SCROPHULARINE/E.. LXV. Crenrrantuera. 
Digitàlis strícta, Roxb. fl. 
énsis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 88. 
Co- 
ind. 3. p. 99. Gumtéolis, Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, l. c. 
rollas purplish. 
Hispid Centranthera. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
3 C. Brunonta‘na (Wall. cat. no. 3882. Benth. scroph. ind. 
p. 50.) erect, hispid; flowers remote; calyx oblong, cleft on 
one side and acute on the other. ©.? G. Native of the Bir- 
mann Empire, at Moolmyne and Martaban, Wall. 
Brown's Centranthera. PI. 1 foot? 
4 C. numiru'sa (Wall. cat. no. 3883. Benth. scroph. ind. 
p. 50.) diffuse, humble, much branched, almost glabrous; flow- 
ers distant ; calyx ovate, cleft on one side and acutish or bifid 
on the other. ©.? G. Native of the Peninsula of India, 
Wight; at Nathpur, Hamilt. Razumóvia Tranquebárica, Spreng. 
syst. 2. p. 812. ? Calyx hardly 2 lines long. Corolla 4 lines 
long. 
Trailing Centranthera. PI. diffuse. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Sopàbia, p. 560. 
Tribe V. 
VERONI'CE/E (This tribe contains plants agreeing with 
the genus Verónica in the characters indicated below.) D.Don, 
in edinb. phil. journ. vol. 19. p. 111. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 
43. Calyx 4-5-parted, imbricate in estivation. Corolla rotate 
or funnel-formed, 4-lobed, rarely irregularly bilabiate. Stamens 
2-4, exserted, distant, nearly equal, all antheriferous. Anthers 
incumbent; cells parallel, distinct. Stigma capitate or slender. 
Capsule membranous, 2-valved, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; 
valves usually bifid or bipartite. Dissepiment narrow, com- 
posed of 2 separable lamina; placenta short, inserted into 
the middle of the dissepiment. Seeds compressed, naked 
or inclosed in an aril-formed testa. Albumen cartilaginous. 
Embryo minute, terete, located in the base of the albumen.— 
Herbs or under-shrubs, common in the temperate zones of both 
hemispheres. Leaves usually opposite. Flowers axillary, ter- 
minal, or racemose, blue, white, or red. 
LXVI. VERO'NICA (the derivation of this word is uncer- 
tain. Linnaeus says it is changed or corrupted from Vetonica, 
from the Vetones, a people of Spain; but that confounds it 
with Betonica. Limery derives it from ver, the spring. There 
is also a Roman female saint of the name of Veronica.) Tourn. 
inst. t. 60. Lin. gen. no. 25. Schreb. gen. no. 32. Juss. 
gen. p. 99. Gaertn. fruct. t. 54. R. Br. prod. p. 434. Lam. 
ill. t. 13. f. 4. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 44. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4, rarely 5-part- 
ed, campanulate or compressed. Corolla rotate, with a very 
short tube, and a 4-parted spreading limb; segments all entire : 
upper one the broadest. Stamens 2, situated at the sides of the 
upper segment of the corolla, diverging, without any vestige of 
the lower ones.  Anthers 2-celled; cells confluent at top. 
Stigma hardly thickened. Valves of capsule septiferous in the 
middle or bipartible. Seeds naked.— Herbs, under-shrubs, or 
shrubs. Leaves opposite, alternate, or verticillate. Inflo- 
hasi axillary, racemose, or spicate. Flowers blue, white, 
or red. 
Sect. I. Veronica (see genus for derivation.) Reichb. 
Benth. scroph. ind. p. 44. Capsule swollen, emarginate at top. 
Seeds oblong, compressed a little. 
§ 1. Racemes terminal. 
* Leaves verticillate, and opposite, serrated. Racemes 
numerous. 
1 V. roròsa (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 106. t. 102.) leaves 
LXVI. Veronica. 563 
3-4 in a whorl, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, deeply and unequally 
serrated. 2t. H. Native of Hungary; Galicia; about Halle, 
in Saxony, in humid meadows. Schrad. spic. p. 35. Willd. 
enum. p. 18. Spreng. fl. hal. p. 6. no. 9. t. 1. f. 2 V. 
brevifolia, Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 6.? V. tríquetra, Kit. Root 
creeping, scaly. Leaves cuneated at the base, glabrous, shining. 
Racemes long, and loose. Flowers blue, or purple. Bracteas 
one half shorter than the pedicels. Calycine segments obtuse, 
shorter than the capsule. 
Var. B, nítida; taller and more glabrous. 4%. H. V. nítida, 
Ehrh. pl. exsicc. no. 21. V. marítima, 8, Willd. spec. 1. 
p. 55. 
Var. y, spüria. 
Leafy Speedwell. 
feet. 
2 V. cnENULA'TA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 57. Hoffm. phyt. blat. 
p- 95. t. E. f. 3.) leaves 3 in a whorl, and opposite, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, subcordate ; calycine segments acute; segments of 
corolla undulated and crenulated. 2/. H. Native country 
unknown. V. villósa, Schrad. Stem downy at top. Racemes 
downy. Leaves villous, or downy. Capsule glabrous. 
Crenulated-flowered Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1814. 
PI. 11 foot. 
3 V. maritima (Lin. spec. p. 13. fl. suec. no. 8. fl. lapp. p. 
4.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, ovate-lanceolate, cordate at the base, 
deeply and doubly serrated, and are, as well as the stems gla- 
brous; calycine segments shorter than the capsule. Y. H. 
Native of the North of Europe. Retz, obs. 1. p. 9. Hoffm. 
phyt. blat. t. E. f 2. Schrad. comm. ver. p. 29. t. 1. f. 1. 
Vahl, enum. 1. p. 57.? Vahl, fl. dan. t. 374.  Racemes dense. 
Flowers blue, purple, or white. Leaves in some varieties 
opposite, and in others the flowers are white. This is a very 
variable plant. 
Sea-side Speedwell. 
3 feet. 
4 V. Ticine’nsis (Poll. fl. veron. 3. append. p. 768.) leaves 
3-4 in a whorl, and opposite, linear-lanceolate, acuminated, ser- 
rated, and are, as well as the calyxes and capsules, glabrous. 
X. H. Native about Ticin, in humid meadows. V. marí- 
tima, Noc. et Balb. fl. tic. 1. p. 6, but not of Lin. V. Hóstii, 
Moretti, in bibl. ital. 12. p. 369.— Tab. kreut. 2. p. 99. f. 4. 
Racemes terminal, numerous. Flowers azure blue. 
Ticin Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1819. 
3 feet. 
5 V.sPU'R1A (Lin. spec. p. 13.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, or 
opposite, lanceolate, cuneated at the base, simply serrated, 
downy; serratures equal. 4. H. Native of the South of 
Europe, Siberia, &c. Vahl, enum, 1. p. 57, exclusive of the 
syn. of Pollich. Schrad. ver. no. 19. t. 2. f. 4. V. amethystina, 
Willd. enum, 1. p. 17. V. rubélla, Pall.— Barrel. icon. t. 891. 
—Gmel. itin. 1. p. 169. t. 39. This differs from V. foliósa in the 
more slender habit, in the lanceolate, more acute, simply and 
equally serrated leaves, in the bracteas being about equal in 
length to the pedicels, not much shorter. 
Spurious Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. 
3 feet. 
6 V. sERRULA'TA (Pall. in herb. Willd. Link, jahrb. 1-3. p. 
38.) stem slender, tomentose ; leaves opposite, or 3 in a whorl, 
petiolate: lower ones oblong: superior ones alternate, lanceo- 
late, attenuated at the base, serrulated ; lower bracteas longer 
than the pedicels; calyx downy. 2. H. Native of Siberia. 
Flowers blue, or purple. 
Serrulated-leaved Speedwell. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
7 V. SrEPHANIA'NA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. p. 96.) stem 
slender, tomentose ; leaves opposite, and 3 in a whorl, lanceo- 
late, attenuated at the base, acute, serrated, white from fine 
4C2 
Y.H. V.spüria, Spreng. fl. hal. t. 1. f. 1. 
Fl. July, Sept. Clt.1805. Pl. 2 to 4 
Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1570. Pl. 1 to 
PI- 2 t6 
Clt, 1731. PI- 2.10 
