Veronica.] cm. scrophulabikb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 295 



Boiss. Biagn. i. iv. 80, and Fl. Orient. I. c. ; Beichh. le. Fl. Germ, vii 

 t. 645. 



Wbsteen Himalaya; from Kashmir to Kamaon, alt. 5-10,000 ft. Westeen 

 Tibet, alt. 9-15,000 ft. — Distbib. Westward to Asia Minor, Soongaria. 



Annual. Srariches slender, 4-18 in., sparsely leafy, running into very loose 

 racemes. Leaves \-\ in., very variable in breadth, teeth few and remote. 

 Pedicels ^— | in. Sepals ^ in., frniting ^J in., spreading. Corolla blue, shorter 

 than the calyx. Capsule ^-J in. diam., much smaller than the calyx, cells 2-4-seeded. 

 Seeds oblong, boat-shaped, more or less deeply pitted. — V. campt/lopoda is only a 

 small state with smaller flowers ; I cannot distinguish it as a variety even. The seeds 

 of V. biloha vai-y much in depth of pitting. V. microtheca, Boiss. & Bal Diagn. 

 Ser. 2, vi. 131, V. hartsicefolia, and V. elbrusensis, Boiss. Herb., V. Qriffithii, Benth. 

 in DC. 1. 0. 485, V. argute-serrata, Regel & Schmalk., and V. cardiocarpa, Walp. 

 (Diplophyllum cardiocarpum, Kar. and Kir.), all appear to me to be forms of V. 

 biloba. 



**** Oapsnle laterally flattened, broadly obcordate, keeled. 



■f" Seeds elliptic, mtioh flattened, biconvex or plano-convex. 



12. V. laxa, Senth. Scroph. Ind. 45, andin 2)C Prodr. x. 474 ; glabrous 

 or sparsely pubescent, stems long ascending, leaves sessile ovate or cordate 

 obtuse or subacute coarsely crenate-serrate, racemes axillary peduncled 

 slender, capsule broadly obcordate ciliate. T. Thunbergii, A. Gray, Bat. 

 Japan. 402. 



Western Himalata ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5-11,000 ft., Eoyle, &o. — 

 DiSTEiB. Japan. 



Root perennial. Stems 10-20 in., rather stout, simple, hairy all over or glabrate. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., pubescent on both surfaces. Racemes 3-10 in., lax-ild. ; bracts linear- 

 oblong, longer or shorter than the pedicels ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Sepals 

 unequal, enlarged in fruit. Corolla \-\ in. diam. Capsule \ in. diam., equalling or 

 shorter than the sepals. 



13. V. cana, Wall. Cat. 401 ; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 45, and in DC. Prodr. 

 X. 476 ; pubescent villous or glabrate, stems elongate ascending, leaves petioled 

 ovate or ovate-cordate obtuse crenate-serrate, racemes axillary and terminal 

 peduncled slender, capsule broadly deltoid top 2-lobed. V. scrophularioides, 

 Wall. mss. 



Tempeeate Himalaya; from Chnmba to Sikkim, alt. 9-13,000 ft. — Disteib, 

 Japan, Formosa. 



Root perennial. Stems 6-12 in., simple, usually slender, pubescent all round, or 

 bifariously, or glabrate. Leaves in very few and distant pairs, l-lj in., pubescent on 

 both surfaces or glabrate ; petiole \-\ in. Racemes 2-3 in,, lax-fld. ; bracts small, 

 linear, shorter than the calyx ; pedicels equalling or shorter than the calyx. Sepals 

 \-^ in., unequal, linear-oblong. Corolla \ in. diam., blue. Capsule \-^ in. diam., 

 glabrous or ciliate. — The Sikkim specimens are much more glabrous than the Western, 

 and small specimens have the bifariously pubescent stems. 



14. V. capitata, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 45, and in DC. Prodr. x. 481 ; 

 pubescent, stems short suberect simple, leaves sessile or shortly petioled 

 rounded ovate or shortly oblong obtuse crenate-serrate or subentire, base 

 rounded, flowers in terminal sessile villous umbels or heads, capsule broadly 

 obcordate. 



Alpine Himalaya ;■ from Knnawur to Bhotan, alt. 10-14,000 ft. 

 Annual or roots perennial, 3-6 in. high. Leaves J-l in., usually pubescent on both 

 surfaces, uppermost pair often the largest. Flowers sessile in the uppermost pairs of 



