N. O. SCROPHUtAfilNEJE. 
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diain., in axillary racemes 3-6in. long. Bracts shorter than 
the flower stalks. Pedicels spreading, (usually longer than the 
Calyx). Sepals T l E -J-in. long,’ subacute. . Corrola ^-^in. diam. 
Capsule notched, £-|-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., iv. 293 . 
Vern : — -Tezak (Pb.). 
Eng. : — Brooklitne. 
Habitat : — Western Himalaya, from Kashmir and Rawal 
l’indee 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-<>blong, subacute. Corolla 
■jin. 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 delphini folia, G. Don. h.f.b.i., iv. 
302 . 
Syn. : — Gerardia delphinifolia, Linn. Roxb. 491. 
Vern. : — Dudhali (Bomb.). 
Habitat : — Banda, Behar, on Parasnath, Deccan Peninsula, 
from the Concan southwards. 
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