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84 BEAUTIFUL FLOWEKS OF KASHMIB [Plate 17
a very deep cup-shaped depression on the inner face, very
light brown to black.
Flowers and Fruits. May.
Locality. Srinagar on the banks of the Jhelum near the
Residency; Tangmarg, 7,100 ft.; Gadsar; nearly always
found on sand soil or gravel.
Distribution. Kashmir, China, Japan, W. Asia, N. Africa,
Europe.
Veronica persica, Poir.
Persian Speedwell.
A prostrate, hairy annual. Branches 6-12 in. long. Leaves
short-stalked, oblong or egg-shaped, i-l in. long, blunt at
tip, coarsely toothed, base rounded or heart-shaped. Flowers
solitary in the axils of leaves. Flower-stalk slender, much
longer than the leaves, bent down in fruit.
Sepals i in. long,
egg- or lance-shaped, in fruit much longer than the capsule,
spreading. Corolla i in. diameter, bright blue. Capsule
-i in. diameter, very much broader than long, flattened, cells
5-12-seeded. Seeds boat-shaped, deeply pitted.
Flowers. May.
Locality. Srinagar on the banks of the Jhelum near the
Residency.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, up to 7,000 ft., Central and
W. Asia, Europe, N. Africa.
Veronica serpyllifolia, Linn.
Thyme-leafed Speedwell.
A perennial herb, hairless or hairy, often glandular. Stems
ascending, 3-12 in. high. Leaves stalkless or the lowest shortstalked,
oblong-egg-shaped ; lower opposite, without flowers,
gradually passing into small, alternate bracts, each bearing in
its axil a single flower. Flowers small, i in. diameter, pale
blue or white, short- stalked. Sepals i-1 in. long, inversely
egg-shaped, oblong, fringed with hairs, shorter than the
corolla. Corolla i in. diameter. Anthers blue. Styles as
long as the capsules, purplish. Capsule inversely heartshaped,
not as long as broad, smooth, shorter than the calyx.
Seeds small, plano-convex.
Flowers. May.
Locality. Tangmarg, 7,100 ft. ; Gulmarg, 8,600-8,700 ft.
Khelanmarg, 10,000 ft.
Distribution. Temperate and subalpine W. Himalaya, from
Kashmir to Kumaon, 7,000-13,000 ft., N. Asia, N. Africa,
Europe, N. and S. America.