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Plate 47] VEBONICA LEPTOBHABDOS EUPHRASIA 85<br />
Veronica verna, Linn. Vernal Speedwell.<br />
An erect annual. Stem 2-6 in. high, simple or branched<br />
below, hairy or downy, glandular above. Leaves i-i in. long,<br />
deeply divided to the base, the lower stalked, coarsely toothed,<br />
lobed, the upper bract-like, lance-shaped. Flowers deep blue,<br />
with darker lines, axillary stalks very short. Calyx longer<br />
than the flower-stalk, sepals linear-lance-shaped. Corolla<br />
shorter than the calyx. Capsule flattened at the margin,<br />
fringed with hairs on the keel, inversely heart-shaped, in.<br />
diameter, about as long as the sepals. Seeds flat.<br />
Locality. At altitudes of 5,000-7,000 ft.<br />
Distribution. W. Himalaya, N. Asia, Europe.<br />
LEPTORHABDOS, Schrenk.<br />
(From the Greek leptos, slender, and rliabdos, a rod, alluding to<br />
the steins.)<br />
Fig. 4. Leptorhabdos Benthamiana, Walp.<br />
An erect, nearly hairless herb.<br />
Stems 1-3 ft. high, branching.<br />
Leaves stalkless, 1-3 in. long, pinnately cut, segments linear,<br />
entire or toothed ;<br />
lower loaves opposite or clustered, upper<br />
alternate. Mowers pale pink, -J in. diameter, forming slender<br />
glandular racemes. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla<br />
about twice the length of the calyx, J in. diameter, lobes<br />
nearly equal. Stamens 4, in unequal pairs ;<br />
anthers free.<br />
Style long, stigma very small. Ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule<br />
oblong, i in. long, as long as the calyx, flattened, enclosed in<br />
the calyx. Seeds 2-4.<br />
Flowers. August, September.<br />
Locality. Sincl Valley ; Dachigam ;<br />
Dras.<br />
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to<br />
Kumaon, 5,000-11,000 ft. ; Afghanistan, Persia.<br />
EUPHRASIA, Linn.<br />
The Eyebright.<br />
(From the Greek euplirasia, gladness, joy, alluding to a reputed<br />
power of restoring impaired eyesight.)<br />
Fig. 5. Euphrasia officinalis, Linn. Eyebright, Adhib,<br />
Euphrasy, Ewfras.<br />
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(Officinalis refers to its medicinal properties.)<br />
An erect, hairy, often glandular herb. Stems 6-18 in. high,<br />
slender, branching. Leaves opposite, stalkless, egg-shaped,<br />
J-J in. long, sharply and deeply toothed. Flowers white or
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