858 xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). [Veronica. 



obscurely few-toothed. Racemes axillary, about | in. long, few- 

 flowered; bracts linear-oblong, l|-2 lin. long, scarcely acute ; pedicels 

 somewhat shorter than the bracts. Calyx li-lf lin. long; segments 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla about 1^ lin. long. Capsule suborbicular, 

 slightly shorter than the calyx. — V. Beccabunga, var., A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 125. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia: Saiuenj Mounts Deggen and Bachit, 13000-14000 ft., 

 Schimper, 1271 ! 



The tvpical form is widely spread in Europe and Asia. 



2. V. javanica, Blume, Bijdr. 742. A slender diffusely branched 

 decumbent or ascending herb usually about 6 in. high, more or less 

 grey-pilose. Leaves petiolate or the upper subsessile, broadly ovate^ 

 5-12 lin. long, 5-10 lin. broad, obtuse, truncate-cuneate or sometimes 

 slightly cordate at the base, coarsely crenate-serrate ; petiole A— 4 lin. 

 long. Racemes axillary, about 1 in. long in flower, up to 2 (rarely 3) 

 in. long in fruit ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 2 lin. long, obtuse ; pedicels 

 ij-§ lin. long. Calyx 1^ lin. long in flower, up to 2| lin. long in fruit ; 

 segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla scarcely 1 lin. long, pale blue. Cap- 

 sule broadly obcorclate, |— f as long as the calyx, ciliate. — Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 489 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 296. V. ivogerensis, Hochst. 

 ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 126 ; Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 

 viii. 141. V. chamcedryoides, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 358 ; Engl, in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxiii. 505, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 26, not of Bory 

 & Chaub. V. Maddeni, Edgew. ex Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 296. 



Nile Land . Eritrea : Saganeiti, 7200 ft., Schiveinfurili Sf Rivet, 1369 ! Amasen ; 

 Belesa, 7200 ft., Terracciano uf Pappi, 324ft. Abyssinia : Wogara, Schimper, 730 ! 

 and without precipe locality, ScJiimper, 218! Somaliland : near Coromma, Riva, 

 613. Uganda : Kidung Ndogo (Kedong River), Scott-Elliot, 7045 ! British East 

 Africa : Ukamba; Machakos, Scott-Elliot, 6678 ! 



Itfozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; near Marangu, 4900- 

 5100 ft. Yolkens, 585 ! 760. 



Also in India, Siam, Java, Tonquin and the Luchu Islands. 



4. V. abyssinica, Fresen. in Bot. Zeit. 1844, 356. A prostrate 

 herb diffusely branched from the base, sometimes rooting at the nodes, 

 more or less pilose (often hilariously on the branches) ; branches usually 

 9-12 in. long, herbaceous or sometimes becoming almost woody, hollow. 

 Leaves petiolate, ovate, elliptic-ovate or rarely suborbicular, £■- 1£ in. long, 

 |-f in. broad (rarely 1J-2 in. long, 1-1-^ in. broad), obtuse or subacute,, 

 rounded, slightly cordate, truncate or somewhat cuneate at the base, 

 crenate-serrate (often coarsely) or crenate, more or less pilose on both 

 sides or sometimes almost glabrous ; petiole usually about 3 (rarely up 

 to 6) lin. long. Racemes 1-2-J- in. long, often 2- (sometimes up to 5-) 

 flowered; bracts linear-oblong, l|-3 lin. long, obtuse ; pedicels 2-4 lin. 

 long. Calyx 2-2| lin. long in flower, 3-3J lin. long in fruit ; segments 

 oblong, elliptic-oblong or spathulate-elliptic, obtuse, ciliate and some- 

 times pilose inside and outside. Corolla 3-3A lin. long, cobalt-blue 

 (pinky-white, Johnston). Style 1-1 h lin. long. Capsule obovate, com- 



