256 cm. SCROPHULARINE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Scrophularia. 



10. S. lucida, Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 312; glabrous or 

 glandular pubescent above, leaves 1-2-pinnatisect, segments spreading very 

 unequal oblong ovate or lanceolate incised and serrate, cymes ascending shortly 

 peduncled in long contracted panicles, pedicels short, sepals rounded margin 

 broadly scarious, staminode orbicular or reniform. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 403. S. decomposita, Royle in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 18, and in DC. I.e. 313. S. 

 Griffithii, Benth. in. DC.' I.e. 312; excl. var. |3 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 410 excl. 

 syn. Kotschyi. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-13,000 ft. DISTRIB. 

 Kashgar, Affghanistan, and westwards to Italy. 



Rootstock stout, perennial, stems 2-3 ft., obscurely 4-angled. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 segments horizontal, interrupted. Cymes few-fld., lower leafy ; peduncles ^-f in., 

 pedicels very short ; bracts linear. Sepals half as long as the corolla, nearly as long 

 as the globose pointed capsule. Corolla-tube %-% in. broad. I suspect that this is only 

 a form of S. canina, Linn. 



11. S. variegata, Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. ii. 78; glabrous below, 

 glandular above, puberulous, leaves shortly petioled obovate-oblong 1 or spathu- 

 late obtuse crenate above incised or pinnatifid toward the base with recurved 

 obtuse lobes, cymes erect or ascending few-fld. alternate in long narrow panicles, 

 pedicels very short, sepals rounded margin broadly scarious, staminode large 

 orbicular or reniform. Reichb. Ic. PL Europ. iii. 53, t. 257 ; Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 314. 8. depauperata, Boiss. Diagn. Set: iv. 68 ; and Fl. Orient, iv. 

 410. S. Griffithii, .war. j8, Benth. I. c. 312. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, in the drier regions, and WESTERN TIBET ; from Kashmir 

 and the Karakorum to Kumaon, alt. 9-14,000 ft., Thomson, &c. DISTRIB. Asia 

 Minor. 



Rootstock perennial ; stems 1-2 ft., stout, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 1-2^ in., 

 coriaceous, contracted into a short broad petiole. Sepals about half the length of 

 the corolla and of the small globose pointed capsule. Corolla ^-^ in. long, tube 

 broad. Probably only a form of S. lucida, with more entire leaves. It precisely 

 accords with Eeichenbach's figure in all but the greater size. 



VAR. ? tenuicaidis ; branches and panicles very slender, staminode ovate-lanceolate 

 acute. Kishtwar, alt. 8000 ft., Thomson. Kashmir at Srinuggur, alt. 7000 ft., 

 Clarke. This is a puzzling plant, probably referable to 8. canina, L. The habit and 

 foliage are tho.se of S. variegata. 



12. S. dent at a, Royle in Benth. Scroph. Ind. 19, and in DC. Prodr. x. 

 316; glabrous below, glandular above, nearly black when dry, leaves small 

 petioled obovate-oblong or -spathulate obtuse crenate above, entire or incised 

 towards the base, cymes short erect or ascending few-fld. alternate in narrow 

 panicles, pedicels very short, sepals rounded margins obscurely scarious, stami- 

 node small narrow. S. Kotschyi, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. fy T., not of Boiss. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, Kumaon, Royle, Lahul, Capt. Hay. WESTERN TIBET, alt. 

 12-15,000 ft., Thomson. 



Very similar to S. variegata, but nearly black when dry, with smaller thicker 

 leaves, and a very small staminode. Rootstock stout, branches very numerous, ] fcot, 

 cylindric. Leaves 1-1^ in., midrib and nerves very obscure, rather fleshy. Flowers 

 smaller than in S. variegata or lucida. Capsule and seeds similar. 



13. S. scabiosasfolia, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 313; glabrous or 

 glandular, leaves obovate oblong or subspathulate entire pinnatifid or lobulate, 

 terminal lobe usually large, cymes spreading or ascending alternate rather long 

 few- or many-fid, branches divaricating, flowers very small often spicate, sepals 

 rounded margins scarious, staminode broad. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 412. 



