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Calyx of 5 nearly equal sepals, '3 in. long. Corolla purple, -75 in. long. 
Capsule very slender, spreading, 1 in. long. Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 
420 ; Wall. Cat. 3856 ; Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 284. B. ruelloides, 
Spreng. Syst. I. 41. B. ciliata, Spreng. Syst. I. 41. Gratiola ciliata, 
Koenig in Vahl Symb. I. 97. G. ruelloides, Koenig in Vabl Symb. I. 
99. G. reptans, Boxb. Plor. Ind. I. 140. Ilcuckelia Boxburghiana, 
Dietr. Sp. PI. I. 572. 
Penang: Curtis! Perak: Scortechini ! Wray! Province Wel- 
lesley : Ridley 6985 ! Pahang : Ridley ! Singapore : Sullett ! 
Ridley /— Distrib. E. Himalaya, India, Indo-Cbina, Malaya, 
Philippines. 
3. Bonnaya veronic^folia, Spreng. Syst. I. 41. A flaccid decum- 
bent or creeping herb, with ascending branches 4 to 8 in. long. Leaves 
sub-sessile or narrowed into a short petiole, oblong or oblong-lanceolate 
or obovate, or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, margin distantly serrate or 
sub-serrate or sub-entire. Flowers opposite, in terminal leafy ox naked 
racemes sometimes up to 6 in. long usually much shorter, pedicels 
rather flaccid, -25 in. to -35 in. long ; bracts leafy or small. Calyx 
of 5 nearly equal sepals -2 in. long. Corolla violet-purple, -25 to -35 in. 
long. Capsule slender, sub-erect or spreading, - 5 to - 6 in. long. 
Var. typica. Leaves usually obtuse, sometimes acute, always 
distantly serrate, 1 to 2 in. long, -5 in. wide; racemes usually with 
leafy bracts; corolla -25 in. long. B. veroniccefolia, Wall. Cat. 3857 ; 
Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 421 ; Wight Ic. t. 1411 ; Miq. Plor. Ind. Bat. 
II. 696 ; Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 285. B. marginata, Spreng. Syst. 
I. 41. B. rigida, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3859. B. procumbens, Benth. in 
Wall. Cat. 3860. B. Rothii, Dietr. Sp. PI. I. 556. B. bracteata, Griff. 
Notul. IV. 107. ,, Gratiola veroniccefolia, Ketz Obs. IV. 8 ; Boxb. PI. 
Corom. II. 30, t. 154; PL Ind. I. 138; ed. Carey & Wall. I. 139. 
G. marginata, Colsm. in Vahl Enum. I. 98. G. racemosa, Both Nov. 
Sp. 9. 
Penang : Balli Pulo, George Town, &c. Deschamps ! Singapore : 
King' s Collector ! Pahang : Ridley ! Malacca : Ilervey ! Selangor . 
Ridley ! Johore : Serom, Ridley ! — Distrib. Throughout S.E. Asia. 
Var. verbencefolia, Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 285. Leaves 
acute or sub-acute, distantly shallowly serrate or sub-entire, 1 to 1 5 in. 
long, -2 to -25 in. wide ; racemes usually marked with minute bracts ; 
corolla -35 in. long. B. verbencefolia, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 421; 
Wall. Cat. 3858 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1412. B. Boxburghiana, Dietr. Sp. PL 
I. 559. B. cyanea, Griff. Notul. IV. 107. Gratiola verbencefolia, Colsm. 
in Vahl Enum. I. 96. G. ciliata, Colsm. in Vahl Enum. I. 97. 
G. racemosa, Boxb. PL Ind. I. 138, and ed. Carey & Wall. I 139. G. 
