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bracts longer than the flower-stalks. Capsule heart-shaped, 
narrowed to the base, | in. broad, notched. 
Simla ; June. — Simla to Bhotan, 3000-7000 ft. — Java, Luchu archipelago. 
7. Veronica arvensis, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 296. Annual, 
pubescent, hairy or glandular hairy ; stems erect or ascending, 
2-6 in., often branching from the base. Leaves sessile or the 
lowest shortly stalked, ovate, in., crenate ; lower opposite, 
without flowers, gradually passing into small, alternate, entire 
bracts each bearing in its axil a single flower. Flowers minute, 
pale blue, nearly sessile, forming terminal, spike-like racemes. 
Capsule glandular hairy, notched. 
Mushobra, in grass ; April-October. — W. Himalaya, 7000-9000 ft. — Tem- 
perate Asia, N. Africa, Europe (Britain). 
8. Veronica serpyllifolia, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 296. Peren- 
nial, glabrous or pubescent, often glandular ; stems ascending, 
4-12 in. Leaves sessile or the lowest shortly stalked, oblong- 
ovate, in., entire, obtuse ; lower opposite, without flowers, 
gradually passing into small, alternate bracts each bearing in its 
axil a single flower. Flowers white or lilac, | in. diam., shortly 
stalked, forming terminal racemes. Capsule pubescent, notched. 
Narkunda ; May-July. — W. Himalaya, 8000-13,000 ft. — Temperate Asia, 
N. Africa, Europe (Britain), America. 
17. BUCHNERA. In honour of J. G. Buchner, a German 
naturalist of the eighteenth century. — Nearly all warm countries. 
Buchnera hispida, Buch.-Ham. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 298. A slender, 
erect, rigid, roughly bristly herb, 6-18 in. Leaves opposite, sessile 
or narrowed into a stalk-like base ; lower crowded, obovate or 
oblong, 1-2XJ-1J in.; upper narrower, lanceolate or linear, 
passing into alternate, narrow, floral bracts. Flowers white or 
pale purple, J in. long, solitary, axillary, sessile, forming terminal 
spikes. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla-tube slender, cylin- 
dric, longer than the calyx ; limb spreading, J in. across, lobes 5, 
nearly equal. Stamens 4, in unequal pairs, included ; anthers 
1-celled. Style short, thickened upwards ; stigma capitate. 
Capsule oblong, shorter than the calyx. 
Valleys below Simla, in grassy places ; July-October. — Throughout India, 
ascending to 9000 ft. 
18. STRIGA. From the Latin striga, a furrow, referring to 
the grooved capsule. — Tropical regions of the Old World, Aus- 
tralia. 
Striga lutea, Lour. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 299. A slender, erect, 
roughly bristly herb, 4-12 in. Leaves sessile, linear, ^-1 in. ; 
