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SCROPHULARIA 87
Locality. Gulmarg, woods and margs, about 8,000 ft.,
common.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, Afghanistan, and westwards
to Spain.
Scrophularia himalensis, Koyle (including S. polyantha, Eoyle).
Himalayan Figwort. Collett,,ng. 109.
Stems 3-4 ft. high, stout below. Leaves egg- or lanceshaped,
2-8 in. long, often heart-shaped, sharp-pointed, sometimes
lobed at the base ;
stalk about i-1 in. lon^. Cymes
long-stalked, few-flowered, loosely spreading, sometimes
forming a large panicle. Flowers greenish. Sepals 5, rounded
with a membranous margin, rs in. long, half as long as the
very broad short corolla. Corolla-lobes 5, the two upper ones
much longer than the 2 lateral. Stamens 4 in unequal pairs,
far protruding staminode spoon -shaped. Style filiform.
;
Capsule globose. Seeds wrinkled.
Flowers. June.
Locality.
Harwan.
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to
Kumaon, 4,000-11,000 ft.
Scrophularia lucida, Linn.
(Lucida means clear, bright, shining.)
Stems 2-3 ft. high, obscurely 4-angled. Leaves 1-2 in. long,
once or twice pinnately cut ; segments spreading, horizontal,
very unequal, oblong-egg-shaped or lance-shaped, toothed.
Cymes few-flowered, short-stalked, forming long panicles ;
flower-stalks very short ;
bracts linear. Sepals rounded with
a broad membranous margin, half as long as the corolla.
Corolla i-i in. broad, the 2 upper lobes longer than the others.
Stamens 4 in unequal pairs, hardly protruding, staminode
rounded or kidney-shaped. Capsule globose, pointed. Seeds
oblong.
Floivers.
May.
Locality. Khelanmarg, 10,000 ft.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon,
8,000-13,000 ft., Afghanistan and westwards to Italy.