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æquantibus vel paullo superantibus ; calycis obscurissime puberuli 
segmenta inequalia, lineari-lanceolata, acutissima, quam corolla 
circiter tertia parte breviora ; corolla angusta, cylindrica, intus 
leviter hirsuta, brevissime 4-lobata, lobis deltoideis erectis; 
stamina matura inclusa (an semper ?); ovarium ovoideum, gla- 
brum, stylo incluso. Capsula vix lineam longa, crustacea, 4-valva ; 
semina pauca, ellipsoidea, lzvia. 
Hurrem: Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry, 
3044!) ; SzecnurN: Mount Omei at 3000 to 4000 feet (Faber !). 
Herb. Kew. 
Distinguished from C. venosa, Hemsl., its nearest ally, by 
stouter habit, relatively inconspicuously veined leaves, and 
smaller flowers in slenderer racemes. 
5. Calorhabdos venosa, Hemsi., n. sp. 
Herba prostrata vel suberecta, fere omnino glabra, caulibus 1~3- 
pedalibus teretibus vel obscure bilineatis, internodiis quam folia 
multo brevioribus. Folia brevissime petiolata, coriacea, rigidius- 
cula, lanceolata, usque ad 5 poll. longa, sed sepius breviora, acute 
acuminata, basi subeuneata, aculeolato-serrulata, supra nitida, 
subtus pallidiora, grosse reticulato-venosa, venis primariis paucis 
inter se anastomosantibus, supra costaque insigniter impressis, 
subtus valde elevatis. Flores purpurei(fide Henry), subsessiles, 
densissime racemoso-spicati, racemis axillaribus subsessilibus 
1-1} poll. longis, bracteis obscure ciliolatis angustis acuminatis ; 
calycis glabri segmenta valde insqualia, acuminata, longiora 
corollam fere squantia; corolla cylindrica, circiter sesquilineam 
longa, intus villosa, breviter 4-lobulata, lobulis deltoideis ; stamina 
nune inclusa nune longe exserta; ovarium glabrum, stylo longe 
exserto. 
Curxtane: Ningpo mountains (Faber!); Huren: Ichang, 
Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry, 55, 2187, 
4688 !). Herb. Kew. 
1. Veronica agrestis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 13; Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. x. p. 487 ; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 278; Franch. et 
Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 350; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 
Bat. ii. p. 120. 
Veronica arvensis, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 20, non Linn. 
Veronica hederzfolia, Mig. in Prol. Fl. Jap. pp. 360 et 385, ex 
Maxim. 
