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LXVIII. SCROPHULARIACE^! 
anther-tips cohering. Style short. Capsule berry-like, globose, 
l in. diam., red, shining, ultimately opening by two valves. 
Huttoo ; May-October. — Simla to Bhotan, 6000-12,000 ft. — China. 
15. WULFENIA. In honour of F. X. Wulfen, an Austrian 
botanical author of the nineteenth century. — Asia, Europe. 
Wulfenia Amherstiana, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 291. A 
perennial, nearly glabrous herb ; scapes 6-12 in., erect, slender. 
Leaves basal, crowded, obovate-oblong, 3-6 X 1-2 in., coarsely and 
irregularly crenate or sharply toothed, narrowed into the stalk. 
Flowers drooping, blue-purple, varying to white, crowded in 
bracteate, 1 -sided, spike-like rabemes 3-6 in. long. Calyx 5-parted ; 
segments acute. Corolla ^ in. long ; tube cylindric, longer than 
the calyx ; lobes 4, nearly erect, acute, upper one minutely 
notched. Stamens 2. Style long, protruding ; stigma minute, 
capitate. Capsule oblong, 2-lobed, as long as the calyx. (Fig. 112.) 
Mahasu, Theog, Narkunda, on damp rocks in shady forest ; July, August. — 
W. Himalaya, 7000-11,000 ft. — Afghanistan. 
16. VERONICA. A mediaeval name of doubtful derivation.— 
Most temperate regions, rare in the tropics. 
Perennial or annual herbs. Leaves, at least the lower ones, 
opposite, usually passing into alternate, floral leaves or bracts. 
Flowers small, blue, white or tinged with purple, in axillary or 
terminal racemes. Calyx 4-parted ; segments unequal. Corolla- 
tube very short ; limb 4-lobed, spreading, lobes unequal, obtuse, 
entire. Stamens 2. Style linear ; stigma minute. Capsule 
flattened, notched or deeply 2-lobed, opening along the edges in 
2 valves ; seeds few. 
Racemes axillary. 
Leaves sessile. Racemes 3-6 in. long. 
Leaves 2-6 in., entire or nearly so . 
. 1. V. Anagallis. 
Leaves 1-2 in., coarsely toothed 
Leaves stalked. Racemes ^—3 in. long. 
. 4. V. laxa. 
Perennial. Rootstock creeping. Capsule triangular, 
broadest at the base . . . . . 5. V. cana. 
Annual. Root fibrous. Capsule heart-shaped, nar- 
rowed to the base . . . . . 6. F. javanica. 
Racemes terminal. 
Flowers drooping, long-stalked. 
Leaves stalked, ovate. Sepals obtuse. Capsule 
notched . . . . . . . 2. V. agrestis. 
Leaves sessile, lanceolate. Sepals acute. Capsule 
deeply lobed . . . . . 3. V. bildba. 
Flowers erect, shortly stalked. 
Leaves crenate. Flowers minute . . . • . 7. V. arvensis. 
Leaves entire. Flowers | in. diam. . . . 8. F. serpyllifolia. 
1. Veronica Anagallis, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 293. Peren- 
nial, glabrous or nearly so ; stems succulent, hollow, erect or 
