of the globose-ovoid beaked capsule. Stamens twice as 

 long as the corolla ; staminode spathulate or 0. Seeds as in S. urtic&folia. 



7. S. Edg-eworthii, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 304 ; glandular-puberulous, 

 stem obtusely 4-angled, leaves petioled ovate-cordate coarsely crenate-toothed, 

 cymes long-peduncled panicled few- and lax-fld. spreading, sepals ovate acute 

 much shorter than the tubular corolla, stamens shortly exserted. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Gurwhal, at Musa Paria, alt. 12,000 ft., Edgeworth; 

 Kumaon, at Sabu, alt. 8,500 ft., Strach. $ Winterb. 



Apparently a tall species. Leaves 2-3 in., primary nerves only distinct; petiole 

 1-1^ in. Peduncles and pedicels spreading in fruit ; bracts lanceolate ; pedicels 1-1^ 

 in. Sepals nearly as long as the subglobose capsule. Corolla |~in. long. Staminode 

 spathulate. Seeds very minute, irregular, obscurely ribbed and pitted. The specimens 

 of this plant are insufficient ; Edge worth's are in flowers only ; -the Kumaon ones are 

 more advanced and in fruit, are nearly glabrous with a rather shorter corolla. 



8. S. polyantha, Royle; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 18, and in DC. Prodr. x. 



304 ; glabrous below, viscidly puberulous above, stem obtusely 4-angled, leaves 

 ovate or ovate-cordate crenate, petiole short naked or appendaged, cymes many- 

 fld. suberect or ascending alternate in long leafless thyrsoid panicles, pedicels 

 short, sepals round with broad scarious margins, corolla very short, stamens far 

 exserted. Wall. Cat. 9081. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4-11,000 ft., common. 



Stem 3-4 ft., stout below. Leaves 2-8 in., sometimes pinnatifidly cut towards 

 the base, primary-nerves distinct ; petiole ^-1 in., rarely more. Panicle 1-2 ft., 

 strict; flowers greenish, amongst the smallest of the Indian species. Sepals ^ in., 

 half as long as the very broad short corolla, much shorter than the subglobose pointed 

 capsule. Staminode spathulate. Style filiform. Seeds rugulose, larger than in 

 S. Edgeworthii. 



9. S. liimalensis. Royle in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 18, and DC. P)-odr. x. 

 304 ; glandular-pubescent above, stem obtusely angled, leaves ovate-cordate or 

 lanceolate crenate, petiole long naked, cymes many- and lax-fld. spreading op- 

 posite and alternate in a long rather slender panicle, peduncles and pedicels 

 long slender, sepals rounded obscurely margined or not, corolla very short, 

 stamens far exserted. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kunawur to Kumaon, alt. 5-8000 ft., common. 

 . Very near to S. polyantha, but the petioles are longer and not appendaged, and 

 the flowers twice as large ; the seeds are similar. 



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

 Stamens hardly exserted. Capsules few-seeded. Seeds oblong, deeply pitted ot 

 transversely rugose. Leaves narrow-obovate-spathulate, coarsely toothed or pin- 

 natisect, nerves often very obscure. (The species are perennial, and very difficult 

 to distinguish satisfactorily.) 



