N. O. SCROPHULARlNE^l. 937 



diam., in axillary racemes 3-6in. long. Bracts shorter than 

 the flower stalks. Pedicels spreading, (usually longer than the 

 Calyx i. Sepals tV^ 11 - ' 01j 8> subacute. Corrola £-§-ii). diam. 

 Capsule notched, i-£in diam., somewhat compressed laterally, 

 turgid, orbicular, rarely broadly ovate in some Tibetan speci- 

 mens (J. D. Hooker). Seeds ovoid or oblong, biconvex. 

 Use :— Used for the same purposes as V. Beccabunga. 



896. V. Beccabunga, Linn, h.f.b.i., jv. 293. 



Vern :— Tezak (PbA 



Eng. : — Brooklime. 



Habitat : — Western Himalaya, from Kashmir and Uawal 

 Pin dee to Kanawar 



A glabrous or puberulous, decumbent, succulent herb, stem 

 hollow, branches 6-18in., spreading. Leaves l-2in., rarely 

 obovate, sessile or shortly petioled, elliptic or oblong obtuse, 

 crenate-serrate, base rounded. Racemes axillary, few or many- 

 flowered, 2-4in.; pedicels spreading, bracts usually shorter 

 than the pedicels Sepals ovate-oblong, subacute. Corolla 

 ■g-in. diam., blue or pink. Capsule and seed as in Veronica 

 Anagallis, Linn. 



Uses: — The plant is used medicinally in Kashmir (Honig- 

 berger.) 



The leaves and young stems were once in favor as an antis- 

 corbutic, and even now the young shoots are sometimes eaten 

 as watercresses, the two plants being generally found growing 

 together. They are perfectly wholesome, and might be more 

 frequently employed but for prejudice. In oldentimes the 

 leaves were applied to wounds, and are now sometimes bruised 

 and put on burns. (Sowerby's English Bot. Vol. V., p. 170). 



897. Sopubia delphinifolia, G. Don. h.f.b.i., iv. 

 302. 



Syn. : — Gerardia delphinifolia, Limi. Roxb. 491. 

 Vern. :— Dudhali (Bomb.). 



Habitat : — Banda, Behar, on Parasnath, Deccan Peninsula, 

 from the Concan southwards. 

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