292 cm. SCROPHULARINE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Veronica. 



* Capsule ovoid. or oblong, turgid, slightly laterally compressed. Seeds 

 flattened, plano-convex or biconvex. 



1. V. himalensis, Don Prodr. 92; erect, glabrate, leaves sessile ovate 

 acute coarsely irregularly serrate base rounded, racemes terminal and axillary 

 lax-fld., sepals 4 oblong obtuse, corolla very large, capsules ovoid acute. 

 Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 467. V. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 403 (and p. 23). 



NEPAL ; Wallich. SIKKIM ; at Yakla, alt. 11,500 ft, Clarice. 



Perennial ? Stem 1-2 ft., stout for the genus, simple or nearly so. Leaves in distant 

 pairs, 1-2 in., nerves beneath pubescent. Racemes erect, 3-5 in. ; p 'dicels about 

 equalling the calyx; bracts |-g in., linear-oblong. Sepals % in. Corolla -1 in. diam., 

 oblong. Capsule % in. long. Seeds minute, irregularly suborbicular, plano-convex, 

 much flattened. 



2. V. deltig-era, Wall, in Benth. ScropJi. Ind. 45, and CWtf.402; stems 

 many from the root erect or ascending pubescent often bifariously, leaves 

 sessile ovate ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate serrate, racemes terminal and 

 axillary lax-fld. pubescent, sepals 4 linear-oblong subacute, capsule oblong- 

 ovoid obtuse. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 475. Y. lanosa, Benth. Seraph. Ind. 

 1. c., and in DC. I. c. 481. Y. rupestris, AitcTi. Sf Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xix. 180, t. 25. 



WESTERN ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Nepal, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 

 DISTKIB. Afghanistan. 



Perennial rootstock short, woody. Stems 6-18 in., rigid, slender, subsimple, ascend- 

 ing, leafy. Leaves f-l by 5 | in., very variable in breadth, sometimes inciso-serrate, 

 base rounded or acute. Racemes 3-6 in., slender, erect, very many-fld. ; lower bracts 

 often leaf-like or lower flowers axillary, upper oblong ; pedicels of the lower flowers 

 often -f in., of the upper shorter. Sepals -| in. Corolla f in. diam. or less, lobes 

 broad. Capsule % in. long, equalling or shorter than the sepals. Seeds smaller than in 

 V. himalensis. The description of the fruit in DC. Prodr. is taken from some other 

 plant. 



3. V. ciliata, Fisch. mss.\ Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 467; hoary-pubescent 

 all over, stems subsimple erect, leaves sessile ovate or oblong obtuse entire 

 serrate or crenulate, flowers subcapitate, sepals 4 oblong obtuse, corolla 

 small, stamens included, capsule ovoid-oblong obtuse, tip notched. Ledeb. Fl. 

 Eoss. hi. 240. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 11-16,000 ft. DISTEIB. 

 Central Asia, Siberia. 



Annual. Stem 4-12 in., stiff, usually quite simple. Leaves f-lj in., very variable in 

 size and toothing, pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers sessile in sessile or peduucled 

 terminal hirsute heads ; bracts as long as the calyx. Sepals | in. Corolla \ in. diam., 

 lobes broad. Capsule very variable in size, as long as the calyx or longer. Seeds 

 orbicular, compressed, plano-convex. 



4. V. ? macrostemon, Bung e in Ledeb. Fl.Alt. i. 35; hoary-pubescent, 

 stems flexuous diffuse, leaves sessile elliptic or ovate obtuse entire or 

 obscurely crenate, racemes terminal dense-fld. villous, sepals 4 oblong obtuse, 

 stamens long far exserted, anthers large. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 479. 



WEST REN TIBET; Zanskar, alt. 16,000ft., Thomson, Lance. DISTBIB. Affghan- 

 istan, Central Asia. 



Perennial. Rootstoclc slender, creeping, with distant scales. Stems few, 3-6 in., 

 branched. Leaves ^-1 in., pubescent on both surfaces. Racemes 1-2 in., flowers 

 crowded, subsessile, or lower axillary and longer pedicelled ; bracts oblong obtuse. 

 Sejxils ^ in., fillous. Corolla %~^ * n - diam. Capsule not seen. Without the fruit 

 it is not possible to identify the Indian plant absolutely with the V. macrostemon. 



