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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Veronica verna, 



Scrophulariace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 296. 

 Himalaya, 5-7,000 ft. 



Veronica serpyllifolia, 



ScROPHULARIACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 296. 



Himalaya, 8-13,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



Barleria acanthoides, 



Ac'ANTHACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 484. 

 The Plains 

 Kirana Hill (Edge- 

 worth). 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 



Barleria cristata, 



Tadrelu, banscisigah. 



Acanthacea;. 



F. B. I. 488. 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 

 Hazara (Douie). 



Stamens Two. 



small, stem slender, nearly smooth, sometimes 

 branched from the base very leafy ; leaves ^-f in. 

 overlapping or the lower far apart, sessile, oblong, 

 sometimes lobed ; flowers small, blue, nearly sessile 

 along the stem forming with the leaves a spike, calyx 

 4-fid, segments unequal, linear-lanceolate, corolla 

 4-lobed, shorter than the calyx, stamens two, style 

 linear ; capsule | in. diam. indented above the base, 

 narrow, keeled, seeds much flattened. 



small, smooth, or glandular velvety, branched 

 from the base ; leaves ^-f in. rather leathery, sessile, 

 rounded or oblong floral leaves alternate ; flowers 

 white or blue in racemes 1-4 in. long ; lower bracts 

 leaf -like, upper narrow ; calyx 4-fid, segments ^-^ in, 

 oblong with few hairs, shorter than the corolla, 

 corolla \ in. diam., 4-lobed, stamens 2, style linear ; 

 capsule broadly heart-shaped, shorter than the calyx, 

 seeds much flattened. 



small, grey, prickly ; leaves \\ by ^ in. ovate with 

 the tip rounded and broad almost sessile, bracts 

 none, bracteoles 2, linear, spine tipped, rigid, often 

 toothed, flowers white, 2-J ins. long solitary or in 

 crowded one-sided spikes, sepals 4 in two pairs, outer 

 pair ovate, corolla 2\ by |-£ in. nearly linear, lobes 5, 

 nearly equal, ovate, stamens 2 and two aborted 

 ones also, style long, capsule § in., four-sided. 



large, hairy, branching ; leaves 2-4 by 1 in., 

 shortly stalked, ovate lanceolate, short pointed, 

 flowers purplish blue or white, lj-lf in. long in 

 short crowded head-like, nearly sessile, axillary 

 spikes, bracts none, bracteoles J-§ in. linear-lanceo- 

 late, toothed, sepals 4 in two pairs, outer sepals 

 f in. toothed, nearly spinous, corolla 5-lobed, 1J-1^ 

 in. long, lobes -| in., ovate, tube funnel-shaped 



